Welcome New Students

Fall 2012 

Welcome All Students!  Cornell Law Schools Registrar's Office welcomes all new and returning students.
Our mission is to provide the best service to our students.
We look forward to meeting and working with you.
We are located in 160 Myron Taylor Hall.

The Registrar's Office uses the Cornell NetID email address to communicate directly with our students regarding all information, deadlines, etc.

Please make sure that your account is active and you are receiving email at your Cornell address.

You will need to check your email on a regular basis for messages from the Registrar's Office.

All students will need to visit the links for items #3, 4 and 5 to review and update their student record information with the Cornell Law School and the University.

In addition, please become familiar with all the services provided by the Law School Registrar's site: http://registrar.lawschool.cornell.edu

and with the services provided by the Office of the University Registrar:  http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu
    
Thank you.

Terry Thompson, Registrar
Lyndsey Clark, Assistant Registrar
Patricia Halstead, Certification Coordinator
Scott Hulslander, Administrative Assistant
Rosemary Lacey, Assistant to the Dean of Students

All new students: Locker Information
Information about your locker assignments will be available at: http://registrar.lawschool.cornell.edu under My Information.  First year students will be notified of locker assignments in early August.

Please note: Only students who do not live in Hughes Hall will have lockers.

JD First Year Students
Class schedule: We hope to have your fall class schedule available for you to view online in early  August at the Registrar's site: http://registrar.lawschool.cornell.edu at the My Information tab, My Schedule link. You will be notified by email to your Cornell NetID when your schedule is available to view.

Please make a note of your mandatory Orientation session with the Registrar's Office: August 20, 2012, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon, Berger Atrium.

LLM Program
Class schedule: You will be notified by email to your Cornell NetID when your schedule is available to view with the results of pre-registration and the start of the Add-Drop period.

Please make a note of your mandatory Orientation session with the Registrar's Office: August 14, 2012, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m., Berger Atrium.

Transfer Students
Class Schedule: You will be notified by email to your Cornell NetID when your schedule is available to view with the results of preregistration and the start of the Add-Drop period.

Please make a note of your mandatory Orientation session with the Registrar's Office: August 20, 2012, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon, Berger Atrium.

Links:

1. JD Orientation information is available at the Law School Admissions website: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/admitted/orientation.cfm

2.  How to Activate NetID (if you haven't already done so): http://www.cit.cornell.edu/services/netid/howto.cfm

3. Law School Directory and Emergency Contact Information (this site requires NetID log-in) is available now at the Registrar's site: http://registrar.lawschool.cornell.edu

Click on Update Your  Directory Information. Must be updated by 4:00 p.m., August 20, 2012.

The address and school information you provide at the Law School Directory page will be available in the 2012-13 Law School Directory. The directory will be published only online and contains faculty, student, and staff information.

The Directory is an internal online password-protected publication available to the Law School community at this link: http://support.law.cornell.edu/directory/

Photos for new  students will appear in early September.

4. Local (Fall Semester) Current Address Information (this site requires NetID log-in) is available now at the Registrar's site: http://registrar.lawschool.cornell.edu

Click on Update Local (Fall) Address. Must be updated by 4:00 p.m., August 20, 2012.

5. University Address updating (this site requires NetID log-in): Go to the University Student Center:  http://studentcenter.cornell.edu

6. Official Name and information on how to make changes. (Click Here)

7. Blackboard information and link to course sites, available in mid-July : https://support.law.cornell.edu/students/PDF/BlackBoard.cfm

8. Law School Course Book information link: https://support.law.cornell.edu/students/students/CourseBooks/CourseBooks.cfm

9. Faculty Advisor list for 2012-13: https://support.law.cornell.edu/students/forms/Faculty_Advisors.pdf

10. University New Student Page for Graduate and Professional Students: http://newstudents.cornell.edu/grad/

11. Miscellaneous University Services for Students: http://www.dfa.cornell.edu/dfa/treasurer/bursar/services/resources/index.cfm

12. Bursar Information: http://www.bursar.cornell.edu/
Peter Olcott, University Bursar will be at the Law School, in the Atrium on August 20, 2012, between 9:00 a.m. and  12:00 Noon.

13. Housing: http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Campus/Housing.html

14.Commuter and Parking Services : http://transportation.fs.cornell.edu/parking/

15. Law School Standards for Professional Conduct: https://support.law.cornell.edu/students/forms/Standards_for_Professional_Conduct.pdf

16. Law School Code of Academic Integrity (Honor Code):  https://support.law.cornell.edu/students/forms/Law_School_Code_of_Academic_Integrity.pdf

17. Part-time employment: A number of  part-time student jobs are available at the Law School and the University  during the academic year for second and third year law students. First year  students are not encouraged to work during the school year, especially during  first semester. Students working part-time during the academic year are limited  (ABA Standard 304(e)), to a maximum of twenty hours per week.