Student Casual Employment

If you are being hired at the Law School as a Teaching Assistant (TA), Research Assistant (RA), Office Assistant, Proctor, etc., you are responsible for completing hiring paperwork and submitting them to the Human Resources office within 72 hours of your first day of work.

If you are being hired as a Work-Study, please refer to the Work-Study instructions.

Please adhere to the following instructions on how to submit your paperwork. 

 

  • Hiring paperwork packet

    In order to receive hiring paperwork, please reach out to Columbia Law School's Human Resources department at [email protected] with the following information:

    • Title
    • Professor/Department
    • Supervisor
    • Start Date

    Once we receive your email, we will send a DocuSign with the documents for you and your supervisor's signature. 

  • *For International Students only

    Please inform your supervisor if you do not have a US Social Security Number or have not applied for one yet. 

    You will need to bring the following documents when submitting your paperwork to our office: 

    • Passport
    • Visa
    • I-20
    • I-94