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Orientation 2008
2008 Orientation Schedule
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Tentative; August 7, 2008
Orientation for entering JD students will be held on August 21-22, 2008. We look forward to welcoming you to our community! During Orientation, we hope to share with you our passion about the profession you have chosen to enter and to expose you to some of the exciting and diverse experiences which await you in law school and beyond. A great deal of practical information will be communicated during these two days, and we also want to give you a chance to meet and begin to get to know the classmates with whom you will spend the next three or four years. Community service projects and tours will be part of the introduction to Law School life, as will some more light-hearted activities. To prepare for Orientation, we urge you to spend time perusing the Law Schools website and its many programs and activities. We also suggest that you read the student handbook. Although there are no reading assignments in preparation for Orientation, we do have suggestions for enjoyable law-related summer reading.
If you have any questions, please contact Orientation coordinator Claudia Norsworthy.
We look forward to seeing you on August 21st!
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
Required for all entering day division, evening division, LLM, and exchange students, except where indicated.
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM | Registration (DAY DIVISION ONLY) | Tent |
| 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Library/IT Introduction,
Photo IDs & Parking Passes (DAY DIVISION ONLY)
Library and IT staff | Library |
| 5:30 - 6:00 PM | Registration (EVENING
DIVISION, LL.M. AND EXCHANGE ONLY) | Tent |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM | Pizza and Soda | Tent |
| 6:30 - 6:50 PM | Welcome Karen DeMeola '96, Assistant Dean for Admissions & Student Finance Jeremy Paul, Dean & Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr., Professor of Real Property Law | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 6:50 - 7:00 PM | Orientation
Overview Anne Dailey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Evangeline Starr Professor of Law | |
| 7:00 - 7:45 PM | Introduction to Legal
Reasoning and the Law School Classroom Leslie Levin, Professor of Law, Law School Pro Bono Coordinator | |
| 7:45 - 8:00 PM | Break | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 PM | Pro Bono
Publico Leslie Levin, Professor of Law, Law School Pro Bono Coordinator | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 8:10 - 9:00 PM | The Road
Ahead Paul Chill '85, Clinical Professor of Law | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 9:30 PM - | (Optional) Gathering at Local Venue | TBA |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | Coffee (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) | Tent |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | Community Service Projects
and Tours (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) | Various |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) | Tent |
| 1:30 - 2:00 PM | Keynote
Address Gail Hardy '93, State's Attorney, Judicial District of Hartford | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | How to Brief A Case Jennifer Mailly, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Please read Costanza v Seinfeld. (This case is also in your orientation packet). | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Break | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Legal Ethics is Not an
Oxymoron Mark Dubois '77, Chief State Disciplinary Counsel, Lecturer in Law | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Library/IT Introduction,
Photo IDs & Parking Passes (EVENING DIVISION ONLY) Library and IT staff | Library |
| 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Mock Trial
Demonstration (DAY DIVISION, LL.M. & EXCHANGE ONLY) Student Mock Trial Society, faculty and staff | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 4:45 - 5:30 PM | Recent Alumni Panel: "What I Wish I Knew Then" | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 5:30 PM - | UConn Law School Foundation Barbecue and Party | Tent |
MONDAY, AUGUST 25
Classes begin!
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | (Optional) Student Organization Fair and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Social | Blumberg Hall |
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27
| 12:30 - 1:45 PM | Lunch with Faculty Advisors (DAY DIVISION, LL.M. & EXCHANGE ONLY) | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 5:30 - 7:00 | Dinner with Faculty Advisors (EVENING DIVISION ONLY) | Starr Hall Reading Room |
Co-op Bookstore - Knight Hall
Week before classes:
August 18 - 21: 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
August 22: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
August 23 (Sat): 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Regular hours:
Mondays - Thursdays: 8:30 - 6:30
Fridays: 8:30 - 4:00
Closed Holidays