JD Students

Welcome, Incoming JD Students!

Please carefully review the information below to help you prepare for your arrival and Orientation Week. If you have any questions, you may contact the student Orientation Chair, Henry Stark , or Student Affairs.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

Health Entrance Requirements and Student Health Insurance
Northwestern offers through The Chickering Group information on the health and immunization documentation you will need to submit before enrolling at the Law School.

Please be sure to review and comply with the immunization requiremments as soon as possible.
Completed forms should be mailed to:

Northwestern University Health Service
Attn: Medical Records Department
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208-4000

Orientation Forms (Mandatory)

The following forms must be completed and returned to Student Affairs by July 27:
Attendance Policy for Mandatory Events (pdf)
Admitted Student Questionnaire (pdf)
Photo Release Form (pdf)
RSVP for Orientation Social Events (pdf)
RSVP for Day of Service Volunteering Opportunities
Forms can be sent via e-mail; faxed to (312) 503-2518 (Attn: Student Affairs Orientation 2007); or mailed to Northwestern University School of Law, Attn: Students Affairs Orientation, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.

Transcripts

If you have not already done so, please send an official copy of your final undergraduate transcript to:

(A special note for JD-MBA students: You need to submit separate, official copies of your undergraduate transcripts to both the Law School and Kellogg.)

Northwestern University School of Law
Office of Admissions
357 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
You will NOT be able to register if we have not received an official transcript from your undergraduate school. LSDAS reports are not official.

Notebook Purchase Program

All incoming JD students are required to have a computer that meets or exceeds the University's recommended guidelines.
To make the purchase of a notebook easier and more affordable, Northwestern Law sponsors a program through which students can purchase at a discount notebooks that meet the school's standards and have the peripherals needed to connect to the Law School and University networks.
The IT department will NOT support non-Law School Program computers.

ORIENTATION WEEK

Tentative Orientation Week Schedule (pdf)

This schedule is tentative and subject to minor revisions. A final schedule will be available during Orientation.
Useful information: Northwestern Law A to Z

Orientation Registration
- You must pick up your registration packet in the Law School Atrium between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday, August 24. Packets will not be available over the weekend.
- If you are unable to pick up your registration packet on August 24, please notify Dean of Students, Cliff Zimmerman, immediately.
- If you do not inform Cliff or Student Affairs and you are not present on August 24, then we will assume that you have relinquished your seat in the class.
Attire

During Orientation, you will be attending a variety of events that will vary in their degrees of formality. We request that you please dress in business casual attire for the following events:
Facebook Photos - Friday, August 24
Facebook, WildCard, and UPass photos will be taken when you check in. The Northwestern Law online Facebook is a valuable and frequently used reference tool for students, faculty, and staff. We also print and share copies of the Facebook with employers during on-campus-interviewing programs. Please remember to dress in business casual attire FROM THE WAIST UP so that your resulting Facebook photo will be appropriate to hand out to employers. The photos will cut off at mid-torso, so you may wear casual pants and shoes, if you wish. Dress mindful that you may be on your feet for several hours and that August in Chicago can be very warm.

Section Dinner - Wednesday, August 29 or Thursday, August 30
Please wear business casual attire as this is one of your first opportunities to meet your professors in person.
Men should wear slacks, polo or button down shirts, ties are optional. Women should wear dresses, slacks or skirts, sweaters or blouses. NO jeans, T-shirts, or flip flops.
For all other events, the recommended attire is casual dress.

Community Service Events

Student Effort to Rejuvenate Volunteering (SERV), a student group focused on public service, is planning five volunteering projects for Saturday, August 25.
Last years' locations have included Deborah's Place, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Hephzibah Children's Association, Holy Angel's Elementary and Middle School, Lawson House YMCA, New City YMCA, and Talcott Elementary School.

JD Students

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

ORIENTATION WEEK

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