Life at Duke Law

Requirements

All signs must provide information relevant to Duke Law School, such as information about planned student activities, student organization events, academic events or activities, or items or services available to members of the Duke Law community.

Signs must clearly identify the Duke Law DBA-recognized student organization, Duke Law School Center or Institute, Duke Law School administrative unit, individual Duke Law student, or commercial vendor offering law-related services that has posted the material. Signs without such a designation will be removed.

All signs must include the date on which they were posted or the date of the event they are advertising.

Bulletin boards available exclusively for faculty use are located near some faculty offices; faculty use of those bulletin boards is not subject to this policy. Administration may also need to post signs throughout the building (e.g., information about the printers is provided on the wall above the printers); administration’s use of signs is not subject to this policy.

Signs must not violate the University’s Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Misconduct. If a sign might violate that policy, it may be referred to OIE and removed pending OIE’s investigation.

Locations

Student Folder Bay

Students may post signs on the bulletin board over the student folder bay on the 2nd Floor. Examples include rental notices, club notices, sale items, etc. Student organizations, other law school community members, and vendors offering law-related services may also post signs in this location. Signs no larger than 11x14 inches may be displayed on this bulletin board; no more than one sign for an event may be displayed per board, and signs may not overlap. Signs that are out-of-date will be removed.

Event “Day Board”

The large bulletin board outside the Registrar’s Office on the 2nd Floor serves as a “Day Board,” divided into sections by day of the week. Law School-related event signs, no larger than 12x18 inches, may be displayed on the board one week in advance of an event. Only one sign for each event may be displayed, and signs must be hung in a symmetrical, organized fashion. The Events Office will clear each day’s signs at the end of that day, freeing the space to promote the events that will occur in the following week.

Student Organization Bulletin Boards

A student organization may post signs on the bulletin board allotted to that group by the DBA. Student organization bulletin boards are located on the 2nd Floor near the locker room. Signs on these boards must be no larger than 12x18 inches. The student organizations’ officers may remove any signs from their own bulletin boards and are responsible for keeping their boards current.

Other Bulletin Boards

Duke Law students, student organizations, other Law School community members, and vendors offering law-related services may post signs on the bulletin board near lockers in the Blue Lounge and on restroom bulletin boards. Signs no larger than 11x14 inches may be displayed on these boards; no more than one sign for an event may be displayed per board, and signs may not overlap. Signs that are out-of-date will be removed.

Prohibited Locations

The bulletin boards described above are the only approved spaces in the Law School for Duke Law students and Duke Law student groups to post signs. Signs can damage the surfaces of walls (including the Blue Lounge walls), doors, tables, restroom stalls, lockers, acoustical panels, whiteboards, and elevators, which is why the Law School provides bulletin boards for student use. Signs posted to locations other than bulletin boards will be removed.

Over the summer, all signs will be removed.