Orientation

Transfer/Visiting Student Orientation Schedule

Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Room 335

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Welcome to the University of South Carolina School of Law

Susan Palmer, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Megan Seiner, Director of Student Affairs

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Academic Programs and Registration

Danielle Holley-Walker, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Romona Keith, Law Registrar & Director of Academic Services

3:30 pm - 3:50 pm

Introduction to Career Services and Symplicity

Phyllis Burkhard, Director of Career Services

3:50 pm - 4:00 pm

Academic Journal Information Session

Thomas Limehouse, South Carolina Law Review

Benton Sawrey, South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business

4:00 pm - 4:10 pm

Moot Court and Mock Trial Overview

Jacob Raehn, Moot Court Bar

Michael Crocker, Mock Trial Team

4:10 pm - 4:45 pm

Q&A with Transfer Peer Mentors

Kiara Tucker and Jordan Stallings, Class of 2013

5:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Meet Your Mentors*

Informal conversation with Law Alumni mentors

*Note: These meetings are optional for transfer and visiting students. Rooms to be assigned at Orientation

5:45 pm - 6:30 pm

Law Student Professionalism Oath Ceremony

Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, Supreme Court of South Carolina

Law Auditorium

6:30 pm

Reception with School of Law Alumni and Faculty

School of Law Lobby

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Note: Transfer and visiting students are welcome to attend any of the first-year Orientation programs. The only required Wednesday sessions are the Honor Code Discussion and Signing and the Facebook pictures. Please attend those sessions with your assigned small group.

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