2011 Orientation Information
- Parking
- UVA ID Cards
- Health Information
- Important Information for First-Year Law Students
- Computer Information and Email
- Letter from the Peer Advisors | List of Peer Advisors
- Transfer Student Orientation
- Getting
to the Law School
Tentative Schedule
* ATTENDANCE REQUIRED
| Sunday, August 21, 2011 (OPTIONAL Activities) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. | Third Annual Virginia Law New Students Public Service Day The Student Bar Association’s Public Service Committee would like to invite all new members of the Class of 2014 to participate and volunteer with local organizations by performing a variety of tasks. Participants are asked to arrive at the Law School at 9:30 a.m. to sign in and to pick up their free t-shirt. Students will return around 1 p.m. to the Law School, where the SBA will provide lunch. All incoming students are welcome and encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to get to know Charlottesville and their fellow students. Any interested spouses or significant others are also welcome. Sign up by emailing Karen Dottore at ked2mz@virginia.edu. Questions can also be directed to Karen or to Philip Williamson (pdw3px@virginia.edu). |
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| 3 p.m. | Movie and Discussion with Professors Anne Coughlin and Mildred Robinson Join us for a screening of "Rashomon" (Akira Kurosawa 1950). We chose Rashomon for our session for a couple of reasons. First, it is a classic film, one that many critics praise as among the best movies ever made. The film is well worth seeing in its own right. Second, the film is a perfect way to kick off your law studies, for it raises compelling questions that every lawyer confronts. No matter what their area of expertise, no matter what the nature of the case, lawyers always need to ask, "What happened?" This question is at the center of "Rashomon." What do and should lawyers do when eyewitnesses offer credible, but dramatically different, accounts of "what happened"? The film is short, just 88 minutes, so we will have plenty of time for discussion for those who want to stick around after the screening. |
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| 3 p.m. | "The Case of Earl Washington Jr. and the Problem of False Confessions":
Lecture and Discussion with Professor Brandon Garrett Withers-Brown Hall Room 126 We will watch a short 20-minute video documentary by Frontline, called "The Case for Innocence." They interviewed people who uncovered new DNA tests which appeared to prove the innocence of a man facing a life sentence in Virginia for a gruesome murder that took place in the town of Culpepper. Washington had confessed, but he now maintained that the confession was false. Where the video leaves off, it is not at all clear that the DNA tests would make any difference in his case. We will talk about how DNA would eventually exonerate him, and we will unpack what went wrong in the case. We will trace how a few key facts documented very early on in the murder investigation sealed his fate. |
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| Monday, August 22, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | *Sign-in, Withers-Brown Hall Rooms 126 and 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10-10:45 a.m. | *Welcome Session, Caplin Auditorium Law School Dean Paul G. Mahoney Jason Wu Trujillo '01, Former Senior Assistant Dean for Admissions Sanjiv Tata, Student Bar Association President Featured Speaker: Deborah Platt Majoras '89, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Proctor & Gamble Company and Former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission |
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| 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | *Section Meetings with Peer Advisors
SL - Slaughter Hall |
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| 1-2 p.m. | Lunch with Your Section and Peer Advisors (Pick up lunches in Caplin Pavilion) Graduate, Transfers, Sections A & B - 1 p.m. Sections C, D, E, F, G - 1:10 p.m. Sections H, I, J, K, L - 1:15 p.m. |
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| 2-5 p.m. | *Law School Student Directory Photos,
Slaughter Hall Room 284 Sections A & B: 2-2:30 p.m. Sections C & D: 2:30-3 p.m. Sections E & F: 3-3:30 p.m. Sections G & H: 3:30-4 p.m. Sections I & J: 4-4:30 p.m. Sections K & L: 4:30-5 p.m. |
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| 5-5:30 p.m. | *Meetings with Section Professors (in rooms where each section met with its peer advisors) |
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| 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Welcome Picnic for First-Year, Transfer and Graduate Students, Spies Garden (Rain site: Caplin Pavilion) |
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| Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-10:40 a.m. | *Introduction Session, Caplin Auditorium Cary Bennett, Assistant Dean for Academic Services Kimberly Emery, Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center Taylor Fitchett, Director of the Law Library Derek Leach, ITC User Support Manager Kevin Donovan, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Services Jennifer Hulvey, Director of Financial Aid Assistant Dean for Administrative Services (Facilities and Safety) Martha Ballenger, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Remarks on Professionalism: Professor George Rutherglen |
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| 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | *Honor Code/Judiciary Orientation, Withers-Brown Hall Room 126 (in accordance with the following schedule) Sections A, B, and C: 11 a.m. Sections D, E, and F: 11:30 a.m. Sections G, H, and I: 12 p.m. Sections J, K, and L: 12:30 p.m. |
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| 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | *Diversity Orientation/Presentation, Withers-Brown Hall Room 154 (in accordance with the following schedule) Sections D, E, and F: 11 a.m. Sections A, B, and C: 11:30 a.m. Sections J, K, and L: 12 p.m. Sections G, H, and I: 12:30 p.m. |
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| 1 p.m. | Lunch with Peer Advisors *Peer Advisor sessions, including Law School/library tours and briefing sessions, to be scheduled individually with sections around other scheduled orientation activities. |
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| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *1L classes begin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TBA in SEPTEMBER, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | Parking permits may be purchased in the foyer adjacent to Caplin Auditorium (lower level of Withers-Brown Hall). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We expect that some student parking regulations will be suspended for a week or two in late August/early September, so as to permit students to park in the D-3 parking lot located east of the Law School and south of the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Legal Center and School. Other allowable parking includes the D-3 parking spaces (adjacent to the University playing fields) and spaces at University Hall (approximately one mile from the Law School and served by the University bus service). Those who live in close proximity are advised to walk to the Law School.
Parking is not allowed in D-2 and D-5 faculty and staff parking areas, Law School visitor lots, or other areas posted for restricted use, without an appropriate permit. Further information about parking will be provided during first-year orientation sessions.
- Map of the Law School
- Map of North Grounds (shows parking lots in key)
In addition to the photo that will be taken for the Law School Student Directory, each student must secure a photo ID from the University. This photo ID may be obtained at the ID card office in the Observatory Hill Dining Hall on Central Grounds, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, from Aug. 15-26, 2011, or between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, and between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. Students who arrive early in Charlottesville may wish to take care of this prior to orientation. You must present an original valid, government-issued photo ID (such as a driver’s license or passport).
