TODAY
TOMORROW
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 15-17, 2012.
- 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. 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.