2024-2025 New Student Guide

GENERAL INFORMATION

Orientation

Workday In Workday students have access to academic services including course schedule, examination numbers, grades, financial accounts, course schedule, personal information, grades, and the ability to access unofficial transcripts. Log in required.

Orientation for Accelerated students will take placeon May 13 on Zoom. Please watch for information from the Dean of Students Office. It is anticipated that additional programming will be available to students online over the summer. Further information will be sent to students as soon as possible. Please note that participation in Orientation programming is MANDATORY.

Canvas is the course learning management system used by all faculty. Log in required.

What to Expect

Orientation is intended to give our new studentsthe information they will need to start off successfully as a law student in general, and as aSuffolk student in particular. Orientation will include:

Student Forms to reschedule an exam, file a petition, and additional forms to make a request.

Introduction to the offices, services andresources at Suffolk

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Introduction to the deans, and administrators

• Information on administrative details and deadlines for new students Expectations of professionalism and introduction to the legal profession’s concept of Character & Fitness • • Introduction to academic expectations andsupport • Introduction to skills necessary to be successfulin Law School and the legal profession

Information on rules, regulations and policies ofSuffolk University Law School

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