Please Note: Student entertainment usually covers food and beverages (ONLY). No Alcohol can be spent on SABL funds. Events such as kayaking, wine tours, whitewater rafting, etc. will not be reimbursed.
Students are responsible for their own expenses. The payee is always the person who incurred the expense.
When in doubt, prior to spending your money, check with Business Services (lawstudentreimb@law.berkeley.edu) and the Student Handbook first to ensure reimbursement requirements. Questions regarding your group’s SABL budget or fund should be directed to SABL Treasurer, Ben Pearce. Alumni fund questions can be directed to Business Services. If your group is a student journal, contact journals@law.berkeley.edu. If your group is one of the Student-Initiated Legal Services Projects (SLPS), please contact probono@law.berkeley.edu.
For prompt payment, please submit your reimbursement 10 days following the date of the receipt.
Prior to Reimbursement
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- Secure Approval
- Secure purchasing approval from your student group Financial Officer or Co-Leader
- Secure fund approval from SABL Treasurer, Ben Pearce. Business Services will approve Alumni funds.
- Approvals can be obtained either via e-mail (should state the business purpose, description of what was purchased, and the amount to be reimbursed) or by filling out the Student Organization Entertainment Reimbursement Request Form and obtaining a “wet” signature.
- Documentation & Receipts Required
- Business purpose (how does the expense benefit the University and its mission)
- Itemized receipt or invoice of what was purchased, amount of the purchase, date(s) of the purchase, vendor name
- Event brochure or invitation or flier
- List of attendees with full name (no initials or nicknames)
- Affiliation of attendees (relationship to the University)
- Approval from Student Group or Journal Officer (“wet” signature on form, or e-mail approval)
- Approval from SABL Treasurer, Ben Pearce (“wet” signature on form, or e-mail approval)
- Please be sure to redact all sensitive or confidential information from backup documents before uploading. See Controller’s Office link on preparing documents for imaging.
- Save all backups in one *.pdf file, so it can be uploaded at the end
- Secure Approval
How to Submit Your Entertainment Reimbursement
Go the Entertainment system link: reimburse.berkeley.edu
You will need to log into the system with your CalNet ID.
- Go to Web site (reimburse.berkeley.edu)
- Select Entertainment Reimbursement
- Create Report
- Select Student ID in the drop down -> then input your student ID number
- Select Home Department: CLLAW
- Input expense information
- Save and Continue
- Please disregard the prompt to enter a chartstring (also known as Chart of Accounts or COA) and instead select Save and Continue. A Business Services team member will complete this section for you.
- Attach all required documents listed above under Secure Approval and Documentation & Receipts. This should be saved in one *.pdf file and include the paid invoice receipt, student finance officer approval and SABL fund approval or Alumni Approval.
Resources:
Step by step guide on how to enter Entertainment Expense: https://controller.berkeley.edu/reimbursement-system-instructions-students
Submitting a Reimbursement for Entertainment Expense Video: https://controller.berkeley.edu/submitting-reimbursement-entertainment-expenses