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Welcome to Emory Law! All events for Welcome Week are listed below. Please email llmadmission@emory.edu if you have any questions.
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. Please hang the parking pass provided to you by parking and hang it on your rearview mirror. This pass will let you into the Lowergate South/Gambrell parking deck only for the week of orientation.
- International students: If you have an F-1 visa, you are also required to attend events on Monday, August 7.
Tuesday, August 8
| Time | Session | Location |
| 8:30 a.m. | Check-in/Light Breakfast | 2nd Floor Connector |
| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome to Emory Law: LLM Program Overview | 575 |
| 10:00 a.m. | Bar Process | 575 |
| 10:45 a.m. | Pursuing Your Legal Career with the Career Center | 575 |
| 11:30 p.m. | Introduction to the Socratic Method | 575 |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch with current LLM students (provided) | 575 |
| 1:30 p.m. | Study Smarter: Class Preparation and Case Briefing | 575 |
| 3:00 p.m. | LLM Society | 575 |
| 3:15 p.m. | Recess |
Wednesday, August 9
| Time | Session | Location |
| 10:00 a.m. | Check-in/Light Breakfast | 2nd Floor Connector |
| 10:30 a.m. | Academic Engagement and Student Affairs | 575 |
| 11:15 a.m. | Pro Bono and Public Interest | 575 |
| 11:35 a.m. | Welcome from Advancement & Alumni Engagement and Panel | 575 |
| 12:35 p.m. | Lunch with LLM alumni and current students: | 575 |
Thursday, August 10
| Time | Session | Location |
| 8:00 a.m. | Check In/Headshots | 2nd Floor Connector |
| 9:00 a.m. | Introduction to the U.S. Legal System | 5B |
| 11:00 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 | |
| 4:15 p.m. | Reception |
Friday, August 11
| Time | Session | Location |
| 9:30 a.m. | Check-in/Light Breakfast | 2nd Floor Connector/Student Commons |
| 10:00 a.m. | Introduction to the U.S. Legal System | 575 |
| 12:00 p.m. | DEI Session | 1E |
| 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | 575 |
| 2:30 p.m. | Financial Aid Introduction | Tull |
| 3:00 p.m. | Financial Literacy: AccessLex | Tull |
| 3:30 p.m. | Orientation Closing Session | Tull |
| 3:30 p.m. | EPIC Book Sale | Student Commons Lockers |
| 3:30 p.m. | Block Party | Gambrell Parking Lot |