TO: All New Berkeley Law Students
FROM: Annik Hirshen, Dean of Students
RE: Upcoming Events
DATE: Summer 2019
I am happy to welcome you to Berkeley Law! As Orientation and the first day of classes approach, I wanted to inform you of some important dates.
First, we want to inform all students (1Ls, LL.Ms, JSDs, PhDs, transfer students, visiting students, and Harvard Exchange students) about a special event we have planned in your honor: on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, the Office of Student Services and the Advanced Degree Program will host an “Ice Cream Meet & Greet” to welcome you and your loved ones into the law school. This event will be held at the school from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Next, for those of you who will be LL.M. students, your Orientation will begin on Monday, August 12, 2019. Orientation for entering J.S.D. students will be on Friday, August 16, 2019. For further details, you should contact the Advanced Degree Programs Office at (510) 642-1476.
For those of you transferring to Berkeley Law from other law schools, Transfer Orientation will take place on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. In addition to receiving all pertinent academic and administrative information during the morning, at lunch you will have an opportunity to meet 3L students who joined us as transfer students last year. You will also have time to enroll in classes and accomplish multiple administrative tasks. Special Status or Visiting Students should feel free to join us at these events.
We also want to remind ALL INCOMING 1Ls that your Orientation will take place all day Thursday, August 15 and Friday, August 16, 2019. We will begin on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Booth Auditorium. Please report to the check-in tables in the Donor Lobby that morning. Orientation is designed to provide you with essential information as well as an opportunity to meet your classmates, your professors, and students from the second and third years.
Classes start for everyone on Monday, August 19, 2019.
