Exchange Student Orientation Booklet
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL EXCHANGE STUDENT ORIENTATION SCHEDULE August 2019 LIBRARY TOURS AND HOLLIS TRAINING Special Library Tours and HOLLIS* training sessions have been set up to help you learn how to use the Harvard library system and resources for research. IMPORTANT: You must complete one Library tour and one HOLLIS* Training Session. Please sign up for a Library Tour and a HOLLIS* Training Session by Thursday, August 22 to ensure that you get the spot you want. Sign-up sheets are located online. Please follow the link to sign up for a tour: http://bit.ly/hls_library2019. Dates and times of Library Tours and Hollis* Training sessions (you must sign up for one specific time for each): Friday, August 23 3:30-6:00 p.m. Monday, August 26 5:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 27 3:30-6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 29 3:00-6:00 p.m. Friday, August 30 9:00-10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All Library Tours will begin in the Lehman Lounge near the entrance of the HLS Library, next to the Library Circulation Desk. Each Library Tour is approximately one hour long. All HOLLIS* Training sessions are approximately one hour long and will take place in Wasserstein Hall Room B010. Additional information on Bloomberg, Lexis, and Westlaw training will be available in September 2019. *HOLLIS (Harvard On-line Library Information System) is the acronym for the Harvard University libraries’ online catalog. Thursday, August 15 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. IMMUNIZATION CLINIC (Walk-In) Pound Hall Basement All incoming students must provide required documentation and be cleared by Harvard Law School Health Services. If you have been notified that you will need to receive certain immunizations in order to register, please note that there will be an Immunization Clinic at Harvard Law School Health Services in the basement of Pound Hall, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, on Thursday, August 15 and Friday, August 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you need immunizations, you must either (a) go to the August 15 or August 16 Immunization Clinic; or (b) make an appointment in advance with Health Services to obtain the immunizations during the week of August 19 – but you may only do this when there are no mandatory Orientation activities in session. If you have already obtained all required immunizations and only need to provide updated documentation to obtain health clearance, you may visit Law School Health Services in person without an appointment on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. By Appointment PICK UP ARRIVAL PACKETS Wasserstein 5005 After you have picked up your packet of materials, enjoy a light breakfast in the morning and snacks in the afternoon in the Graduate Program Lounge (Wasserstein 5053). Stay for a while to chat with the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies staff and with your new classmates! By Appointment ADMINISTRATIVE CLEARANCE Wasserstein 5005 All students must check in with the International Legal Studies staff in Wasserstein 5005 to make sure their student bills are clear and to complete other administrative procedures. All students are required to complete these administrative procedures before they can register as Harvard Law School degree candidates and obtain their Harvard University identification cards. Be sure to bring your passport, home country government ID, and, if applicable, all visa documents. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. HIO@HLS (Walk-In) Wasserstein 5044 For international students, one of the components of the Administrative Clearance process is checking in with the Harvard International Office (HIO). If you have not yet checked in with HIO, please note that HIO will be on site at HLS for Graduate Program Orientation for check-in on August 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on August 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary. You will need your passport, Form I-94 (print using “Get Most Recent I- 94” link at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home), and visa document (Form I-20, Form DS-2019, or Form I-797). In addition, the HIO office in the Smith Center (1350 Massachusetts Avenue) will be open 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on both days. 1:00-2:00 p.m. HARVARD YARD TOUR (Optional, depart HLS at 12:45 p.m. to go to meeting point) Lehman Hall/ Join Harvard’s expert guides for a historical tour of Harvard Yard. The tour will begin outside of Dudley House Lehman Hall/Dudley House in what is referred to as the “Old Yard.” To get to Lehman Hall, you (in Harvard Yard) will need to enter Harvard Yard via Massachusetts Avenue. The gate you will use to enter is directly across the street from the Smith Campus Center and Cambridge Trust Bank. Your tour guide will be waiting at the plaza in front of Dudley House and wearing a red lanyard which says “Official Harvard Tour.” The tour will conclude at the John Harvard statue in the Old Yard. Schedule for Thursday, August 15 CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE. - 1 - Thursday, August 15 (continued) 2:30-3:30 p.m. