Attention First-Year Students: Mandatory Continuing Orientation Stress Relief Sessions

Welcome back!  You have now finished your first semester of law school and received your first set of law school grades.  We know from experience that most of you are experiencing a range of emotions, not all of them good ones.

 

Last semester, you should have received a copy of a booklet prepared by Professor Lawrence Krieger, The Hidden Sources of Law School Stress.  If you do not have the booklet, please come to the Office of Student Services to pick one up.  As part of Continuing Orientation, you will be participating in a small group session, facilitated by a member of the faculty or administration.  Please see the schedule below and note what time, date and room your section will be meeting.   In preparation for this session, you are to carefully read Hidden Sources, and journal/write about it.  You can write anything you want, but at a minimum, you should answer the following three questions:      

What reactions did you have to reading The Hidden Sources of Law School Stress?

·      What is/are the greatest sources of your stress at the beginning of your second semester?

·      What strategies have you developed to handle stress?

Note that you will not be required to share your journal responses with anyone unless you choose to do so.

Section 1 – Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., FCR

Section 2 – Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Room 414

Section 3 - Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Section 4 - Monday, February 1, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., BDR

Section 5 – Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 307

Section 6 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., BDR

Section 7 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 414

Section 8 - Wednesday, January 27, from 1:45-2:35 p.m., Room 408

Section 9 – Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., FCR

Section 10 – Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., BDR

Section 11 - Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Section 12 - Monday, January 25, from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m., Room 204

Sections 13 and 14 – Tuesday, January 26, from 8-8:50 p.m., Room 206

Sections 15 and 16 – Tuesday, January 26, from 8:00-8:50 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room

Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 - Wednesday, January 27, from 5:30-6:20 p.m., Room 312

Note that if you are in sections 13, 14, 15 or 16, please RSVP to me via email at mkoch@tourolaw.edu and specify which section you are in and the session you will be attending.

There will be another required Continuing Orientation session at the end of February, beginning of March.  The date and time is to be determined.  The Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) will be sending a panel of speakers to the school to educate the students about the program.  The LAP was established to assist judges, attorneys and law school students who are affected by alcoholism, drug abuse, stress, depression, and other mental health issues.