Fall 2022: JD Welcome Week

Welcome to Emory Law! We are looking forward to seeing you on campus and introducing you to all the Emory Law offers.

This page will provide more information about the Welcome Week, August 8-12, 2022, including the schedule and what to expect during your first week at Emory Law.

If you have any questions, please email jdadmission@emory.edu.

Please note:

Attendance: All sessions are in-person and required.
SAP-G- Sexual Assault Prevention (SAP-G) is a mandatory virtual training that all students must complete. This training will not be available during orientation but you will receive emails about it during the semester. Please complete this mandatory training once you receive it.
Attire: Emory Law is a comfortable and welcoming community. Our students typically dress casually for class, and comfortable attire and shoes are appropriate for in-person attendance. However, please bring or wear professional attire for your scheduled headshots.
Parking for In-Person Modules: Complimentary parking is available in the Lowergate South/Gambrell parking deck directly behind the law school. The night before in-person modules, you will receive an email with a QR code. This QR code will allow you to access the parking deck. For any sessions that begin after 4 p.m., parking is complimentary and a QR Code is not needed.
International students: If you have an F-1 visa, you are also required to attend events on Monday, August 8.

Tuesday August 9

Time	Session	Location
9:30 a.m.	Check-in, Breakfast, Immunizations	Check-in: 2nd floor Connector Breakfast: Hunter Atrium
11:00 a.m.	Welcome to Emory Law	Tull Auditorium
11:30 a.m.	Law School Reality	Tull Auditorium
12:00 p.m.	Faculty Panel: Tips for a Successful Academic Career	Tull Auditorium
12:30 p.m.	Academic Engagement & Student Success and Intro to House Coordinators and Teaching Fellows	Tull Auditorium
12:50 p.m.	Lunch with House Coordinators	Decatur (1B) Inman Park (1C) Kirkwood (1D) Morningside (1E) Old Fourth Ward (5B) Sweet Auburn (5C) Virginia Highlands (5E) Druid Hills (5F) Midtown (1F)
2:00 p.m.	Study Smarter: How to Brief a Case	Decatur (1B) Inman Park (1C) Kirkwood (1D) Morningside (1E) Old Fourth Ward (5B) Sweet Auburn (5C) Virginia Highlands (5E) Druid Hills (5F) Midtown (1F)
3:00 p.m.	Access Lex: Financing Your Legal Education	Tull Auditorium
3:30 p.m.	Financial Aid & Wrap Up	Tull Auditorium
4:00 p.m.	Recess hosted by the Student Bar Association	Bacardi Plaza

Wednesday August 10

*PLEASE WEAR YOUR HOUSE T-SHIRT*

Time	Session	Location
10:30 a.m.	Check-In	2nd Floor Connector
11:00 a.m.	Campus Tour	Bacardi Plaza
12:00 p.m.	Lunch with 1L Professors	Student Commons
1:00 p.m.	First Law School Class: ILARC	Decatur (1B) Inman Park (1C) Kirkwood (1D) Morningside (1E) O4W (5B) Sweet Auburn (5C) Virginia Highlands (5E) Druid Hills (5F) Midtown (1F)
2:30 p.m.	Break	Hunter Atrium
3:00 p.m.	Bar Readiness	Tull Auditorium
3:15 p.m.	Starting Your Legal Career	Tull Auditorium
3:45 p.m.	Pro Bono, Public Interest, & Judicial Clerkships	Tull Auditorium
4:15 p.m.	Student Resource Fair	Student Commons
5:00 p.m.	Affinity Group Fireside Chat (Optional)	Black Law Student Association (1B) Jewish Law Student Association (1C) Disabled Law Student Association (1D) OUTLaw (1E) Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (5B) South Asian Law Student Association (5C) Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (5E) Christian Legal Society (5F)

Thursday, August 11

Time	Session	Location
8:00 a.m.	Check-in/Headshots/Coffee: Houses 1-4 (Kirkwood, Druid Hills, Midtown, Sweet Auburn)	Check-in: 2nd Floor Connector Headshots: Hunter Atrium
8:30 a.m.	Drop In Open Ask Room Open: Houses 1-4	Kirkwood (1B) Druid Hills (1C) Midtown (1D) Sweet Auburn(1E)
9:00 a.m.	Check-In: Houses 5-9 (Old Fourth Ward, Decatur, Virginia Highlands, Inman Park, Morningside)	Check-in: 2nd Floor Connector Headshots: Hunter Atrium
9:30 a.m.	Drop In Open Ask Room Open: Houses 5-9	Old Fourth Ward (5C) Decatur (5E) Virginia Highlands (5F) Inman Park (1F) Morningside (Tull Auditorium)
10:45 a.m.	Brunch	Student Commons
12:00 p.m.	Professionalism: Opening Session	Tull Auditorium
1:00 p.m.	Professionalism: Small Group Sessions	Various - See Name Tag
3:30 p.m.	Convocation and Swearing-In	Tull Auditorium
4:15 p.m.	Reception	Bacardi Plaza

Friday, August 12

*PLEASE WEAR SOMETHING THAT IS YOUR HOUSE COLOR*

Time	Session	Location
9:30 a.m.	Breakfast and Check In: Session 1	2nd Floor Connector
10:00 a.m.	DEI: Session 1	1E
11:15 a.m.	Check In: Session 2	2nd Floor Connector
11:45 a.m.	DEI: Session 2	1E
1:00 p.m.	Check In: Session 3	2nd Floor Connector
1:30 p.m.	DEI: Session 3	1E
3:15 p.m.	DEI Closing Session (All Sessions)	Tull Auditorium
3:45 p.m.	EPIC Book Sale	1C
3:45 p.m.	Block Party

* DEI Sessions will be communicated via Canvas at a later date