Orientation 2008

Tentative Orientation Agenda

Thursday, August 21, 2008

9:00-9:50

• Registration (1st Floor Lobby)
• Continental Breakfast (Ground Floor)

10:00-10:50

• Initiation into the Legal Profession (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Professor David Harris

11:00-11:30

• Welcome to the Pitt Law Community (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Dean Mary Crossley
• Introduction of Law School Faculty

11:45-12:50

• First Year Section Meetings
  • Section A- Room 107
  • Section B- Room 109
  • Section C- Room 111

12:50-2:00

• Lunch (on your own)

2:00-2:50

• Student Bar Association Welcome and Panel   (Teplitz Courtroom)

3:00-4:00

• Becoming a Professional   (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Panel of Students, Faculty, and Staff

Friday, August 22, 2008

10:00-10:50

• Character and Fitness (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Dean Kevin Deasy
• Pitt Law Services (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Information Technology — Matt Kurpiewski
  Law Library- Marc Silverman
  Career Services- Assistant Dean Pamela Day
  Jurist- Professor Bernard Hibbitts

11:00-11:50

• Curricular and Extra-Curricular Opportunities   (Teplitz Courtroom)
  Young Lawyers Division- Megan Ott
  Joint Degree Programs- Dean Lu-In Wang
  Clinics- Professor Martha Mannix
  Bar Exam Preparation- Professor Benjamin Bratman

OR

• Friends and Family Orientation (Alcoa Room-2nd Floor)
  Allie Linsenmeyer- Spouse of current 3L

12:00-12:50

• Small Section Meetings
  Student Bar Association
• Transfer Orientation (Alcoa Room- 2nd Floor)
  Brad Linsenmeyer, Current 3L Transfer Student

1:00

• Lunch   (1st Floor Lobby)

1:00-3:00

• Student Organization Fair (Ground Floor)