Student Technical Reference
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The Law School's website address is www.law.virginia.edu. A host of information and services are available through this web site to both incoming and returning students. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this website. It contains services you will find invaluable during your studies at the Law School, as well as a listing of upcoming events and important announcements.
The Law School's Information Technology & Communications (Law ITC) department supports information systems and the computer lab within the School of Law used by the faculty, students and staff. The University Information Technology & Communications (UVa. ITC) department provides computing help to all University students (including Law) for email service, email clients and the home directory service. Students should check the UVa. ITC's web site www.itc.virginia.edu for more complete information about additional technical services and support. We listed some quick links to technical resources at the bottom of this page that Law School students may find helpful.
Electronic Mail
Electronic mail in an important means of communication between the Law School and all it's students. It is vital that your email account and password be established as soon as possible. The Law School will send email messages to your U.Va. email account. If you forward your U.Va. email account, you are responsible for any errors resulting from the forwarding or with accessing the other email system.
One of the first things new students should do when they arrive at the Law School is get their U.Va. accounts going. Before students can gain access to their password for their computing/email account they must pass the Responsible Computing Quiz. The quiz is based on Responsible Computing: A Handbook for Students. Please note that the quiz is a "secure" document. After accessing the URL for the quiz, press "continue" within the gray box that will appear. If you have problems with either the entry of your personal info (like date of birth or SSN) or the quiz questions, please contact the UVa. ITC Computing Help Desk at 924-3731.
Please remember that the Responsible Computing Quiz can be taken from any of the Law School PACs (Public Access Computers). PACs require no login. PACs can be found on the 1st and 2nd floor of the library. The Responsible Computing Quiz can also be taken during the early part of the Fall term in the Law School computer labs. A temporary account ID and password will be posted in the labs.
Electronic Mail Systems Available For Law School Students
The University of Virginia ITC provides access to a variety of electronic mail (email) systems for the use of faculty, staff and students. Mulberry, Web Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird are electronic mail (email) clients for wintel-compatible and Macintosh microcomputers. There are also several Unix mail packages on the University's IBM RS/6000s and Sun workstations. The email standard in use at UVa. is SMTP.
To send and receive email, you need access to a computing device that is connected to the University's data communication network (i.e., a computer lab machine, public access computer, or your notebook computer with a wired/wireless ethernet card). You will need an account to access a computing device that supports the use of electronic mail. Only Law students have access to use a networked microcomputer in the Law School computer labs. If you are an incoming student, you must first take and pass the University's Responsible Computing Quiz to receive the password to your UVA email account. Please note that the Responsible Computing Quiz can be taken from any of the Law School Public Access Computers (PACs) found on the 1st and 2nd floor of the library and in the Slaugher Hall computer lab. With a UVa. email account, you then need to choose an email client to read your email.
If you need further assistance in registering for electronic mail, please contact the UVa. ITC Help Desk via telephone at (434) 924-3731. If you have specific questions about actually using your selected email client, you should contact the UVa. ITC Help Desk by telephone or by sending an electronic mail message to consult@virginia.edu
Law School NT & LawWeb Accounts
After you have passed your Responsible Computing Quiz, the Law School will automatically create two additional accounts and passwords for you. The first account is a Windows NT account at the Law School. This account allows you access to the Law School's computer labs as well as student printing. The second account created is for LawWeb. LawWeb is the Law School's secured intranet site. Career Services(CASE), exam information, student photos, course materials, news and announcements are but a few of the services that can be found on LawWeb.
Both Law School LawWeb and NT accounts are created nightly. When they are created, students will receive an email notification within one (1) business day after they pass the Responsible Computing quiz. The notification will be sent to their U.Va. registered email account. Remember that these accounts will not be created until the next business day after they complete the Responsible Computing Quiz.
Password Maintenance
Electronic Mail
- If you have forgotten your University electronic mail password, you will need to have a new one assigned. Password requests can either be made in person or by telephone, and will usually take 24 hours to process.
You may call the University ITC help desk at 924-3731 or send email to consult@virginia.edu.
If you know your electronic mail password, but would like to change it, log in to WebMail (www.mail.virginia.edu). Click the Settings tab, and then click the link for "Change Password" under the list of CMS Settings.
Please be advised that the University is strict as to what you can set you password to. It may take you several tries before you enter an acceptable password. All passwords must be between 6 and 8 characters in length. Five of the characters must be alphabetical (a-z, A-Z) and at one character must be non-alphabetical. You new password must have at least four unique characters. Your passwords must not contain any of the following characters: ( ) *
NT or LawWeb Password
- If you have forgotten your Law Web or NT password, you will need to have a new one assigned. Password requests can either be made in person or by e-mail.
