TRANSFER STUDENT ORIENTATION 2011Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19All events are in Room V unless otherwise specified.

Thursday

Please wear close-toed shoes, long pants, and clothes you can get dirty.  Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Chicago Food Depository.

• 9:30 a.m. - Registration
• 10:00 a.m. - Welcomes, Introductions 
  • Michael H. Schill, Dean and Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law 
  • Ann Perry, Associate Dean for Admissions 
  • Amy M. Gardner, Dean of Students 
  • Shannon Bartlett, Associate Director of Student Affairs 
• 10:30 a.m. - Law School Information Tours and Library Overview 
  • Winston Gu and Julia Kasper, Rising 3Ls and Transfer Student Coordinators
  • Library Personnel
• 11:15 a.m. - Break; Pick up Boxed Lunches
• 11:30 a.m. - Career Services and Public Interest        
  • Abbie Willard, Associate Dean for Career Services & Policy Initiatives
  • Lois Casaleggi, Senior Director, Office of Career Services
  • Susan Curry, Director, Public Interest Law & Policy 
• 12:00 p.m. - Overview of Clinics and Experiential Programs 
  • Jeff Leslie, Acting Associate Dean for Clinical and Experiential Learning, Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Curriculum 
• 12:30 p.m. - Bus Departs for Service Activity
  • Incoming transfer students, Winston Gu, and Julia Kasper
• 1:00 p.m. - Service Activity at the Chicago Food Depository
• 4:00 p.m. - Bus departs Chicago Food Depository to return to the Law School
• 4:45 p.m. - Bus arrives at the Law School
• 4:45 p.m. - Dessert Social in the South Green Lounge Sponsored by Themis Bar Review

Friday

Please bring your laptop. 

• 9:00 a.m.  - Mini Coffee Mess
  Sponsored by External Affairs
  Be sure to pick up a special gift from External Affairs!
• 9:30 a.m. - Topic Access Program
  • Journal Topic Access Editors: Hillary Guigue August, Law Review Topic Access & Recruitment Editor; Tamara Hill, Chicago Journal of International Law Executive Editor; Legal Forum Representative TBD
• 10:00 a.m. - Law School Computing 
  • David Blood, Student Computer Lab Manager 
• 10:30 a.m. - Registration/Exam Taking Nuts and Bolts
  • Roberto Koch, Registrar 
• 11:00 a.m. - Electronic Resources and Protecting Your Online Reputation
  • Aaron Rester, Manager of Electronic Communications 
• 11:45 a.m. - Break; Your first of many lunches catered by The Snail
• 12:00 p.m. - Uniquely U of C – Student Perspective
  Panel of 3Ls who transferred in last year moderated by Julia Kasper
  • Alexis Bates, Rising 3L and President of Law School Chapter of the American Constitution Society
  • Bobby Earles, Rising 3L and Black Law Students Association Alumni Chair
  • Scott Wolf, Rising 3L and 2010-2011 Transfer Law Students Association Representative
• 1:15 p.m. - Getting Started at the University and the Law School 
  • Shannon Bartlett, Associate Director of Student Affairs 
• 2:00 p.m. - Clerkships 
  • Lior Strahilevitz, Deputy Dean and Sidley Austin Professor of Law
  • Lois Casaleggi, Senior Director, Office of Career Services
• 2:30 p.m. - Break; Snacks
• 2:45 p.m. - Financial Aid and LRAP
  • Karla Vargas, Director of Financial Aid 
• 3:30 p.m. - Academic Policies and Resources
  • Roberto Koch, Registrar
  • Amy M. Gardner, Dean of Students
  • Judith Wright, Associate Dean for Library Services
• 4:00 p.m. - An Introduction to Law & Economics
  • Douglas G. Baird, Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law 
• 4:45 p.m. - Overview of Transfer Programs/Office of the Dean of Students Programming/Wrap-Up
  • Julia Kasper and Dean Gardner
• 5:15 p.m. - Meet at VCA Desk to Carpool or Walk to Seven Ten Lanes
• 5:30 p.m. - Transfer Student Welcome Reception and Bowling Party (RSVP by 8/15 requested)
  Seven Ten Lanes, 1055 East 55th Street   
  New students, their spouses/significant others and their transfer buddies are welcome to attend.