Entering Student Program
The Entering Student Program is our orientation for first-year law students.
Incoming students will have a chance to meet their classmates and attend a social event with the Dean’s Fellows. You’ll also complete our five-day Lawyering Boot Camp, where Lawyering Skills faculty provide the essential tools to excel in law school.
Entering Student Program Schedule
Entering Student Program Schedule Fall 2024 - printable version (.pdf)
All incoming Law students are required to attend the mandatory orientation and should expect to be in the building from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. for those days.
August 22-23 and August 26-28, 2024
104 Green Hall (unless otherwise noted during Orientation)
Key for Attendees:
- FS - Fall Starters and 2-Year J.D. students
- SS - Summer Starters
- SJ - S.J.D. students
- TR - Transfer students
This schedule is subject to change.
| Time | Event | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 22, 2024 - Fall Starters | ||
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Registration (Informal Commons, 1st floor) | FS, TR |
| 9 - 9:20 a.m. | Welcome and Program Overview Welcome to KU Law Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law Steven Freedman, Associate Dean for Admissions | FS, TR |
| 9:20 - 10:15 a.m. | Academics, Honor Code and Grading Policies Leah Terranova, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs | FS, TR |
| 10:15 - 10:40 a.m. | Practical Issues and Student Services Jen Kent, KU School of Law Registrar Erin Kelley-Garrison, Asst. Director of Academic & Student Affairs | FS, TR |
| 10:40 - 10:50 a.m. | Break | FS, TR |
| 10:50 - 11:20 a.m. | Career Services Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean of Career Services Brett Sitts, Director of Career Services Grace McDonough, Administrative Associate | FS, TR |
| 11:20 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lunch Provided | FS, TR |
| 12 - 12:30 p.m. | Meet with Small Sections | FS |
| 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Common Law and Court Systems Pamela V. Keller, Clinical Professor and Lawyering Skills Director Betsy Brand Six, Clinical Professor and Academic Resources Director Joyce Rosenberg, Clinical Professor Jordan Carter, Clinical Associate Professor Lisa Lattan, Acting Director, LLM program and Lecturer of Law | FS |
| 3:30 - 4 p.m. | Pictures (FS Last names A-L) (Informal Commons, 2nd floor) | FS |
| 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Pictures (FS Last names M-Z) (Informal Commons, 2nd floor) | FS |
| Friday, August 23, 2024 - Fall Starters | ||
| 9 - 12 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Legal Reasoning Foundational Concepts Lawyering Skills Professors | FS |
| 12 - 1 p.m. | Lunch on your own | |
| 1 - 4 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Case Briefing, Class Preparation & Studying | FS |
| Monday, August 26, 2024 - Summer Starters Join Orientation | ||
| 9 - 10:00 a.m. | Mock Class Alex Platt, Professor of Law | FS |
| 10 - 11:30 a.m. | Lawyering Skills: Analyzing a Legal Problem Lawyering Skills Professors | FS |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch with the Dean's Fellows (break out by small section) | FS, SS |
| 1 - 2 p.m. | BREAKOUT GROUPS: Check your folder or nametag for group color Red Group Peer Professionalism Panel - Room 104 Blue Group Developing Identity & Well-Being in the Law - Room 106 | FS, SS, TR |
| 2 - 2:15 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | BREAKOUT GROUPS: Check your folder or nametag for group color Red Group Developing Identity & Well-Being in the Law - Room 106 Blue Group Peer Professionalism Panel - Room 104 | FS, SS, TR |
| Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | ||
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Lawyering Skills: Legal Communication Lawyering Skills Professors | FS |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Faculty & Staff Introductions | FS, SS, TR |
| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. | Lawyering Skills: Lawyering Skills Course Overview Carter - Room 104 Lattan - Room 106 Keller - Room 107 Rosenberg - Room 108 Six - Room 109 | FS, SS |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Lunch on your own | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | The Kansas Office of Disciplinary Administrator & Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program Information Session | FS, SS, TR |
| 1:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 2 - 3 p.m. | CAPS Information Session Eric Lowery, LSCSW, Clinical Social Worker & Outreach Coordinator | FS, SS, TR |
| 3 - 3:30 p.m. | Financial Aid & Scholarships Sybil Gibbs, Assistant Director of Financial Aid & Professional Identity Development | FS, SS, TR |
| Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | ||
| 10 - 11 a.m. | Library, Research & Electronic Databases W. Blake Wilson, Head of Instructional and Research Services | FS, SS, TR |
| 11 - 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Financial Success - Student Loan Management Justin Zieman, Regional Director, AccessLex | FS, SS, TR |
| 12:15 - 12:30 a.m. | KU Law Convocation (Transfers Optional) Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law Judge Amy Fellows Cline, Kansas Court of Appeals | FS, SS, TR |
| 12:30 - 1 p.m. | Lunch Informal Commons, 1st Floor | FS, SS, TR |
| 1 - 1:45 p.m.. | Meetings with Faculty Advisors Burge Union Forum AB | FS, SS, TR |
