RWU School of Law 2024 Orientation Schedule

Business Attire Required

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.          Registration / Check-In

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.          The Practice of Law Starts Now - Welcome Program and Oath of Professionalism

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.          Reception

Business Attire Required

8:30 – 8:40 a.m.          Orientation Overview

8:40 – 9:55 a.m.          Inclusion and Belonging at RWU Law

10:05 – 10:25 a.m.      Career Development: Your Legal Career Starts Today!

10:25 – 10:45 a.m.      Meet Your Professors: Legal Practice 

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.      Meet Your Professors: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law

11:45 – 12:15 p.m.      Lunch 

12:15 – 4:30 p.m.        Legal and Judicial Office Visits

8:45 – 10:00 a.m.        Meet your Applied Legal Reasoning Professors & Teaching Fellows

10:10 – 11:25 a.m.      Introduction to Legal Writing and the Writing Center

11:35 – 12:25 p.m.      Introduction to Academic Technology (Bring your Devices)

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.        Lunch 

1:00 – 1:50 p.m.          Academic and Community Standards

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.          AccessLex Presentation: Financial Planning for Law Students

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.          Balancing the Scales: Maintaining Wellness in Law School

3:50 – 4:30 p.m.          Ice Cream Social

Close Course Type Descriptions

Course Types

We have classified RWU Law classes under the following headers. One of the following course types will be attached to each course which will allow students to narrow down their search while looking for classes.

Core Course

Students in the first and second year are required to take classes covering the following aspects of the law—contracts, torts, property, criminal law, civil procedure, and constitutional law, evidence, and professional responsibility.  Along with these aspects, the core curriculum will develop legal reasoning skills.

Elective

After finishing the core curriculum the remaining coursework toward the degree is completed through upper level elective courses.  Students can choose courses that peak their interests or courses that go along with the track they are following.

Seminar

Seminars are classes where teachers and small groups of students focus on a specific topic and the students complete a substantial research paper.

Clinics/Externships

Inhouse Clinics and Clinical Externships legal education is law school training in which students participate in client representation under the supervision of a practicing attorney or law professor.  RWU Law's Clinical Programs offer unique and effective learning opportunities and the opportunity for practical experience while still in law school.