Law
school is different from any other experience you have had thus far,
and getting ready for it can be overwhelming. So we have prepared a "To
Do" list to help you. The first day of class will be here before you
know it!
To Do List
Please ensure your email address is up to date.
This is our primary method of contact. Submit your seat deposit. Send in your transcripts. We do not need graduate transcripts or junior college transcripts. Make sure your financial aid file is complete. Complete your FAFSA. Check your financial aid and student account status. Fees are billed to your student account on a per semester
basis (annually for the Student Bar Association fee). You will receive
your webadvisor access via mail. Take a tour of your new campus. You
are encouraged to visit the Law School to tour Donald P. Kennedy Hall
with a current student, meet with professors, and observe a first-year
class. University campus resources. See the myriad of resources on the main campus including
housing, student business services, computing and email, events
ticketing and the All-Faiths Chapel. Find a place to live! Chapman University's main campus in Orange has very
limited graduate on-campus housing, but there are plenty of places to
live and plenty of fellow law students seeking roommates. Ensure your mailing address is up to date.
Contact the Law Registrar Office of any address changes
as soon as possible as school-related materials will be sent to the
mailing address on file. Read your first assignments and pick up handouts. First
reading assignments and required course materials will be posted in the
Registrar’s Office and on Webadvisor once you have been registered. Buy the right books. You can preorder all of your books online then pick them up during
orientation. Get your parking permit. Register your vehicle with the Public Safety Office and
pick up your parking permit, or file for a parking permit fee refund. Attend Orientation. Wednesday through Friday, August 14-16, 2013. Check your laptop. Make sure your laptop is up to speed if you want to type
your finals instead of writing them (or, get a laptop through the
school at a discount using the Student Mobile Computing Initiative). Become an ABA/LSD member.
[external link: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students.html]
Applications for membership in the American Bar Association/Law Student
Division(ABA/LSD) will be distributed to first-year students at
Orientation. Register with the California Committee of Bar Examiners. Law students must register
within ninety (90) days after commencing the study of law. "Registration
As A Law Student" may be submitted online at www.calbar.org. Read the Student Handbook. Be sure to understand all student policies and codes. This will be given to you at orientation. *Failure to comply with any of the above instructions may result in the withdrawal of your offer of admission, loss of scholarship, and/or delay in the processing of financial aid.