To make your request in person, contact Evelyn Gray or Lisa Lambert in the Law School ITC Office (WB399) or visit Stacey Hughes at the Student Technical Reference Desk in the Withers-Brown computer lab.
Alternatively, you may send your password change request to Law ITC via e-mail. In these cases, your new password will be sent to your registered UVa. e-mail account
Password requests are usually processed within one business day.
If you know your NT or LawWeb Password, but you would like to change it, go to LawWeb then select "Change Your LawWeb Password". You will be given the option to change one or both of your passwords.
ISIS
ISIS is the University's Integrated Student Information System. Students use ISIS to access Student Accounts and Financial Aid information & grades. For more information on ISIS and how to access it see ISIS.
Home Directory Service
The Home Directory Service is a very highly recommended U.Va. ITC central repository for personal file storage. You can save, store and access files (whether you are using a computer on-grounds or off-grounds) on a central file service. These files will be accessible through multiple platforms from any computer connected to the UVa network (Law School labs, notebooks w/ethernet cards or modems). The Home Directory is a virtual file cabinet where you can store papers, notes and class outlines online. For more information, please see: http://www.itc.virginia.edu/unix/homedir/
By using home directory service (HDS) in combination with CD-ROMs & USB memory sticks, students should never lose important papers, notes, class outlines and personal files. All students need to backup information and avoid any need for data recovery services. Data recovery services are not provided.
SERVICES
Printing
Law students can print from one of the Law School maintained labs. Notebook users with a network connection (wired or wireless) can conveniently print to any Law School maintained printers. See Student Printing for a full explanation of how student printing works and what is required of you before you can print from your laptop or the lab.
Viewing Course Materials On Line
Many of the course materials presented on the web will be stored in a number of word processing or software formats, including Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel. Assuming you have the appropriate software or the corresponding plug-in, you should be able to click on these files to view them.
Depending on the web browser that you use, and the type of file posted, you may need a plug-in to display the contents of certain types of files. If you use the Internet Explorer web browser, you do not need either the Microsoft software or the viewer in order to see Microsoft attachments.
Internet Access on the Law Grounds
The Law School provides wireless network access for students, in addition to the wired access already available from many locations in the library.
The University ITC help desk will route students with wireless installation questions to Law ITC. For students with wired ethernet cards for their laptops, the Law School has a number of connections available for use (if you don't have a working Ethernet card and would like to buy or configure one, see ITC's help for new students or U.Va. ITC's Windows Information and Help.
The University ITC department maintains information about modem, cable and DSL options for internet access off grounds. Please see: http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/modem-options2.html.
Announcements/News
The Law School electronically posts various announcements and news items on LawWeb. In addition to the announcements you will receive an email notifying you of the new postings. You will only receive an email if you are a member of that announcement list. Each year, students are subscribed to the following announcement lists: Academic Communications, Building Services, Career Services, Dean's Office, Law ITC, Law Library, Public Service Center, Student Affairs, Student Bar Association and Student Records. Students have the ability to add or remove themselves from any of the other law announcement list. See "Announcements" on LawWeb.
Online Student Photo Directory
During orientation students have their photo taken for their U.Va. student ID and for the Law School's "Online Student Photo Directory". By default your Law School photo will be not be available to other Law students. You will have the option to allow other law students to see your photograph via the hotlink "Online Student Photo Directory" on LawWeb.
Computer Lab
The Law School maintains two twenty 20 person labs. These labs are only accessible to Law Students. Before you can us any of these computers you must provide your NT ID and password. See Computer Lab.
Building Access
From the hours of 9:00pm - 6:00am, Monday - Sunday, the Law School will be locked down. Only those who have a valid University ID and have requested access can gain entrance into the building during the mentioned hours. By default no one is given after hour access to the building. All that is required to validate a University ID card is to swipe the card at the designated computer located near the first floor circulation desk in the library. For more information about building access, see Law School Information on LawWeb.
Software Central
UVa. ITC designed Software Central to make it easy for you to acquire software that is commonly used at UVa. It contains important programs such as Norton AntiVirus, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Mulberry email and Eudora email. Much of the software is restricted to UVa. faculty, staff and students; these cannot be downloaded by anyone off-Grounds from UVa. who is not dialed into the UVa. modems. Please note that Software Central software is not necessarily supported by either Law ITC or UVa. ITC.
For more information about Software Central please see the UVa. ITC web page for Software Central.
For assistance with technical or computing questions, please contact the U.Va. ITC help desk at consult@virginia.edu or 924-3731.
If you have questions related to building access, please send email to Keycard@law.virginia.edu.
If you have questions and problems related to ISIS, please send email to isis@virginia.edu or call 924-4122.
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