Wednesday, August 20 (comfortable, light clothes and shoes for team-building activities outside; casual dress for cookout)
All participants in the Team Building Activity must complete and return this form. Fax back to 610-469-5002 or scan it and email back to tshinn(at)innerworkcompany.com Deadline was August 8 but releases will be accepted until Aug. 19 at the locations above.
8:00 a.m. · Check-in for Team-Building Day and Continental Breakfast
Howard O. Hunter Atrium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
8:30 a.m. Introduction to Team-Building Day
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Katherine Brokaw will welcome you, explain the day's activities and introduce a brief warm-up, training and information session with our professional facilitators.
9:00 am - 1:00 p.m. Team-Building Day and Activities
Join your new classmates and Orientation team leaders who are upper-level Emory Law Students for a day of team-building activities. Lunch provided.
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Welcome to Emory University
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Meet the providers of various student services on the Emory University campus and find out how their departments can help you and your family with your transition into law school, your first year of law school, and the rest of your time at Emory. Presentations will include representatives from Student Health Services, the Office of Financial Aid, the Woodruff P.E. Center, Arts at Emory, the Student Counseling Center, the Office of Disability Services and other campus facilities and services. This session will be introduced by Crystal Edmonson, President of the Emory Alumni Association and Broadcast Editor for the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
6:00 p.m. · Welcome to Emory Law School Cook-Out
Bacardi Plaza, First Floor, Gambrell Hall
Family, spouses, significant others, and friends are all welcome.
Sponsored by the Emory Law School Student Bar Association
Thursday, August 21 (casual dress)
8:30 · Check-in and Continental Breakfast
Howard O. Hunter Atrium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
9:00 · Welcome by Dean David Partlett
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
9:30 · Welcome by Lynell Cadray, Assistant Dean of Admissions; Katherine Brokaw, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
9:45 · Faculty Remarks - Associate Dean Polly Price (introduced by Dean Partlett)
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
10:00 · Break
10:15 · Who's Who Around the Law School
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Vice Dean James Hughes will introduce law school administrators who will explain how their departments will work with you to support you during law school. Panel will include: Associate Dean Susan Carter; Registrar Celeste Katz; Assistant Deans Katherine Brokaw, Ben Chapman and Janet Hutchinson; Director of Administration Kevin Moody.
11:15 · Box lunches and campus tours with Orientation Leaders
Enjoy a box lunch and tour the law school, the clinic offices and parts of the main campus in small groups led by one or two Orientation leaders (upper-level law students)
1:30 · Introduction to Legal Methods (new 1Ls only)
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Your Legal Methods professors will discuss techniques for reading and briefing cases. Before this session, you are encouraged to review the materials located at
http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/fileadmin/current_students/Hynes_v_New_York_Central_Railroad.pdf
and prepare a brief for the Hynes case contained in the materials.
2:45 · Break
3:00 - 4:00 Student Life Panel Discussion
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
A panel of second and third-year law students will make recommendations on how to get through your first year of law school.
Moderator: Mark Richardson, 3L, President of the Student Bar Association
Panelists: Carson Bacon, Brent Douglas, Jason Esteves, Brandon Goldberg, Shijuade Kadree, Graham Lee, Adam Linkner, Sonette Magnus, Thea van der Zalm.
4:30 - 5:30 Introduction to the Law Library
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Director of Library Services Mark Engsberg and some of the law librarians will explain the services available to you in the MacMillan Law Library and how to get started using those resources.
5:30 pm - Meet and Greet at the Law Library
MacMillan Law Library, main floor
Enjoy light refreshments and meet the staff of the law library.
Please join the Office of Student Affairs and several student organizations for a multicultural food fair and tasting on Bacardi Plaza from 6:30 - 7:30 pm.
Sponsored by PMBR and the Office of Diversity and Community Initiatives
Friday, August 22 (*please wear business attire*)
8:30 · Continental Breakfast
Howard O. Hunter Atrium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
9:00 · Welcome
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
A. James Elliott 63C 66L, Associate Dean for External Affairs.
ABA Film featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Renaissance of Idealism in the Legal Profession
Remarks on behalf of the Georgia Office of Bar Admissions
Sally Lockwood, Executive Director, State Bar of Georgia
Student Presentation: Professionalism, Emory Law's Professional Conduct Code and the Student Community.
Student Prosecutor Brian Dieter 09L will discuss the Professional Conduct Code
Welcome from the Emory Law School Alumni Association
Ms. Halli D. Cohn, 90L, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, and President, Emory Law Alumni Association
Keynote Address and Administration of the Professionalism Oath
The Honorable Anne Barnes, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia
10:30 · Professionalism Breakout Sessions
Various classrooms in Gambrell Hall; check your schedule to determine your professionalism section; room assignments will be posted at the law school.
Before this session, please review the Professionalism Workshop materials distributed on Thursday at check-in. Small groups of students will meet to discuss hypothetical legal and ethical scenarios with an Emory Law professor and a local legal practitioner.
12:00 · Buffet Luncheon
Atrium, "Bus Station" and Bacardi Plaza, First Floor, Gambrell Hall
Join your classmates, upper-level law students, Emory Law faculty and staff, and lawyers participating in the Professionalism program for a buffet luncheon.
12:00 to 2:00 · Photo Sessions and Locker Assignment
Room 1C, First Floor, Gambrell Hall
Have your photo taken during this time for the Emory Law School student directory. Please note that you can get your photo taken either before or after you eat lunch -- whichever order works best for you. You will have an opportunity to select your own locker at this time as well.
2:00 - 3:00 Presentation by Clinical and Field Placement Faculty
Tull Auditorium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
The leaders of Emory Law School's clinical and field placement programs will discuss their clinics, their activities and how you can get involved during your time at Emory Law School.
Panel will include: Larry Sanders, Acting Director of the Turner Environmental Law Clinic; Jan Pratt, Administrative Professor for Field Placement; Randee Waldman, Director, Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic; Karen Worthington, Director, Barton Child Law Policy Clinic; and others TBA.
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 to 4:45 · Introduction to LWRAP
Various classrooms in Gambrell Hall; check your schedule to determine your LWRAP section; room assignments will be posted at the law school.
The faculty of the Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy Program will introduce you to this year-long course in which you will learn essential lawyering skills.
5:00 - 6:00 · Reception with Faculty
Hunter Atrium, Third Floor, Gambrell Hall
Join your classmates and upper-level student Orientation leaders to meet and mingle with the faculty of the Emory University School of Law.
Book purchases
The Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) will be selling used textbooks on Saturday, August 23 from 10am - 12pm (1L's only) and 12pm - 2pm (open to all students) and on Sunday, August 24 from 10 am to 2pm for all students in the student lounge on the first floor of the Law School.
New textbooks are available at the Druid Hills Bookstore, at 1401 Oxford Road (amedium walk from the law school), which will be open special hours:
Wed, Aug. 20 from 9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Thu, Aug. 21 from 9:00 am - 12:00 midnight (Midnight Madness Sale begins at 8:00 pm - from 8-10 pm all clothing, supplies and gift items will be 25% off! From 10-11 pm all trade books and law study aids will be 20% off! From 11 pm-midnight all text books will be 10% off. Free food, drinks and goodies!)
Fri, Aug 22 - 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday, Aug. 23 - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, Aug. 24 - 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mon, Aug 25 - 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tue-Fri, Aug 26-29 - 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Check to see if your schedule is up on OPUS and you can buy new books before Thursday if you wish.