Jerome Greene Hall

Jerome Greene Hall

Jerome Greene Hall is the beautiful home of Columbia Law School. JGH, along with Uris for the Business School, Mudd for the Engineering School, and IAB for SIPA, was built with donor money solicited by the dean of the school. The primary aims of each dean and donor was to build the most cost-efficient and practical building for the school.

JGH was designed by the firm Harrison and Abramowitz, better known for their work on Lincoln Center. The window boxes on the two narrow ends of the building, often described as being fit for a Mussolini-esque dictator to salute the masses, have earned the building its nickname of "the toaster."

The building's western facade is graced by Jacques Lipschitz's sculpture Bellerophon Taming Pegasus, donated in 1977. The sculpture is said to represent the experience CLS 1Ls endure.

In the late 1990s the Jerome Greene underwent a major renovation, resulting the construction of the new entrance, lounges, and cafeteria on 116th and Amsterdam. This was followed by renovations of the building's classrooms and offices.

It is named after the wealthy alumnus Jerome L. Greene.