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 2026 - 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 20-21 and August 24-26, 2026
104 Green Hall (unless otherwise noted during Orientation)
This schedule is subject to change.
| TIME | EVENT | ROOM |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Registration | Commons, 1st floor |
| 9 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Welcome & Program Overview Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law Steven Freedman, Associate Dean, Admissions | 104 |
| 9:20 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Academics, Honor Code & Grading Policies Leah Terranova, Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs | 104 |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. | Practical Issues & Student Services Jen Kent, KU School of Law Registrar Erin Kelley-Garrison, Asst. Director, Academic & Student Affairs | 104 |
| 10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Career Services Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean, Career Services Brett Sitts, Director, Career Services | 104 |
| 11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. | Financial Aid & Scholarships Sybil Gibbs, Assistant Director, Scholarships & Financial Aid | 104 |
| 11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch | Commons, 1st floor |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Meet with Small Sections Craig - Room 104 Harrison - Room 104 Hines - Room 106 Korzun - Room 106 Ware - Room 107 | |
| 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Lawyering Skills Pamela V. Keller, Clinical Professor & Lawyering Skills Director Betsy Brand Six, Clinical Professor & Academic Resources Director Joyce Rosenberg, Clinical Professor Jordan Carter, Clinical Associate Professor Lisa Lattan, Acting Director, LL.M. program & Lecturer of Law | 104 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Office of Civil Rights & Title IX Ash Wilson, Director of Intake and Outreach & Deputy Title IX Coordinator Addison Keegan-Harris, Director of Program Alignment | 104 |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Pictures (Last names A-L) | Commons, 2nd floor |
| 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Pictures (Last names M-Z) | Commons, 2nd floor |
| Friday, August 21, 2026 | ||
| 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lawyering Skills Lawyering Skills Professors | 104 |
| 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Lawyering Skills Lawyering Skills Professors | 104 |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Resume Workshop (Optional, but encouraged!) Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean, Career Services Brett Sitts, Director, Career Services | |
| Monday, August 24, 2026 | ||
| 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lawyering Skills Lawyering Skills Professors | 104 |
| 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Lawyering Skills Lawyering Skills Professors | 104 |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ice Cream Social | |
| Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Library, Research & Electronic Databases W. Blake Wilson, Director, Wheat Law Library | 104 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Mock Class Robin Kundis Criag, Robert A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor of Law | 104 |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Peer Professionalism Panel | 104 |
| 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Dean's Fellows Lunch Craig - Room 104 Harrison - Room 106 Hines - Room 107 Korzun - Room 127 Ware - Room 203 | |
| 1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program Emily Hartz, Executive Director | 104 |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Kansas Office of Disciplinary Administration Amanda Kohlman, Attorney Admissions Program Manager Crystalyn Ellis, Director of Investigations Royetta Rodewald, Special Investigator | 104 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) & Watkins Health Carley Sherer, Embedded Counselor Patty Quinlan, RN, Clinical Program Manager, Infection Prevention Nurse | 104 |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | ||
| 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Financial Success & Student Loan Management AccessLex Representative | 104 |
| 12 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Convocation Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law Judge Amy Fellows Cline, Kansas Court of Appeals | 104 |
| 12:20 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Faculty & Staff Introductions | |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Commons, 1st floor |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. | Meetings with Faculty Advisors | |
