Admitted Students

Admitted Student Webinars

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions are 12-1 pm eastern and will be recorded for those who cannot attend live.

3/1/2024   1L Faculty Panel with Professors Abbott-Hill, Johnson & Lape     Recording

3/8/2024   Alumni Panel                                                                                                        Recording

3/15/2024  Financial Aid Presentation with Kristin Shea & Elle Boone          Recording

3/29/2024  Current Student Panel            *session will not be recording

4/23/2024  Transportation Department & Department of Public Safety

The Graduate School is co-hosting a session with the Transportation Department & Department of Public Safety (DPS). This session will cover getting around campus and the city, neighborhoods to live in if you need public transit, obtaining parking passes if you have a car, and safety initiatives and resources available through DPS.

Register for 9 am ET session

Register for 7 pm ET session

4/30/2024  Apartment and Off-Campus Living Office

The Graduate School is co-hosting a session with the Apartment and Off-Campus Living Office to help you get familiar with our off-campus housing website. They will provide an overview of the website along with additional resources available through the site. At the end of the session, staff with be available to answer any questions you may have about living in Syracuse.

Register for 9 am ET session

Register for 7 pm ET session

• Activate your Syracuse University NETID
• Submit your Seat Deposits by due dates listed on your admissions email
• International Students: submit proof of financial support for an I-20 to be issued
• Submit Commitment to Register Form – available in early spring, due by July 1st
• Submit Final Degree-Bearing Transcript by July 1
• Complete Health Services Requirements by July 1

• Attend an Admitted Student Webinar or Schedule an individual visit
• Join the Admitted Student Facebook page – great place to find a roommate or ask for advice from current students!
• Apply for Financial Aid
• Apply to Outside Scholarship opportunities
• See the 2023 Syracuse Law Housing Guide
• Secure housing arrangements
• Tips for International Students
• Activate your University email account – cannot be completed until full deposit is received. 
• Check your technology
• Submit your photo for your student ID card – cannot be completed until full deposit is received. 
• Part-time residential students must contact the College of Law Registrar’s Office to register for classes.
• Learn more about your new home

• Syracuse Law Orientation – mandatory for all students
• International Student Orientation – mandatory for all international students
• Parking permits. Note: Campus West residents cannot apply for parking online through MySlice. Campus West residents must complete the Campus West Parking Application Form. Cannot be done until July.
• Purchase textbooks – Available in August.
• Health Insurance Requirement
• Disability Services

View Your Schedule & Account Holds

MySlice is Syracuse University’s online portal to critical information resources for applicants, students, faculty, and staff. You will need your NetID and password to log in.

Viewing your class schedule in MySlice – available in early August

1. After logging into MySlice, locate the “Student Services” section; under the “Enrollment” heading, choose “view my class schedule”
2. Select “Fall 2024” and click “Continue”
3. Your course selections for Fall 2024 will be registered by the Office of Online Education, after completing a survey mid-July.

Viewing account holds in MySlice

1. After logging into MySlice, locate the “Student Services” section; under the “Finances” heading, choose “View Holds”
2. If there are any holds on your account, a list will appear stating what the hold is and what department to contact to resolve the issue.

• Check your Applicant Status Online checklist to confirm receipt for deposit, commitment to register form, final transcript and visa documents
• Academic Calendar
• 1L Course Descriptions
• Suggested Reading
• Health and Wellness Student Resources

• March 14, 2024 – Syracuse Law Alumni Night (Los Angeles)
• April 26, 2024 – Syracuse Law Alumni Night (Washington, D.C.)
• May 8, 2024 – Syracuse Law Alumni Night (Syracuse, NY)

To attend these events, please email Adrienne Graves, Director of Alumni Relations. Please be sure to let her know you are an admitted student.

Many of our incoming first year students have requested suggestions for summer reading that would help prepare them for law school this fall. It is that very enthusiasm and interest in the law that makes the first year of law school so exciting, and we look forward to sharing that enthusiasm with you. We have listed below a collection of books on the profession, jurisprudence, legal history and legal writing that may be of interest to you as you begin to think about the study of law. None of these books contains the “key” to success in your first year of law school. We offer most merely as suggestions for summer reading about law-related topics.

Highly Recommended

• Binder, David, Paul Bergman & Susan Price. Lawyers as Counselors (1990)
• Cappalli, Richard B. The American Common Law Method (1997)
• Fischl, Richard & Jeremy Paul. Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams (1999)
• Friedman, Barry & John C.P. Goldberg. Open Book: Succeeding on Exams from the First Day of Law School (2011)
• Gallacher, Ian. Coming to Law School: How to Prepare Yourself for the Next Three Years　(2010)
• Gidi & Weihofen, Legal Writing Style (2018)
• Irons, Peter. A People’s History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution (1999)
• Irons, Peter. The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court (1990)
• Levit, Nancy & Douglas O. Linder. The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law (2010)
• McKinney, Ruth Ann. Reading Like a Lawyer: Time Saving Strategies for Reading Law Like an Expert (2005)
• Sherwin, Richard K. When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture (2002)
• Toobin, Jeffrey. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2008)

Recommended　

• Banks, Russell. The Sweet Hereafter (1992)
• Farnsworth, Edward. An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States (1983)
• Harrington, Mona. Woman Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules (1994)
• Hegland, Kenney. Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law (1983)
• Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
• Levi, Edward H. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning (1949)
• Lewis, Anthony. Gideon’s Trumpet (1966)
• Lewis, Anthony. Make No Law (1992)
• Miller, Robert H. Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience By Students, For Students (2000)
• Stropus & Taylor. Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School (2001)