COVID-19 Testing and Information Highlights
You should have received an email to take the COVID-19 Educate Module. If you have not, please check your junk/spam email folder otherwise you need to contact covidmodule@mail.wvu.edu. The deadline to complete the module is August 22, 2020. If you do not complete it by then, you may be subject to a fine and student conduct referral.
You may not return to campus until you have been tested negative by the University for COVID-19 AND successfully completed the University's COVID-19 education module.
Important updates regarding the building:
- When arriving at the law school, please do not congregate in the hallways.
- You will notice new signage. Please follow all directional signage in buildings, including using proper entrances and exits, walking to the right in all hallways, and only sitting in seats that are marked available with proper distancing from others.
- No food or drink will be allowed in classrooms this fall.
- All students will be assigned a seat and must sit in that seat throughout the fall semester.
- All students, faculty, and instructors should follow safety protocols around masks/face coverings, rigorous hand-washing, and physical distancing at all times.
Before Arriving in Morgantown
You must complete the COVID-19 education module prior to returning to campus. Watch
your MIX email account, UNEWS and WVU social media accounts for information.
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Failure to take complete the COVID-19 education module will result in a fee of $250 added to your student account. You will also be referred to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
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Before you start packing, sanitize or allow recycled boxes and storage bins to stand for 72 hours to eliminate any possible contamination, per the CDC’s recommendation.
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Due to supply shortages, we encourage you to purchase supplies before coming to Morgantown. Some of these items include:
- Personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks and gloves.
- Cleaning supplies.
- Paper towels.
- Toilet paper (if you're living in an apartment).
COVID-19 Testing Information
Important - You may not return to campus if you have not been tested and/or
don't have your negative test result. If you refuse testing, you will be charged $250
AND referred to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Sources:
https://www.wvu.edu/return-to-campus/what-you-need-to-know/student-life-2
https://www.wvu.edu/return-to-campus/what-you-need-to-know/testing
Accomodations
If you will need accommodations for the upcoming semester, please contact Associate Dean Wilson as soon as possible.
Lockers
Due to social distancing guidelines, we will have to close the locker area for the fall semester. We are sorry about this and know that it is a big inconvenience to many students. The space is simply too tight. If you currently have items in a locker that you need, please make arrangements with Assistant Dean Jernigan to retrieve those items. We hope to bring the lockers back online for the spring semester.
Student Organization Leaders
We value your input. Please complete this very brief survey regarding the planning of our annual student organization fair: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AREYOUrtySyyHP
If you have any questions, please let Assistant Dean Jernigan know.
Financial Aid Disbursement Update
Some of you may be concerned about the financial aid timeline adjustments with regard to disbursement, as the University has indicated that it might be later for undergraduates given the new undergraduate start date. The University intends to keep the disbursement date for law students as close to August 9 as possible. Of course, things are fluid, but we believe that there will be an official update to the Return to Campus Cost and Aid page very soon. If you have any questions, please contact Elissa Momen, associate director of Enrollment Management and Scholarships.
Bookstore
Students may order their books online at https://wvulaw.bncollege.com/shop/wvu-law/home
Please note: If a class has two (2) books listed with similar titles, please make a choice.One may be a Casebook only while the other is a Casebook Plus, which contains digital access to the ebook and helpful study aids bundled with the Casebook. Make sure you aren’t ordering two of the same book. If a title is recommended that means it is optional (not required by the professor). It is usually a study aid.
If you are using financial aid to purchase your textbooks:
Last day to place an order using “Financial Aid” payment type is 8/5 by (11 p.m.).
We will begin processing Student Financial Aid Orders after August 7.
If you want your orders to be shipped to your home address:
If there are orders to be shipped that are not Financial Aid, we will try to process
those when we have the books. Please note there may be a delay on shipping orders.
If you want to pick up your order at the College of Law Bookstore:
Tentatively, Store Pick-Up Orders will be available beginning August 13th. You
will receive an email when your order is ready for pick up.
The WVU Law Bookstore price matches.
You must request a price match - it does not happen automatically! Type in price
matching on the Law website and you will see the details to price match. If you
want to price match books, please email Mary Jo Fugera, Bookstore Manager, a screenshot
of the price match. When they process your books, they will look at the screenshot
to see if it meets the criteria.
The Barnes & Noble Café will be open beginning September 8.
Student Organizations
Please refer to the guidelines emailed on July 24, 2020. We will keep you updated as any University guidelines are updated.
