Orientation is designed to facilitate your smooth transition into law school and to prepare you to meet the challenges ahead. You will begin to gain an understanding of the paths to success during law school and upon entering the legal profession. You will also have several opportunities to get practical advice from upper level students , and mingle with faculty, administrators, staff, and classmates during social gatherings.
Orientation will culminate on Saturday morning with a Friends and Family program, designed to give your loved ones some insight into what you as law students will experience over the next three or four years, and how they can best support you through that exciting but sometimes difficult time. So please ask your spouses, partners, parents, or whoever matters most to you to attend Friends and Family Day.
Orientation is mandatory for all new students.
Orientation Schedule - 2019 Wednesday, August 14 - Saturday, August 17, 2019
The schedule below is tentative.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
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Convocation
Capital University (Bexley Campus)
Mees Hall
1 College Avenue
Bexley, OH 43209
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| 5:30PM - 5:50PM |
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Register at Conservatory of Music entrance
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| 5:50PM |
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Line up for Processional
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6:00PM - 7:00PM
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Convocation Program
- Message from the Dean of the Law School, Rachel Janutis
- Welcome from University President, Dr. Elizabeth Paul
- Welcome from Student Bar Association President, Hank Schaab
- Welcome from Peer Advisor Coordinators
- Remarks on Entering a Noble Profession
- Law Students’ Oath of Professionalism
- Recessional
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
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Orientation
Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
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| 5:15 PM - 6:00PM |
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Dinner and Activity with Peer Advisors
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| 6:15 PM - 7:30PM |
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Legal Writing Diagnostic*, Dr. Kevin Griffith and Peer Advisors
- Section A Room 242
- Section B Room 245
- Section M Room 241
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| 7:45PM - 8:10PM |
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Concurrent Sessions
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health in the Legal Field
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8:20PM - 8:45PM
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Concurrent Sessions
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health in the Legal Field
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*Please note: If you have been granted testing accommodations by the Capital University Office of Disability Services and would like to arrange an accommodated testing for your Legal Writing Diagnostic, please contact Assistant Dean Robin Goodstein, rgoodstein@law.capital.edu.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
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| 5:15PM - 6:00PM |
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Dinner and Activity with Peer Advisors
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| 6:15PM - 7:45PM |
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Case Briefing Exercise
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| 8:00PM |
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Welcome to Law School Reception
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
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Friends and Family Day
Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
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| 9:00AM - 9:45AM |
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Continental Breakfast Buffet
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| 10:00AM - 11:00AM |
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Concurrent Sessions
- New Students: Peer Advisors Panel
- Friends and Family: Mock Property Class, Professor Hirsch
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| 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
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Concurrent Sessions
- New Students: Survive or Thrive: Managing Stress in Law School
- Friends and Family: Supporting the Law Student in Your Life
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