Fall Orientation begins on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Yes, fall orientation is mandatory for all incoming law students including first-year, transfer, visiting and non-degree students.

Yes. Students in the evening program will have their fall orientation programming in the evening at 5:30 PM.

It is strongly recommended as not to delay your disbursement. If you are receiving scholarship money and/or are expecting to borrow loans in order to pay for law school, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  In order to achieve the smoothest results and avoid processing delays, it is extremely important that you complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA and submit that information to David A. Clarke School of Law.  If you have not completed a FAFSA yet, please do so as quickly as possible (see www.fafsa.ed.gov).  The School of Law’s FAFSA code isnotthe same code used by the University.  Additional financial aid information will be sent to you over the course of the summer.  In the meantime, financial aid questions should be directed to the law school’s financial aid office at lawfinancialaid@udc.edu.  

The New Student Checklist is your way to keep track of all the tasks you need to do before classes begin! It's a Web-based tool in your portal, and lists everything from accessing myUDC to completing your health insurance waiver.

Yes! These assignments carry over into your actual law school courses.

No. You are required to have a complete and accurate law school application that provides disclosure of any legal violations, college or law school disciplinary matters or similar issues, including any that may have occurred after the time you submitted your UDC Law application and throughout your enrollment.  If an inconsistency exists between information obtained by the bar examiners on your law school admission application, that inconsistency could potentially impact your admission to the bar.

Please contact the Associate Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Anthony Ervin at anthony.ervin@udc.edu

Information coming later in the summer.