WELCOME TO CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW! 2018 First Years First Week Schedule TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 WELCOME TO C M LAW 4:45 5:15 PM Registration Atrium 5:15 6:15 PM Dean Lee Fisher s Welcome 6:15 6:30 PM Break 6:30 7:30 PM Introductions and Building a Network Friends & Families Session: Supporting Your Law Student for Success LB60 7:30 9:00 PM Welcome Reception Library Breezeway
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 NUTS AND BOLTS OF LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS Day students are expected to attend all events beginning at 2:30 p.m. and ending at 7:35 p.m. Evening students are expected to attend all events beginning at 6:00 p.m. and are welcome and encouraged to attend the Dinner with Faculty beginning at 4:50 p.m. 2:30 3:00 PM Meet Your 1L Professors* - LB 11 (Section 1) - LB 12 (Section 2) 3:00 3:15 PM Break 3:15 4:45 PM Day Students Class: Legal Writing* Professor Sandra Kerber - LB 208 Professor Brian Glassman - LB 207 Professor Karin Mika - LB 237 4:50-6:00 PM Dinner with Faculty Atrium Dialogue: Civic Discourse and Classroom Professionalism - Professor David Forte and Public Interest Leader-in-Residence Susan Becker 6:00-6:25 PM Plenary Session: Introduction to Academic Support Director of Academic Support Nicholas De Santis and Academic Support Specialist Michelle Landever Bond * Students will receive section assignments and class schedules by mid-july. 2
Law School Toolkit Breakout Sessions: 6:25 6:30 PM Break 6:30 7:00 PM Case Briefing (Section 1 & Evening Students) - Moot Courtroom Note Taking/Outlining (Section 2) - LB 237 7:00 7:05 PM Break 7:05 7:35 PM Note Taking/Outlining (Section 1 & Evening Students) - Moot Courtroom Case Briefing (Section 2) - LB 237 7:35 7:45 PM Break/Day Students Dismissed 7:45 9:15 PM Evening Students Class: Legal Writing Professor Claire May - LLAO59 (Law Library) 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 LIFE AS A LAWYER-IN-TRAINING Day students are expected to attend all events beginning at 11:00 a.m. and ending at 7:15 p.m. Evening students are expected to attend all events beginning at 6:00 p.m. and are welcome and encouraged to attend all other events. 11:00 12:30 PM Oral Argument 8th District Court of Appeals 12:30 1:45 PM Lunch & Table Discussion of Oral Argument Atrium 1:45 3:15 PM Day Students Class: Legal Writing Professor Sandra Kerber - LB 208 Professor Brian Glassman - LB 207 Professor Karin Mika - LB 237 3:15 3:30 PM Break 3:30 4:30 PM What I Wish I Had Known: Tips from Recent Graduates 4:30 4:45 PM Break 4:45 5:45 PM Balancing Life as a Law Student Learning Commons 5:45 6:00 PM Break 6:00 6:45 PM Ask the Experts: Upper-Level Law Student Panel Day Students - Moot Courtroom Evening Students - Learning Commons 6:45 7:15 PM Dinner for All Students Atrium 7:15 8:45 PM Evening Students Class: Legal Writing Professor Claire May - LLAO59 (Law Library) 4
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LAWYER All students are expected to attend all events. 5:00 7:00 PM Mock Trial presented by the C M LAW Trial Team Moderated by Judge Ronald B. Adrine 73 7:00 7:15 PM Break 7:15 8:00 PM The Next Chapter of Your Life Keynote Speech by Judge Ronald B. Adrine 73 Honorable Ronald B. Adrine 73 Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court (retired) Jurist-in-Residence, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Ronald B. Adrine recently retired as Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court, a position he held since 2009. He first took a seat on the Cleveland Municipal Court bench in 1981 and was reelected five times. Judge Adrine is the co-author of Ohio Domestic Violence Law and is a nationallyrecognized expert on domestic violence issues. He is a past recipient of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Alumni of the Year, Cleveland State University Distinguished Alumni Award for Civic Achievement, and in 2017 was inducted as an inaugural member of the C M LAW Hall of Fame, along with his father, Russell, a 1954 C M LAW graduate. 8:00 PM Social at Becky s Bar & Grill Sponsored by Student Bar Association 5
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 LIVE JUSTICE DAY Participation in Live Justice Day is optional for all students. Students are encouraged to join their classmates, faculty and staff for a morning of service to our local Cleveland community. RSVP to Professor Pamela Daiker-Middaugh at p.daiker-middaugh@csuohio.edu. 9:15 9:45 AM Breakfast & Instructions Atrium 9:45 10:00 AM Travel to Project Site 10:00 12:00 PM Community Service & Pro Bono Projects 12:00 12:30 PM Return to Law School 12:30 1:15 PM Pizza Lunch and Debriefing Atrium LIBRARY AND IT ORIENTATION Library and IT Orientation is required and must be completed by Friday, August 24, 2018. This Orientation is available from Monday, July 9, 2018 to Friday, August 24, 2018, any time the library is open. Please check in at the main information services desk at the Law Library to begin your Orientation. The Orientation will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. 6
POST-ORIENTATION EVENTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 5:00 5:50 PM Professionalism and Etiquette in Your Legal Career WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 12:00 1:00 PM Day Students Peer Mentor Sessions with Lunch Location TBA 5:00 5:50 PM Evening Students Peer Mentor Sessions with Dinner Location TBA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 All students are expected to attend day/evening session. 12:00 12:50 PM Appreciating Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 5:00 5:50 PM Living Justice: Distinguished Alumni Engaged in Public Service WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 5:00 5:50 PM Introduction to the Legal Employment Market 7