UVA Law Community Fellows Program
Applications are due for this program for first-year J.D. students on June 28. The Community Fellows will participate in programming and community-building exercises during the pre-orientation period, and will work together throughout the year on planning an event for the entire Law School community. Breakfast and lunch are provided. The schedule will include evening activities and meals on two nights.

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Wednesday-Friday, August 14-16

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (optional activity open to all J.D. students and mandatory for LL.M. students)
Caplin Auditorium

This program will include sessions on the American Legal System, and Introduction to the 1L Curriculum, Law School Logistics, and the Legal Classroom Experience. We will have a social event at the end of the day to give new students and faculty an opportunity to get to know each other.

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8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (optional activity)

11th Annual Virginia Law New Students Public Service Day

The Public Interest Law Association (PILA) invites all new members of the 1L and LL.M. classes to participate and volunteer with local organizations.

Students are asked to arrive at the Law School at 8:30 a.m. to sign in and grab a quick breakfast in the Withers-Brown Student Lounge near the Library before leaving at 9 a.m. After completing their various service trips, students will return to the law school between 1 and 2 p.m. All incoming students, as well as interested spouses and significant others, are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to get to know Charlottesville and their fellow students. 

All interested students can sign up by emailing Hayley Hahn at hah4gn@virginia.edu by August 4, 2019 at 5 p.m. Please let Hayley know if you are able to drive so that people can carpool. Please direct any questions to Hayley.

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4-6 p.m. (optional activity)

Picnic at the Park with Peer Advisors (spouses, significant others and children are welcome)
The Park (located below the D3 Student Parking Lot)

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Monday, August 19

8:30-9:30 a.m.

*Sign-in, Withers-Brown Hall Rooms 126, 128 and 152 
Continental Breakfast, Caplin Auditorium

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9:30-10:30 a.m.

*Welcome Session, Caplin Auditorium

• Dean Risa L. Goluboff
• Cordel Faulk, Assistant Dean and Chief Admissions Officer
• Jasmine Lee, Student Bar Association President
• Guest Speaker: Cate Stetson '94, Hogan Lovells
• Sarah E. Davies, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

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10:30-11 a.m.

*Honor Committee and Judiciary Committee Orientation, Caplin Auditorium

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11:15-11:45 a.m.

*Law School Policies and Procedures, Caplin Auditorium

• Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06
• Jason Dugas ’01, Assistant Dean for Academic Services and Registrar
• Sarah Davies ’91, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

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11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.

*Lunch With Peer Advisors

Section	Room	Section	Room
Section A	WB105	Section G	SL258
Section B	WB126	Section H	SL262
Section C	WB128	Section I	SL294
Section D	WB152	Section J	SL298
Section E	WB101	LL.M. and Exchange	SL278
Section F	WB104

 

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1-2:30 p.m.

* Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Legal Profession
Sections A - F in Caplin Auditorium - Denise Robinson, Fletcher Consulting 

Sections G -J in WB 152 - Jacqueline Cranford '93, Fletcher Consulting

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2:45-4:45 p.m.

*Meetings With Peer Advisors
*Meetings With Section Professors
(in rooms where each Section met with its Peer Advisors for lunch)

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5-7:30 p.m.

Welcome Picnic for First-Year, Transfer, Exchange and LL.M. Students
Spies Garden (Rain site: Caplin Pavilion)

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Tuesday, August 20

8:30-10 a.m.

Breakfast, Caplin Auditorium

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9-11:30 a.m.

*Maintaining Balance For Long-Term Success, Various locations and start times

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11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

*Staying Safe at UVA Law and in Charlottesville, Caplin Auditorium

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12-12:30 p.m.

*Law School Finances, Caplin Auditorium

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12:30-2 p.m.

*Lunch With Student Organizations
Pick up lunches in Caplin Pavilion.

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2-3 p.m.

Welcome to Your Legal Career: An Introduction to the Career Services Office, Caplin Auditorium

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2-5 p.m.

Law IT Help
Withers-Brown Lounge

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Wednesday, August 21

*1L Classes Begin

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Friday, August 23

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Weekly Wind-down
Karsh Lobby (outside Admissions)