The following information relates specifically to the College of Law and is to be used as guidance specifically for College of Law employees. These guidelines are subject to change as SU Procedures and Policies change.
- See separate instructions for Honorariums or non-employee payments
The following steps outline the process to issue payment to the raffle winners (based on the email string below with Disbursements). In the past we processed award amounts to Alums as participation incentive to do well on the Bar Exam.
- Purchase Requisition for each award type (so 3 PRs in total each with their own req #)
- Chartstring (if special funding, verify ahead of time)
- W9 for each individual and password protect the document (you can do one protected pdf for each group)
- Please make sure alum know that the address on the W9 is where the check will be mailed and that this is considered a 1099 reportable award.
- Business purpose should be specific to each award type and stated that the recipient names were chosen during a random raffle.
- $500 for 6 recipients that completed the Helix Bar Prep course as incentive/award to entice the former students to do well on the exam.
- $1,500 for 2 recipients that completed the Helix Bar Prep course and passed the bar exam as incentive/award to entice the former students to do well on the exam.
- $1,500 for 1 recipient that had 100% attendance at Prof. Curtis Bar Exam Prep bootcamp and completed the Helix Bar Prep course as incentive/award to entice the former students to do well on the exam.
These suggestions are based off Disbursements requirements. Please submit the PRs to lawbudget@syr.edu to obtain budget approval. Special payments will be emailed directly to Mary Jo in Disbursements for processing. Password for W9 sent via Teams.