Faculty offices are located on the second and third floors of the Law School building, John F. Scarpa Hall, in the back wing facing County Line Road. A utility room is located on each floor containing faculty mailboxes and a multi-function copier/printer, to which faculty are networked.
The faculty support staff are located in room 260: Victoria Durand and Lisa Infante.
Clinical faculty have offices and administrative support staff in the clinical program suite, room 120.
To obtain a key to your office, contact either Joe Mariani, Director of Operations, or Cheryl Baro, Financial and Operations Coordinator.
Click here for phone support, including instructions for setting up your voicemail.
Click here for a printable phone/office directory of Law School staff and faculty (you will be asked to sign in to gain access to this).
New faculty are issued Dell laptops unless special permission has been obtained for an Apple laptop. A member of our Computer Services team will assist you with set-up. Contact Martin McDonnell to arrange a time.
The Office of University Information Technologies (UNIT) handles university-wide computing, information systems, and networking. Call the Law School Help Desk (x97700) with questions or problems. If the Law School Help Desk is busy, your call will be routed to the main campus Help Desk (x97777).
Villanova uses the Outlook email client and every University employee is given a Villanova email account (usually first.last@law.villanova.edu). Please check the VU account regularly. Official University correspondence will go to your University email address and it is the one that auto-populates when students type in your name.
Login credentials will be sent to you from our computer services department (UNIT) via email. You will be prompted to reset the password the first time you log in. These credentials will serve as your login for all University single-sign-on systems, including email, MyNova, Blackboard, Learn@Nova, and benefits enrollment.
The University uses Concur, aka NovaPay, to process expenses. You can find out more about NovaPay here. Please save your receipts and submit expenses in a timely manner.
Your faculty support assistant can help you submit expenses, but first you have to designate her as a delegate on your account profile. Instructions are linked below.
Things to Keep in Mind:
For breakfast, lunch, or dinner meetings with other faculty members or guests, the paying faulty member needs to submit the receipt plus a list of all the individuals who attended.
If you have access to more than one expense account, please stipulate which account the reimbursement is coming from (i.e. general law faculty budget or an expense account through one of the Centers).
For Honorariums, the host faculty member needs to fill-out completely the Honorarium Agreement attached below and supply the speaker's name and email to the faculty support assistant, who can then reach out to the speaker and get their profile started in PaymentWorks, our vendor onboarding system.
The Faculty Center, located on the second floor classroom wing, is a meeting space / lounge for faculty members. It contains a large meeting area with tables that can be configured in a variety of ways, and a small kitchenette that includes a refrigerator and microwave. The room is used for faculty meetings, workshops, and colloquia, and occasionally as a green room for symposium speakers. When the room is not reserved for an event, faculty are welcome to use it as a lounge.
Requests for research assistant hours should be submitted to the Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, Teri Ravenell. Research assistants are paid $15 per hour and may not work more than 20 hours per week during the Fall and Spring semesters and 35 hours in the Summer. The Career Strategy office can assist with finding potential candidates. When you have decided who to hire, send the name(s) to Cheryl Baro, who will contact your new research assistant(s) regarding the onboarding process. Students may not begin working until they have completed the hiring process with Human Resources. You will be notified when the student is approved to begin working.
All new faculty, including visiting professors, may receive Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg research accounts for scholarship and course preparation. To request access codes for these services and to discuss other databases and resources that may be useful for your work, please contact reference@law.villanova.edu.
NOVA Alert is the University’s system for notifying faculty, staff, and students about incidents and emergencies affecting campus. It is an opt-in system and you are strongly encouraged to register. You can sign up through MyNova to receive notices via text and/or email.
WEATHER AND EMERGENCY CLOSING: The Law School rarely closes because of weather or other conditions; however, should circumstances make it necessary to close or delay the opening of school, Law School faculty and staff will be notified via NOVA Alert and email as soon as the closing decision is made. Please see Emergency and Weather Related Class Cancellation under the Attendance tab of this guide regarding options for classes when the Law School closes unexpectedly.
Nova Safe is an interactive communications system with the Department of Public Safety via a smartphone app. Native apps are available for iOS and Android smartphones. Any device, including tablets and desktops, can access the app store listings. Click on the symbol below for more information and to download the app.
The Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) is a hub for innovative teaching and learning initiatives at the University and fosters academic excellence through its client-centered support of faculty as teacher-scholars. Through a range of programs and services, VITAL provides comprehensive support to Villanova faculty from all disciplines to work toward achieving excellence in student learning, effective teaching, and informative assessment.
New Law faculty are invited to attend the New Faculty Program offered by VITAL at the beginning of each semester. Below is the agenda for the most recent program.
Faculty are paid monthly, on the last workday of the month.
Direct Deposit is highly recommended. When you sign up, the Payroll office does a trial run the first time through, so your first payment will be a live paper check, which will be mailed to you. Assuming no issues with the trial, subsequent payments will go directly into your account.
You can view and print your pay stubs through MyNova via the “View My Pay Stub” tile.
A multi-function printer is located in the utility room on each faculty wing and in the Clinical Programs suite. Faculty are networked to the closest printer. The printers are serviced by an outside vendor, XSE, who has a dedicated technician for Villanova. Problems with the printer that require technical attention should be reported to their service center at 215-345-9155. It will be helpful to locate the serial number of the printer prior to calling for service.
Wifi is available throughout the Law School building. Members of the Villanova Law community should connect via the VU Mobile network option rather than VU Guest (which is only valid for 24 hours).
How to connect to VU Mobile
Reconnecting after a password change
