FALL 2022 ORIENTATION WEEK
At a Glance…August 15-19, 2022
(updated 8.12.2022…subject to change)
Monday, August 15
Tuesday, August 16
Wednesday, August 17
Thursday, August 18
Friday, August 19
9:45 AM
Orientation Check-in Begins
Breakfast Available
(Cardozo Law Lobby, 5
th
Ave)
10:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Dean of Admissions
(Moot Court Room-MCR)
10:45 – 11:00 AM
Dean’s Welcome
Melanie Leslie, CSL ’91
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Introduction to Your
Community Leaders
Meet the Student Bar Association
(SBA) and Affinity Groups
11:45 AM
Individual Section Meetings
Section A (Room 423)
Section B (Room 424)
Section C (Room 204)
Section D (Room 206)
Section E (Room 102)
Section F (MCR)
12:30
PM – 1:45 PM
Orientation Welcoming Luncheon
JD Students
Keynote Speaker:
Josh Sussberg, CSL ’02,
Kirkland & Ellis
(Center for Student Life,
3
rd
Floor Lounge)
Foremost
8:00 AM
Breakfast Available
Third Floor Lounge
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Connecting to Cardozo: Presentation
of Cardozo Computing Systems
(Laptops required)
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
First Law School Class: Elements of Law
Sections AB: Pollack (Room 423)
Sections DF: Shaw (Room 204)
Sections CE: Newman (Room 424)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
YU Security Informational Session
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Maximizing Law School Success
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Student Finance Session
(all students encouraged to attend)
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elements of Law
Sections AB: Pollack (Room 423)
Sections DF: Shaw (Room 204)
Sections CE: Newman (Room 424)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch with Your Section
Section A (Room 423)
Section B (Room 424)
Section C (Room 204)
Section D (Room 206)
Section E (Lobby)
Section F (Lobby)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Office of Diversity and Inclusion:
Implicit Bias
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Places You’ll Go: An Introduction
to Cardozo Careers
(Third Floor Lounge)
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 – 4:00 PM
Mental Health and Wellness
for Law Students (and Introduction
to the Counseling Center)
(Third Floor Lounge)
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Student Services Icebreaker Breakfast
(optional)
(Lobby)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elements of Law
Sections AB: Pollack (Room 423)
Sections DF: Shaw (Room 204)
Sections CE: Newman (Room 424)
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own
and
Section Photos
2 PM – 3 PM
Title IX Procedures
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Professionalism
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
3:45 PM – 4 PM
Administration of Cardozo
Student Oath
Judge Kesha Tanabe, CSL ‘05
(3
rd
Floor Lounge)
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Dean’s Office Closing Reception
(Lobby)
FIRST FULL DAY OF
1L CLASSES
PLEASE FOLLOW YOUR
1L FRIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE
In addition to your regular Friday
classes, please attend the Lawyering
and Legal Writing session for your
Section below:
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
IL Introduction to Lawyering and
Legal Writing
Sections B, E & F (3
rd
Floor Lounge)
1:00 – 1:45 PM
IL Introduction to Lawyering and
Legal Writing
Sections A, C, & D (3
rd
Floor Lounge)
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2:00 PM
Buses Depart for Chelsea Piers
(Lobby, 12th Street Entrance)
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cardozo Law’s Annual Orientation
Boat Cruise around Manhattan
(Departs Pier 61 at 23rd Street)
(optional)
5:00 PM
Students may depart directly from
Chelsea Piers. A few buses will be
available for return to Cardozo.