We will be hosting a training for student organizations on the new guidelines after school has started. A date and time will be set soon (we are waiting for updated guidance from the University before we set any dates).
Academic News
Please see the “From the Associate Deans’ Desks” email on July 29, 2020 for information regarding accommodations and absences.
Academic Calendar Information
- August 17 (Monday) - Live 1L orientation (there are online orientation activities schedule online prior to that date)
- August 18 (Tuesday) - Clinic orientation. Contact your clinic director for more details
- August 19 (Wednesday) - Classes start. (Note: our classes continue to start on August 19; the undergraduate change to August 26 does not affect us)
- September 7 (Monday) - off for Labor Day
- November 3 (Tuesday ) - off for Election Day
- November 24 (Tuesday) Last day of classes (Note: this is the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week)
- November 24 -November 29 (Wen-Sun) - Thanksgiving Break
- November 30 (Monday) - Online Final Exams Begin (Note: unlike the undergraduates, we will not have a week of online instruction and a week of finals after Thanksgiving - we have two weeks of finals).
- December 11 (Friday) - Last Day of Online Exams.
New Hires/Employment News
Nicole McConlogue is an Associate Professor of Law and Clinic Director, primarily teaching in the Litigation and Advocacy Law Clinic (aka General Practice Law Clinic). Before joining the WVU Law faculty, she was a Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Prior to that, she managed the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland's Consumer Protection Project and also worked as a disability benefits lawyer. Professor McConlogue's scholarly interests concern economic mobility and fairness toward disadvantaged communities, and span a range of substantive topics including consumer protection, competition law, poverty law, and technological surveillance of the poor. She holds a JD from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and a BA from Towson University.
Rosalind Lister has been appointed Interim Assistant Dean for Career Services. She has served as the Assistant Director of Career Services since 2006. Rosalind has spent her career in career services. Prior to coming to WVU, she was employed in positions ranging from career counselor and adjunct faculty member to director of career services. She has held positions at Loras College, Central Washington University, and Wabash College. Rosalind earned an M.S.Ed. degree in Counseling with an emphasis in College Student Personnel, and a B.A. in Communications, both from Purdue University. Ros is excited to continue her work assisting the WVU Law students achieve their career goals.
Career Services
Hello!
Welcome to - or back to - the College of Law. I really look forward to seeing
you, and helping you, throughout the coming year! 1L students, I am particularly
excited to meet you, and to assist you with your career development, and preparation
for internship and career opportunities. Take these first few weeks to become
acclimated to law school, then, later in September I will be in touch with information
about programming especially for your class. Good luck, and see you soon!
- Ros
On-Campus Interviews (OCI)
While Career Services usually hosts on-campus interviews (OCI) in both fall and spring semesters, this year, along with many other law schools, we will host employers in the spring semester only. These interviews will host employers seeking 1L, 2L and 3L students. OCI will take place February 8 - 19, 2021. More information will be forthcoming later in the fall.
How did you spend your summer?
2L and 3L students - many of you have completed the survey regarding how you spent the summer of 2020. Thank you! Congratulations to Ashlyn Ramsay and Will Sukovich who won gift cards in the recent drawing of summer surveys. If you have not yet completed a summer survey, please do so. Thank you!
2L & 3L students - are you interested in an internship or post-graduate position out-of-state?
Check out this great opportunity to meet with employers from across the country! WVU Law is one of 50 law schools who participate in the annual Southeastern Minority Job Fair (SEMJF). SEMJF is a legal interview program which brings together employers from all over the country, and diverse students from more than 50 law schools in the southeastern United States. It is one of the oldest and largest events of its kind in the country. The Southeastern Minority Job Fair registration period is now open! While the fair is normally held in July in Atlanta, GA., this year's fair will be virtual, and will be held October 29 & 30, 2020.
- Typically, 100 employers from all over the U.S. participate, including "Big Law" law firms and government and public interest organizations.
- Deadline to register is September 2, 2020.
- This year SEMJF requires a Diversity Statement from each candidate.
2L & 3L Students - Job Search Guidance from PracticePro
To kick-off the fall semester, 2L and 3L students are invited to attend a very helpful virtual program on August 13 presented by PracticePro, an organization that helps both practicing attorneys, and law students, in their professional development and job search abilities. PracticePro's workshop for WVU Law is brought to you by a gift from Class of 2007 alumnus Ola Adekunle, Patent Counsel for Google. This 1/2 day on-line workshop has limited attendance, so review your invitation below, and register now!
