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Orientation 2008 for International LL.M. & Exchange Students
2008 Orientation Schedule
Tuesday, August 19
| 6:30 PM - | Party at home of Blanche Capilos & David Biklen |
Wednesday, August 20
| 9:00 AM | Donuts and coffee | Faculty Lounge, Hosmer Hall | ||||||
| 9:45 | Welcome Professor Peter Kochenburger, Director of Graduate Programs Professor Mark Janis, Director of U.S. LL.M. Program Professor Willajeanne McLean, Director of Exchange Programs | |||||||
| 10:00 | Sarah Cox, International Law Librarian Yan Hong, Insurance Law Librarian
| Library | ||||||
| 11:00 | Group 1: Westlaw training in the small
computer lab Group 2: Introduction to using the Law Library | Room 233 | ||||||
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |||||||
| 1:30 | Group 2: Westlaw training in the small
computer lab Group 1: Introduction to using the Law Library | Room 233 | ||||||
| 2:30 | Campus Tour | |||||||
| 3:00 | Class simulation with Professor Willajeanne McLean | Chase 110 | ||||||
| 6:30 | Band at Elizabeth Park |
Thursday, August 21 (with J.D. Students)
| 10:00 AM | Shopping: Grocery and Westfarms Mall | |
| 3:30 PM | Group 1: Lexis Nexis training | Library computer lab |
| 4:30 PM | Group 2: Lexis Nexis training | Library computer lab |
| 5:30 PM | Registration & Pizza | Tent |
| 6:30 | Welcome Karen DeMeola, Assistant Dean for Admissions Jeremy Paul, Dean | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 6:50 | Orientation Overview Anne Dailey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | |
| 7:00 | Introduction to Legal Reasoning and the Law
School Classroom Leslie Levin, Professor of Law | |
| 8:00 | The Road Ahead Paul Chill, Clinical Professor of Law | |
| 9:00 | Gathering at the Spigot, Prospect Avenue | Hartford |
Friday, August 22 (with J.D. Students)
| 8:30 AM | Coffee | Tent |
| 9:00 | Tour of the Mark Twain House and Museum | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Keynote Address Gail Hardy, State's Attorney, Hartford Count | Starr Hall Reading Room |
| 2:00 | How to Brief a Case Jennifer Mailly, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law | |
| 2:45 | Break | |
| 3:00 | Legal Ethics is Not an Oxymoron Mark DuBois, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, State of Connecticut | |
| 3:30 | Mock Trial Mock Trial Society, Faculty | |
| 4:45 | Recent Alumni Panel: "What I Wish I Knew Then" | |
| 5:30 | UCONN Law School Foundation Barbecue and Party | Tent |
Saturday, August 23
| 7:00 PM | Party with International Law Students |
Sunday, August 24
Free
Monday, August 25
First day of classes
| 12:30-1:30 Student Organization Fair and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream | Starr Hall Reading Room |
Wednesday, August 27
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch with Faculty Advisor | Starr Hall Reading Room |
Monday, September 1
Labor Day Holiday: No classes
Friday, September 5
End of Add and Drop for international students