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2023 Orientation/Introduction to Legal Process

Tuesday, August 15 - Saturday, August 19 

Your experience as a Widener Law Commonwealth student will start with an orientation designed to make you feel at home and ready to launch your legal education. Orientation provides the chance to get to know your future classmates and meet your first-year professors in an informal setting, not to mention staff and student leaders from organizations such as the Student Bar Association.

Attendance at all sessions is mandatory.  Check back regularly for updates.  Review the following items very carefully.


Matriculation Memo 

(PDF posted on July 18, 2023)

Orientation Memo

(PDF revised at 12:58 p.m. on July 18, 2023)

Orientation Schedule

(PDF posted on July 18, 2023)

Introduction to Legal Process Materials

Syllabus and Introductory Memorandum
(PDF posted on July 31, 2023)

Note:

  1. Handout: The syllabus references a handout available in the "Widener Law Commonwealth Pre-Orientation" Canvas course. To successfully view the referenced handout, you must be logged in to Canvas using your Widener credentials and have accepted the course invitation.
  2. Required Textbook: The syllabus references a required electronic textbook Introduction to the Study of Law: A Critical Thinking Approach (5th ed. 2020). As of August 3, 2023, it is now available to be purchased on the VitalSource website. Please ensure you have purchased the eTextbook and completed any required readings before the first Introduction to Legal Process class.
Textbooks & First Assignments 

(PDFs are posted on the Academics webpage in late July)

2023-2024 COVID-19 Requirement

(Link posted on July 18, 2023)

Student Accessibility Services

(Link posted on July 18, 2022)

Student Education Records Notice

(PDF posted on July 18, 2023)

Locator Card 

(Link posted on July 18, 2023)

ID Card Info 

(PDF posted on July 18, 2023)

Campus Safety Welcome Message

(PDF posted on July 18, 2023)

Information Technology Services Information Guide

(Link posted on July 18, 2023)

On-Campus Printing Instructions

(PDF posted July 27, 2023)

Classes start Monday, August 21, 2023

Orientation is coordinated by the Office of Student Affairs. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Contact Information

Randi Teplitz
Assistant Dean of Students
Phone:
717.541.3952
Email: 
[email protected]

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