Orientation

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW

2011 ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

Required for all entering day division, evening division, LLM,
and exchange students, except where indicated

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 (OPTIONAL)  
     
5:30 - end of game New Britain Rock Cats Baseball Game  New Britain, CT
  For more information and to sign-up to attend please visit here.  
     
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25    
     
2:30 - 3:00 Registration (DAY DIVISION ONLY) Tent
     
3:00 - 5:00 Library/IT Introduction, Photo IDs & Parking Passes (DAY DIVISION ONLY) Library
  Library and IT Staff  
     
4:30 - 5:00 Registration (EVENING DIVISION ONLY) Tent
     
5:00 - 5:30 Campus Tour (DAY DIVISION ONLY)  
     
5:00 - 6:00 Library/IT Introduction, Photo IDs & Parking Passes (EVENING DIVISION ONLY) Library
  Library and IT Staff  
     
5:30 - 6:30 Pizza and Soda Tent
     
6:30 - 6:50 Welcome Starr Hall Reading Room
  Karen DeMeola '96, Assistant Dean for Admissions & Student Finance  
  Jeremy Paul, Dean & Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr., Professor of Real Property  
     
6:50 - 7:00 Orientation Overview  
  Willajeanne McLean, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law  
     
7:00 - 7:45 Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Legal Reading  
  Kurt A. Strasser, Professor of Law  
     
7:45 - 8:00 Pro Bono Service  
  Timothy Everett  '84,Clinical Professsor of Law  
     
8:00 - 8:15 Break  
     
8:15 - 8:45 Distinguished Alumnus Speaker  
  Richard A. Wilde '93, Director of New Programming and Partnerships  at ABC News  
     
8:45 Campus Safety - MSgt Hector Gonzales  
     
9:00 SBA President - Marco Allocca  
     
9:30 - Gathering (OPTIONAL) Hartford
     
     
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26    
     
8:30 - 9:00 Coffee (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) Tent
     
9:00 - 12:00 Community Service Projects and Tours (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) Various
  Sign-up for the Community Service Projects and Tours now! (Sign-up Closed!)
 
     
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (OPTIONAL FOR EVENING DIVISION) Tent
     
1:00 - 2:00 Keynote Address Starr Hall Reading Room
  The Honorable Vanessa L. Bryant '78  
     
2:00 - 2:45 The Road Ahead  
  Paul Chill '85, Clinical Professor of Law  
     
2:45 - 3:30 How to Brief a Case  
  Jennifer Mailly, Externship Director, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law  
     
3:30 - 3:45 Break  
     
3:45 - 4:30 Legal Ethics is NOT an Oxymoron  
  Mark Dubois '77, Former Chief State Disciplinary Counsel, Lecturer in Law  
     
4:30 - 4:45 Director of Student Services  
  Dr. Jane Thierfeld Brown  
     
4:45 - 5:30 Law School Life: Community and Professionalism in the Classroom and Beyond  
  Susan Schmeiser, Associate Dean for Student Life & Professor of Law, Moderator  
     
5:30 - UConn Law School Barbecue and Party Tent
     
     
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31    
     
5:00 - 7:00 Reception with First Year Faculty Starr Hall Reading Room
     
     
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1    
     
12:30 - 1:30 Student Organization Fair and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Social (OPTIONAL) Starr Hall Reading Room
     
     
UCONN CO-OP BOOKSTORE HOURS

Week Before Classes:
August 22 - 24 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
August 26 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
August 27 (Sat) 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

Regular Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

 

Closed Weekends and Holidays