Orientation Schedule

Law Class of 2015

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Check-in and Continental Breakfast

School of Law Lobby

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Welcome and Introduction of Faculty and Staff

Dean Robert M. Wilcox

Law Auditorium

10:00 am - 10:15 am

This Is Your Class

Megan Seiner, Director of Student Affairs

10:15 am - 10:30 am

BREAK

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Law School 101: Why Law School is Different
Professor Pat Hubbard

Law School 101: Why We Teach What We Teach
Professor Susan Kuo

Law Auditorium

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Small-Group Session and Lunch with Peer Mentors

Group 1- Room 135; Group 2- Room 335; Group 3 - Room 231;

Group 4- Room 230; Group 5- Room 236; Group 6 - Room 344;

Group 7- Room 333; Group 8- Room 334; Group 9 - Room 138;

Group 10- Room 345; Group 11- Room 338; Group 12 Auditorium

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Law School 101: A Day in the Life of a 1L
Professor Jacqueline Fox

Law School 101: Why Law School is Hard
Professor Joel Samuels

Law Auditorium

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Wrap-Up Session

Susan Palmer, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

BREAK

5:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Meet Your Mentors

Informal conversation with Law Alumni mentors

Groups will return to the same room as for the 11:30 lunch with Peer Mentors

5:45 pm - 6:30 pm

Law Student Professionalism Oath Ceremony

Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, South Carolina Supreme Court

Law Auditorium

6:30 pm

Reception with School of Law Faculty and Alumni

School of Law Lobby

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

School of Law Lobby

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Welcome and Remarks

Law Auditorium

Student Bar Association

George Jenkinson, Student Bar Association President

Welcome to the Profession

Susan Palmer, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

An Introduction to the American Bar Association

William C. Hubbard, Class of 1977, Chair of the ABA House of Delegates 2008-2010

Erika Robinson, Class of 2013, Law Student Council Member, ABA Section on Legal Education

Academic Support Program

Alex Ruskell, Director of Academic Success and Bar Preparation

Health and Wellness

Tobin Lovell, USC Counseling and Human Development Center

10:15 am - 11:15 am

Section 1- Library Tours and Information Technology Presentation, Law Library

Section 2- Honor Code Discussion and Signing, 2nd and 3rd floor Courtrooms (Groups 5 & 6, Room 239; Groups 7 & 8, Room 336)

Section 3- Pro Bono Information Session, Room 138; Facebook Pictures, Room 135

(Groups 9 & 10 attend pro bono session at 10:15, take Facebook pictures at 10:45;

Groups 11 & 12 have pictures taken at 10:15 and attend pro bono session at 10:45)

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Section 1- Pro Bono Information Session, Room 138; Facebook Pictures, Room 135

(Groups 1 & 2 attend pro bono session at 11:15, take Facebook pictures at 11:45;

Groups 3 & 4 have pictures taken at 11:15 and attend pro bono session at 11:45)

Section 2- Library Tours and Information Technology Presentation, Law Library

Section 3- Honor Code Discussion and Signing, 2nd and 3rd floor Courtrooms

(Groups 9 & 10, Room 239; Groups 11 & 12, Room 336)

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Section 1- Honor Code Discussion and Signing, 2nd and 3rd floor Courtrooms

(Groups 1 & 2, Room 239; Groups 3 & 4, Room 336)

Section 2- Pro Bono Information Session, Room 138; Facebook Pictures, Room 135

(Groups 5 & 6 attend pro bono session at 12:15, take Facebook pictures at 12:45;

Groups 7 & 8 have pictures taken at 12:15 and attend pro bono session at 12:45)

Section 3- Library Tours and Information Technology Presentation, Law Library