Congratulations on your acceptance to Syracuse Law!
Please see below for your next steps to confirm acceptance, information on how to prepare for law school, and more.
Admitted On-Campus J.D. Residential and LL.M. Students
- Activate your Syracuse University NETID
- Submit your Seat Deposit(s) by due date(s) listed on your admissions email
- Submit Commitment to Register Form, available in the summer
- Submit Final Degree-Bearing Transcript by July 1
- Complete Health Services Requirements by July 1
- Mandatory Orientation (dates to be released early spring).
- Tentative Academic Calendar 2024-2025 (dates to be released early spring).
- Attend an Admitted Student Webinar or Schedule an individual visit
- Join our GroupMe – great place to find a roommate or ask for advice from current students!
- Apply for Financial Aid
- Apply to Outside Scholarship opportunities
- See the Syracuse Law Housing Guide
- Secure housing arrangements
- Tips for International Students
- Log into 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 (cannot be completed until August).
- Learn more about your new home
- Attend an Alumni Reception: admitted students are welcome to join our alumni at off-campus receptions.
- 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.
- To check your class schedule, please login to MySlice, and from the student homepage click on the “My Class Schedule” tile (Select your desired term to view your schedule).
- To view your holds, please login to MySlice and click on the “My Holds” tile. 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
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)
Admitted Online JDinteractive Students
See the JDi Admitted Students Page for information specific to the JDinteractive admitted students.