Dear Graduating seniors: Congratulations on your pending graduation! Now that you have completed the academic Graduation Checklist, please review the following list of graduation-‐related items, in order of their deadlines: 1. Diploma Form If you are graduating after this semester, you must click on the link below and enter your diploma information. If you have completed all your graduation requirements at the end of this semester, your diploma can be picked up at graduation or it will be mailed to you in late June, 2015. This form must be completed by March 31st and it only takes 2 minutes to complete. If you do not complete this task, your diploma will be delayed. LINK: https://grad.admissions.rutgers.edu/Diploma/Login.aspx Graduate Employment Survey 2. Senior Portraits for the Class of 2015 Final Portrait Session Wednesday, April 1st; Where: Camden Campus Center -‐ Conference Room West A Schedule your appointment at www.ouryear.com and entering school code 14 or by calling 1-‐800-‐OUR-‐
YEAR™ (687-‐9327), during normal business hours. When you schedule your appointment, you will receive complete information on how to prepare for your portrait sitting. Don’t forget that you can use these portraits for your Professional Networking and Job Search sites. Don’t miss out on capturing this once in a lifetime achievement. Any questions? Please contact the vendor directly: Patty Batezel / Senior Scheduling Prestige by Lifetouch 3580 Progress Drive, Suite G Bensalem , PA 19020 1-‐800-‐334-‐1531 Ext. 2121 [email protected] 3. Bar Applications A. Please check the application deadlines for your jurisdiction at www.ncbex.org/ and review other information posted at https://camlaw.rutgers.edu/bar-‐preparation B. When you download or receive forms such as Certifications of Graduation or Dean’s Certifications from your jurisdiction, please give them to: Arlene Lentini, Office of Student Affairs Rutgers School of Law at Camden, Room e-‐304 217 North 5th Street, Camden, NJ 08102-‐1203 Office: 856-‐225-‐6289 Fax: 856-‐969-‐7935 [email protected] Forms must be received 20 days before they are due to the Bar Examiners. C. Requesting Transcripts Neither the Office of Student Affairs nor the law school's Assistant Dean of Academic Records, Ed Rentezelas, are authorized to release transcripts. If the jurisdiction requires transcripts, they must be ordered by the individual student directly from the Campus Registrar: https://transcripts.rutgers.edu/transcripts/index.html The Camden Registrar's phone number is: 856-‐225-‐6053. D. Notary Public This service is free of charge to Rutgers Camden law students: Arlene Lentini, Office of Student Affairs, 225-‐2352, [email protected] And Terry Wyllner, Accounting Assistant, 225-‐2332, [email protected] 4. Graduation Fair March 30-‐April 2 from 8am to 6pm; April 3 from 8am to 4 pm Law and PhD rental attire: $103.25 Order your regalia by May 1, 2015 Any questions? Please contact the vendor directly: BOOKSTORE MANAGER Dan Knittel Store Manager University District Bookstore Barnes & Noble #8006 Sixth and Cooper Sts. T: 856-‐968-‐1200 | F: 856-‐225-‐0193 UniversityDistrict.bncollege.com Facebook.com/UniversityDistrictBks * When you pick up your regalia in May, make sure you have 4 pieces: a gown with a working zipper that fits you correctly, a tam (not the undergraduate cap), a tassel and a hood. On graduation day, do not wear the hood. Make sure the hood is unbuttoned, and carry it draped over your left arm on graduation day. You will be hooded on stage. It is difficult for the hooders to get the hood over your head if the hood is buttoned. 5. Graduate employment Survey Please report your employment status by April 17, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE OBTAINED A POST-‐
GRADUATION POSITION. The law school is required by the accreditation authorities to collect complete and accurate statistics regarding the employment status of its students at graduation and 9 months after graduation. Because a number of students have not reported this information voluntarily in the past, the law school has two new policies: 1. Bar forms will not be released to the bar examiners for those students who do not fill out the Graduate Employment Form 2. Diplomas will not be released on the day of graduation to those students who do not fill out the Graduate Employment Form. The Graduate Employment Form must be filled out by April 17 or as soon as your post-‐graduate position is confirmed. To fill out the form online, login to your Symplicity account, click on "Profile" and then click on the Graduate Employment Survey tab. The form asks you to report what you will be doing after your graduation. Please fill out the form even if you do not have a position by graduation. When you obtain a position, you may return to the online version and change your employment status. Note that your employment status should not be "enrolled in a full-‐time degree program" unless you are attending a graduate, doctoral or other degree program AFTER you graduate from law school. Your Symplicity account will remain active, and you have a lifetime membership in the Career Planning Office. We have a counselor who specializes in working with alumni. Please contact us when you are done with exams to continue your job search. In addition, since at least 40% of the class is headed to judicial clerkship positions, Career Planning counselors are available to discuss the post-‐clerkship job process with you. 6. Faculty and staff awards voting by graduating seniors You will vote from April 13, 9am to April 16, 9 pm by using this link: https://camlaw.rutgers.edu/quickpoll/ OR It's also at https://camlaw.rutgers.edu/student-‐information-‐
