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.

CONTACT KU LAW ADMISSIONS

103 Green Hall
admitlaw@ku.edu
866-220-3654


Entering Student Program Schedule

Entering Student Program Schedule Fall 2025 - 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 14-15 and August 18-20, 2025

104 Green Hall (unless otherwise noted during Orientation)

This schedule is subject to change.

Entering Student Program Schedule 2025
TIMEEVENTROOM
Thursday, August 14, 2025
8:30 - 9 a.m.RegistrationCommons, 1st floor
9 - 9:20 a.m.Welcome & Program Overview
Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law
Steven Freedman, Associate Dean for Admissions
104
9:20 - 10:15 a.m.Academics, Honor Code and Grading Policies
Leah Terranova, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs
104
10:15 - 10:40 a.m.Practical Issues & Student Services
Jen Kent, KU School of Law Registrar
Erin Kelley-Garrison, Asst. Director of Academic & Student Affairs
104
10:40 - 10:50 a.m.Break 
10:50 - 11:20 a.m.Career Services
Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean of Career Services
Brett Sitts, Director of Career Services
104
11:20 - 11:50 a.m.Financial Aid & Scholarships
Sybil Gibbs, Assistant Director of Scholarships & Financial Aid
104
11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lunch
(Provided with Student Bar Association)
Commons, 1st floor
12:30 - 1:00 p.m.Meet with Small Sections
Laura Hines - Room 104
Jennifer Harrison - Room 106
Sharon Brett - Room 107
Vera Korzun - Room 201
Kyle Velte - Room 201
 
1:00 - 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, LLM program & Lecturer of Law
104
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.Foundations in Law: Professional Identity & Skills
Leah Terranova, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs
Erin Kelley-Garrison, Asst. Director of Academic & Student Affairs
Jordan Carter, Clinical Associate Professor 
104
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.Pictures (Last names A-L)Commons, 2nd floor
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.Pictures (Last names M-Z)Commons, 2nd floor
Friday, August 15, 2025
9  a.m. - 12 p.m.Lawyering Skills
Lawyering Skills Professors
104
12 - 1 p.m.Lunch (on your own) 
1 - 3:30 p.m.Lawyering Skills
Lawyering Skills Professors
104
Monday, August 18, 2025
9  a.m. - 12 p.m.Lawyering Skills
Lawyering Skills Professors
104
12 - 1 p.m.Lunch (on your own) 
1 - 3:30 p.m.Lawyering Skills
Lawyering Skills Professors
104
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
9 - 10 a.m.Library, Research & Electronic Databases
W. Blake Wilson, Director of Wheat Law Library
104
10 - 11:15 a.m.Mock Class
Alex Platt, Professor of Law
104
11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.Peer Professionalism Panel104
12- 1 p.m.Lunch (Provided with the Dean's Fellows, by Small Section)
Laura Hines - Room 104
Jennifer Harrison - Room 106
Sharon Brett - Room 107
Vera Korzun - Room 127
Kyle Velte - Room 203
 
1 - 1:45 p.m.Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program
Emily Hartz, Executive Director
104
1:45 - 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 - 2:45 p.m.Break 
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) 
Carley Sherer, Embedded Counselor
104
3:30 - 4 p.m.Watkins Health Services
Patty Quinlan, RN, Clinical Program Manager, Infection Prevention Nurse
104
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Financial Success & Student Loan Management
AccessLex Representative
104
12 - 12:15 p.m.Convocation 
Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law
Judge Amy Fellows Cline, Kansas Court of Appeals
104
12:15 - 1 p.m.LunchCommons, 1st floor
1 - 1:15 p.m.Faculty & Staff Introductions104
1:15 - 2 p.m.Meetings with Faculty Advisors