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AUWCL Orientation 2023

Welcome to AUWCL! All orientation information is available on this site.

Evening Sessions Location

All sessions will take place in NT01 and attendance is required at all evening sessions. Dinner will be provided outside NT01 beginning at 5:30pm each day.

Optional | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Faculty Big Ideas

Faculty Big Ideas

Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. will lead a session underscoring the importance of faculty scholarship at AUWCL. A few of our world-renowned faculty – recently rated in the top-50 for scholarly impact – will share a “big idea” explored in their research and explain why it is relevant to the world in which we live.
Location Grossman Hall (All Groups)
Cross-Cultural Competency & Bias Mitigation for Lawyers
By the end of this session, you will understand the role of cross-cultural competency and bias mitigation as part of your professional development and gain an awareness of American University policies and resources to address bias and discrimination on campus.
 

7:00pm-7:45pm | Meet Your 1L Faculty

Meet your 1L Faculty

In this session, you will meet your Contracts and Torts professors and learn more about what to expect this fall.

8:00-8:45pm | Legal Research & Writing/Skills Labs

  Legal Research & Writing/Skills Labs
By the end of this session, students will be able to compare the expectations for doctrinal classes to their Legal Research & Writing I course, identify the structural set-up of this course in the first-year curriculum, and name the categories of skills taught.

9:00-9:45pm | What's Your Dream Job?

What's Your Dream Job?

By the end of this session, students should be able to identify various types of legal practice, be able to identify some areas of law they’re nterested in exploring during law school and understand how the Office of Career and Professional Development works with students to develop and then achieve their career goals.