1. Mandatory Advising Session (Fall) Upper Division

2. Important Dates Priority Registration
LLM/D3/E4/Veterans: Monday 10/31 at 7:00 AM
D2/E2/E3: Tuesday 11/1 at 7:00 AM
Ohio Bar: Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission
2nd YEAR STUDENTS MUST APPLY BY NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Ohio Bar: Application to Take July 2017 Bar Exam
MUST APPLY BY APRIL 1, 2017
Application to Graduate in May 2017: Deadline has passed – see Dean Fuller!
Fall Exam Period: December 7-16, 2016
Fall Grades Available: January 4, 2017
First Day of Spring Semester Classes: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Spring Exam Period: May 3-12, 2017

3. Spring Semester Courses
Required 2L Courses
Constitutional Law II
Professional Responsibility
Part-Time 2L Evening Enrollment
Constitutional Law II (3)
Criminal Law (3)
Legislation & Regulation (2)
= Total of 8 Credit Hours
Spring 2017 Schedule / Registration Materials
To be posted online no later than 10/17, but also watch blog / for updates
NEW: Also hope to post around then or soon after, the draft Summer 2017 as well as the provisional schedule for Fall Spring We hope that these will help you plan. These will not be set in stone, but they will be our best anticipation this far ahead of what will be offered and when, subject to changes in availability of professors, etc.

4. Upper Division Requirements
Bar Track Courses (those offered in Spring 2017)
Corporations (Day & Evening)
Remedies (Evening – Online)
Secured Transactions (Day & Evening)
Substantial Skills Requirement (those offered in Spring 2017)
Clinics & Externships
Corp. Legal Dept. Skills (January Intersession Course)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Trial Advocacy I
Patent Prosecution
Legal Drafting* – Contract Drafting (Day) or Litigation Drafting (Day or Evening)
International Dispute Resolution**
Business Law Practicum** *Counts for Subst. Skills if on top of 1st Req’d LD
Technology in Law** **Approved for Subst. Skills for Spring 2017
Other Required
Advanced Legal Research
Legal Drafting
Advanced Legal Applications (required for some; open to others on space-available basis)

5. Student Services – General Topics
Advising
Individual Mapping/Tracking + Planning towards Graduation
Understanding Your Requirements
Pointing you to Others who can Advise
Bar Admissions Advising
Ohio / Out of State
Other Special Sessions
Clinics / Joint Degrees / Certificates / Etc. [See later slides]
Class Rankings and Dean’s List (available in early January)
Check Blog Regularly
Use address
Just Ask

6. Enhancing Your JD Joint Degree Options to Consider
JD/LLM
JD/MBA
JD/MTax
JD/MSA in Forensic Accounting
JD/MPA
JD/MAP
Come to Joint Degree Info Session (10/17 at 12:15 in L161 or 5:15 in L141) *or* Make an Appointment to Chat with Dean Fuller
Certificate Options to Consider
Constitutional Law (info shared regularly at Con Law Center events)
Intellectual Property (info sessions on 10/11 at 12:30 & 5:15 in L140)
Litigation (info session on 10/12 at 5:15 in L160)
Health Law (info session on 10/19 at 5:15 in L160)

7. Enhancing Your JD Clinical Opportunities to Consider
Civil Litigation
SEED (Small Entrepreneur and Economic Development)
ReEntry Community Clinic
Inmate Assistance Program
Immigration Clinic (NEW!)
Trademark Clinic
Domestic Relations Court Clinic
Health Law & Policy Clinic
Social Justice Lawyering Clinic (Fall only)
Come to the Clinic Information Session Today (right outside this session!)
Externship Opportunities to Consider
Fall / Spring / Summer
2 Credits (90 hours) or 3 Credits (120 hours)
Work with Dean O’Brien to find the right opportunity for you.

8. Enhancing Your JD / Law School Experience
Student Organizations
Advocacy Teams
Legal Internship Certificate
Special Opportunity: Client Counseling Competition
Teams of Two – all students are welcome
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Sign up by December 2 (Last Day of Classes)
Be coached by President Wilson!

9. Looking Ahead to Summer 2017
Financial Aid Information (more at Spring Mandatory Advising)
Nolan James / Cora Moretta
Registration for Summer 2017 courses will be in March
Both Required/Bar-Track and Elective Courses will be offered
Keep in mind opportunities in the clinics and opportunities for externships
Summer Employment
Watch for job postings, submit resumes (follow instructions carefully!), and cast a wide net for the best results!
Study Abroad
Information session on November 16 at 5:15 with Dean Cravens, Pres. Wilson & students from last year’s program
Information also on the web at
Work until mid- or late-July, then travel & study. Scholarships available.

10. Building Update
Fall Exams – Quaker Square (Exam Central – all one location)
Spring 2017
Classes still in both Law Building & Central Hower
Library facilities still in Central Hower
Faculty projected to move back to Law during Spring semester
ASP, Career Planning will move to upper floors of Law building
Clinic will remain at Quaker Square during Spring 2017
Some new student study space will become available during Spring 2017 – timing TBA
Spring Exams – plan on Quaker Square one last time unless construction is way ahead of schedule.
Summer 2017
Projected completion of construction!
Library and Clinic return to Law building
Classes held primarily in Law (some possibly in Coll. of Bus. Admin.)

11. Questions