2013 Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 30

• Registration & Welcome
  9 a.m. · 3rd Floor Loggia
  Sign in to get your orientation group assignment and meet with fellow classmates over a light breakfast. Breakfast will be served in the Fourth Floor Loggia.
• Dean's Welcome
  9:45 a.m. · Room 4047
  Dean David F. Levi welcomes you to Duke Law.
• Introduction to the Office of Student Affairs
  10:00 a.m.- Room 4047
  Meet the staff in Student Affairs and learn how they can help you navigate your law school experience.
• Lead Effectively: Self-assessment
  10:30 a.m. · Room 4047
  Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Jason Belk will guide you on this lively and interactive exploration of your leadership style.
• Embody Integrity: The Honor Code
  11:30 a.m. · Room 4047
  As a practicing lawyer, your conduct is regulated by a state bar and its code of professional conduct. The Law School Honor Code will be your first introduction to these expectations and will guide your conduct for the next three years. Dean Belk will help you explore this topic.
• Build Relationships: "Welcome to North Carolina" Lunch
  12:15 p.m. · Star Commons
  Enjoy a North Carolina barbecue lunch from Q-Shack as you get to know your fellow summer starters in the Star Commons.
• Campus Tour or Academic Technologies Workshop
  1:15 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. · Room 4047
  

  Groups 1 and 2 start with a campus tour followed by a workshop led by Academic Technologies; Groups 3 and 4 will attend the workshop followed by the tour.

  Tours will leave from Star Commons and will   include a visit to the campus bookstore and the DukeCard office. Please bring an ID and payment. The Academic Technologies Workshop will meet in Room 4047; they will assist you with to installing  the software you will need at Duke Law and      introduce you to library services.

• Welcome Reception
  6 p.m. · Piazza Italia  905 West Main Street, Brightleaf Square, Durham, NC
  The Office of Student Affairs invites new students and guests to celebrate the summer session over hors d'oeuvres and beverages at this opening reception with members of the Duke Law community.

Friday, May 31

• Continental breakfast
  8:30 a.m. · 4th Floor Loggia
  Enjoy a light breakfast as you get to know your classmates.
• Serve the Community
  9 a.m. · Room 4047
  Professor Theresa Newman of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, Innocence Project, and Center for Criminal Justice & Professional Responsibility will discuss the valuable work of these initiatives.
• Engage Intellectually: Dual Degree Information
  10 a.m. · Room 4047
  Join Assistant Dean for Academic Advising Anne Sherman to discuss your dual-degree requirements.
• Engage Intellectually: Class Preparation and Case Briefing
  11:00 a.m. · Room 4047
  

  Being prepared for a law school class may be very different from the kind of daily academic preparation you are accustomed to.  This session, lead by Professor Doriane Coleman and Assistant Director of Legal Writing and Senior Lecturing Fellow Jeremy Mullem, is designed to make your faculty's expectations clear, and to provide instruction on how to meet those expectations so that you can be most successful from the beginning.

• Lunch
  12:30 p.m.
  Grab a bag lunch and enjoy continuing to get to know your classmates.
• Parking Permit Application
  1:30-3:30 p.m. - 3rd Floor Loggia
  Drop off your parking permit application at the third floor reception desk, included in your packet.
• Contracts Textbook Pick-up
  1:30-3:30 p.m.- Room 3011
  Purchase  your Contracts e-textbook and sign the licensing agreement from Dawn Cronce, Prof. Weistart's Academic Assistant. Please bring cash or check for $75.
• Durham Bulls Game
  6:30 p.m., Durham Bulls Stadium, 409 Blackwell Street, Durham NC
  Engage with your new community by cheering on the home team! Dinner buffet provided.

Monday, June 3

• Contracts
  10:30-11:45 a.m. · Room 4042
  Professor John Weistart will lead you in your very first class of law school. Be prepared to learn what constitutes an offer, acceptance, and consideration, among other things.
• Serve the Community: Lunch and Learn with the Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono
  12 p.m. · Room 4047
  

  Enjoy lunch with Kim Bart, Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs. Dean Bart will describe opportunities for you to get involved with the Duke Law Pro Bono Project, the Externship Program, and Duke in DC. She also will briefly introduce some additional programs, including summer job-seeking in government or public interest, summer funding, post-grad fellowships and public interest loan forgiveness.
  Lunch provided.

• Torts
  2:30-3:45 p.m. · Room 4042
  Professor Francis McGovern will introduce you to the law of liability for both personal injuries and injuries to property.

Tuesday, June 4

• Contracts
  10:30 - 11:45 a.m. · Room 4042
• Summer Speaker Series
  12 p.m. · Room 4047
  All students are invited to lunch with the director of JD/LLM program, Professor Jonathan Wiener, and members of the Law School community.
  Lunch provided.
• Torts
  2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Room 4042

Wednesday, June 5

• Practice Professionalism: Coffee with the Career Center
  9:30 a.m. · Blue Lounge
  Drop by for light refreshments, meet with the Career and Professional Development Center's staff, and learn about the resources that are available to you as you begin to build your career in law.
• Contracts
  10:30 - 11:45 a.m. · Room 4042
•  JD/LLMLE Program Luncheon
  12 p.m. - Room 3171
  JD/LLMLE students are invited to join Professor Kip Frey, Director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Program, for lunch and an overview of the joint degree program.
• Build Relationships: Office of Student Affairs Meet and Greet
  1:30 p.m. • Room 2007
  Drop by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) for a lemonade and cookies and learn about the ways in which OSA can help you achieve balance as a law students
• Torts
  2:30 - 3:45 - Room 4042