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 Student Affairs.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

Health Entrance Requirements and Student Health Insurance

Please be sure to review and comply with the immunization requiremments as soon as possible.
Failure to comply with all health requirments will complicate registering for classes.
Completed forms should be mailed to:

Northwestern University Health Service
Attn: Health Information Management Service
633 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208-4000

Orientation Survey (Mandatory)

The following survey must be completed by August 15th:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GD_2fCGkhmbCe_2fDj8ZusEjhA_3d_3d

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.
Course Bidding and Cousrse Registration; Adding and Dropping Classes, to learn more about the process visit the Registrrar's site. http://www.law.northwestern.edu/registrar/

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

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 - Monday, August 24, 2009
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.

Faculty Reception - Thursday, August 27, 2009
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.

Public Service Events

Student Effort to Rejuvenate Volunteering (SERV), a student group organization focused on improving community service involvement, has planned a few volunteer projects at various locations for Saturday, August 29, 2009.
Potential Day of Service sites (Actual sites may vary): Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy, Su Casa, Lincoln Park Conservatory , Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, Global Girls and Misericordia Heart of Mercy.

JD Students

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

ORIENTATION WEEK

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