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CAMPUS TOUR (Optional) Wasserstein Entrance Join recent LL.M. graduates who are looking forward to showing you around the Harvard Law (near Pound Hall) School campus and sharing their insights on the LL.M. experience. The tour will begin outside the south entrance of Wasserstein Hall, across from Pound Hall. 4:00-5:15 p.m. YOGA and MEDITATION (Optional) Wasserstein Hall – Yoga at 4:00 p.m. and Meditation at 4:30 p.m. Come for one or both of these guided programs, Milstein West B sponsored by the Harvard Center for Wellness. If you have a yoga mat or towel, feel free to bring (second floor) one, but no particular equipment or athletic wear is needed. All levels are welcome! ZERO-L If you have not yet completed your viewing of Zero-L modules, please do so before the start of formal Orientation programming on Monday, August 19. The LRWA I lectures have been designed to build on the knowledge and understanding you will have gained from the Zero-L course. LEGAL RESEARCH, WRITING AND ANALYSIS (“LRWA”) The first lecture in this course takes place on Tuesday, August 20, at 9:00 a.m. You are expected to complete the readings for each lecture before the class meets. Reading assignments for all LRWA classes are in the LRWA Course Reader (in your Arrival Packet) and also available (after login) at https://canvas.harvard.edu/ - 2 - Friday, August 16 8:00-9:15 a.m. YOGA and MEDITATION (Optional) Wasserstein Hall – Yoga at 8:00 a.m. and Meditation at 8:30 a.m. Come for one or both of these guided programs, Milstein West B sponsored by the Harvard Center for Wellness. If you have a yoga mat or towel, feel free to bring (second floor) one, but no particular equipment or athletic wear is needed. All levels are welcome! 8:00-9:30 a.m. JOGGING TOUR (Optional) Lace up your sneakers and join Matt Gruber, Dean for Administration, for casual conversation and a “leisurely trot” around Harvard and the Charles River. This is a great chance to get to know a senior member of the HLS administration while getting some good exercise, too. The pace will be about 10.5 minutes per mile for a loop of approximately 3.5 miles or 5.6 km. The tour will begin outside the south entrance of Wasserstein Hall, across from Pound Hall along Massachusetts Avenue. The map of the run can be viewed at https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2486663269. Weather permitting. 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. IMMUNIZATION CLINIC (Walk-In) Pound Hall Basement All incoming students must provide required documentation and be cleared by Harvard Law School Health Services. If you have been notified that you will need to receive certain immunizations in order to register, please note that there will be an Immunization Clinic at Harvard Law School Health Services in the basement of Pound Hall, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, on Thursday, August 15 and Friday, August 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you need immunizations, you must either (a) go to the August 15 or August 16 Immunization Clinic; or (b) make an appointment in advance with Health Services to obtain the immunizations during the week of August 19 – but you may only do this when there are no mandatory Orientation activities in session. If you have already obtained all required immunizations and only need to provide updated documentation to obtain health clearance, you may visit Law School Health Services in person without an appointment on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. By Appointment PICK UP ARRIVAL PACKETS Wasserstein 5005 After you have picked up your packet of materials, enjoy a light breakfast in the morning and snacks in the afternoon in the Graduate Program Lounge (Wasserstein 5053). Stay for a while to chat with the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies staff and with your new classmates! By Appointment ADMINISTRATIVE CLEARANCE Wasserstein 5005 All students must check in with the International Legal Studies staff in Wasserstein 5005 to make sure their student bills are clear and to complete other administrative procedures. All students are required to complete these administrative procedures before they can register as Harvard Law School degree candidates and obtain their Harvard University Identification Cards.