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 2023 - 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 17-18 and August 21-23, 2023
104 Green Hall (unless otherwise noted during Orientation)
Key for Attendees:
- FS - Fall Starters and 2-Year J.D. students
- SS - Summer Starters
- L - American Legal Studies LL.M. students
- T/V - Transfer and Visiting students
- SJ - S.J.D. students
- Italicized letters indicate optional attendance for that group
This schedule is subject to change.
| Time | Event | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 17, 2023 - Fall Starters | ||
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Registration (Informal Commons, 1st floor) | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 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, L, SJ, T/V |
| 9:20 - 10:15 a.m. | Academics, Honor Code and Grading Policies Leah Terranova, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Practical Issues and Student Services Jen Kent, KU School of Law Registrar Leah Terranova, Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 10:45 - 11 a.m. | Break | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 11 - 11:30 a.m. | Career Services Stacey Blakeman, Assistant Dean of Career Services Brett Sitts, Director of Career Services Grace McDonough, Administrative Associate | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lunch Provided | FS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 12 - 12:30 p.m. | Meet with Small Sections Drahozal (meet with Prof. Six) - Room 104 Stacy (including LLM students) - Room 106 Ware - Room 127 Velte - Room 203 | FS, L |
| 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, Lawyering Skills Professor Lisa Lattan, Lawyering Skills Professor | FS, L, SJ |
| 3:30 - 4 p.m. | Pictures (FS Last names A-L) (Informal Commons, 2nd floor) | FS, L, SJ |
| 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Pictures (FS Last names M-Z) (Informal Commons, 2nd floor) | FS, L |
| Friday, August 18, 2023 - Fall Starters | ||
| 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Legal Reasoning Foundational Concepts Lawyering Skills Professors | FS, L, SJ |
| 12 - 1 p.m. | Lunch on your own | |
| 1 - 4 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Case Briefing, Class Preparation & Studying Lawyering Skills Professors | FS, L, SJ |
| Monday, August 21, 2023 - Summer Starters Join Orientation | ||
| 9 - 10:00 a.m. | Mock Class Jean K. Gilles Phillips, Professor of Law, Director, Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies | FS, L, SJ |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Break | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Cultural Proficiency in Lawyering: An Introduction Demetria Frank, Cultural Climate, Access, & Belonging Strategist, Law Professor, Former Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion at The University of Memphis School of Law | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with the Dean’s Fellows (break out by small section) Drahozal - Room 104 Stacy - Room 106 Ware - Room 201 Velte - Room 203 Summer Starters - First Floor Commons | FS, SS, L, SJ |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | BREAKOUT GROUPS: Check Your Folder for Group Color Red Group Blue Group | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 2:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Break | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | BREAKOUT GROUPS: Check Your Folder for Group Color Red Group Blue Group | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Break | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Peer Professionalism Student Panel | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | ||
| 9 - 10:30 a.m. | Lawyering Skills: Analyzing a Legal Problem (no summer starters) Lawyering Skills Professors | FS, L, SJ |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Lawyering Skills: Lawyering Skills Course Overview Carter - 203 Lattan, Keller, Six - Room 104 Rosenberg - 106 | FS, SS, L, T/V |
| 12 - 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, L SJ, T/V |
| 1:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 2 - 3 p.m. | CAPS Information Session Eric Lowery, LSCSW, Clinical Social Worker & Outreach Coordinator | FS, SS, L SJ, T/V |
| 3 - 3:30 p.m. | Financial Aid and Scholarships Sybil Gibbs, Scholarship Coordinator | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | ||
| 9 - 10 a.m. | Library, Research & Electronic Databases W. Blake Wilson, Head of Instructional and Research Services | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 10 - 10:15 a.m. | Faculty and Staff Introductions | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 10:15 - 11 a.m. | Coffee with Faculty Advisors: Check Canvas and Your Folder for Assignments Get your coffee in the Informal Commons, 1st floor and then go to your assigned location | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 11 - 11:15 a.m. | Break | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Financial Success - Student Loan Management Justin Zieman, Regional Director, AccessLex | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 12:15 - 12:30 p.m. | KU Law Convocation Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law Judge Amy Fellows Cline, Kansas Court of Appeals | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Reception and Pizza Informal Commons, 1st floor | FS, SS, L, SJ, T/V |
| 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | LLM Meeting (Room 107) Andrew Torrance, Professor of Law Betsy Six, Lawyering Skills Professor | L |