services Student Information & Services -‐> Computing Resources -‐> Polling System Categories: Professor of the Year. You can choose six professors for this category because this poll not only decides the Professor of the Year, but also the Grand Marshall, Commencement Readers, and Commencement Hooders for the graduation ceremony. Lawyering Professor of the Year New Adjunct of the Year Adjunct Professor of the Year Dean's Staff Member of the Year Staff Member of the Year Administrator of the Year 7. Nominate a student for certain awards by April 24 at 3 pm The Class of 1995 Graduation Award – Separate Process: The Class of 1995 Selection Committee is currently accepting nominations for this year’s Class of 1995 Graduation Award. This award, endowed by the Rutgers School of Law—Camden Class of 1995, is presented to a graduating student at Rutgers School of Law—Camden who has made particularly significant contributions to the law school in areas that include, but are not limited to: ·∙ fostering student involvement in law school related activities; ·∙ portraying the Rutgers School of Law—Camden in a positive light; ·∙ promoting public relations with the City of Camden and all of Southern New Jersey; ·∙ using legal education to raise social consciousness; ·∙ advancing the discussion of issues which directly impact on the law school community; ·∙ implementing positive change; ·∙ acting to improve the quality of life within the law school community; and ·∙ serving as a role model by overcoming adversity Academic record may be considered, but shall not be given greater weight than any other criterion. Any student or faculty member of the law school may submit a nomination. Nominations must be in the form of a signed letter addressed to the Class of 1995 Graduation Award Selection Committee. Nominations are due on April 24 at 3:00 PM, by email or hard copy to: Class of 1995 Graduation Award Selection Committee c/o Jill Friedman, Associate Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Rutgers School of Law – Camden 217 North Fifth Street, Suite 304B, Camden, NJ 08102 [email protected] Other awards: A. Awards are listed and described here: http://camlaw.rutgers.edu/class-‐day-‐awards B. Some awards permit nominations by students. For such awards, you may make nominations here: https://cas.rutgers.edu/login?service=https%3a%2f%2fcamlaw.rutgers.edu%2fapps%2flawAwards%2f Nominations by students are due on April 24 at 3:00 PM. 8. Awarding of diplomas by family members of graduates -‐-‐ requests due by May 1 at 5 pm: Graduates usually receive their degree from the Dean, but may receive their degree on the stage from family members who are graduates of Rutgers School of Law-‐Camden. Please fill out the form at the end of this message and forward it to [email protected] by May 1 at 5 pm for permission to have your family member participate in this honor. All requests are reviewed by the Dean. We will need the family member's name, date of graduation, relationship to you, and a telephone number where family member may be reached. Since we try to sit entire party together, please let us know the total number of persons in your party. At the Susquehanna Bank Center, please have your presenters and all your friends and family who are sitting together report to section 103 (see SBC map below). To facilitate the seating arrangements, please have the party come at least 30 minutes before the actual ceremony begins. 9. Class Day Awards May 20, 2015 5 pm; reception on the Faculty Lounge 6 pm: student-‐voted faculty awards and student awards will be presented on the Clark Commons on the Law Bridge. Friends and family are welcome. No RSVP required. A list of awards will be posted on the graduation webpage before the event. 10. Convocation Law Graduates are welcome to the campus-‐wide convocation on May 21, 2015 at 9 a.m. Rutgers University–Camden Convocation AND GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT Susquehanna Bank Center, One Harbor Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey See http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/commencement 11. Commencement Law Graduates will receive their diploma on May 21, 2015 3 p.m. at the Susquehanna Bank Center, One Harbor Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey Commencement speaker: Donald C. Clark, Jr., Esq., Class of 1979 Law graduates should report to the Ben Franklin doors at 2 pm. Friends and family members will enter through the Walt Whitman side. No tickets are needed to attend the Commencement ceremony. Arrangements for accommodations for guests with disabilities will be posted by the campus shortly. Disability seating is indicated in pink on the SBC diagram below. A light reception will follow at the Law School's Clark Commons on the Law Bridge. Friends and family members are welcome! Diplomas will be given out ay the law school, and rented gowns will be collect at the law school. 12. Welcome to the Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA), which serves all alumni of Rutgers University. The purpose of the association is to advance the best interests and well-‐being of Rutgers University by engaging all alumni in the life of the institution through communication, programming, services, and volunteer opportunities. Membership in the RUAA is free and automatically granted to all graduates of Rutgers University, or any of its predecessor schools, upon graduation. For more information, visit us at Ralumni.com Application for graduate to receive the diploma on the stage from family members who are graduates of Rutgers School of Law-‐Camden. Name of graduate: Email: Cell phone number: Presenting family member's name(s): Family member's relationship to graduate: Family member's Email: Family member's Cell phone number: Since we try to sit entire party together, please let us know the total number of persons in your party At the Susquehanna Bank Center, please have your presenting family member and all your friends and family who are sitting together report to section 103 (see SBC seating below). Families enter the seating area on the Walt Whitman side, closest to section 100. To facilitate the seating arrangements, please have the party come at least 30 minutes before the actual ceremony begins.