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Your First Two Weeks

Your First Two Weeks is all about learning how law school works and starting to build the connections that will carry you through 1L. Your First Two Weeks is our official Orientation (August 24 – September 4, 2026), taking place in-person at the Jackman Law Building in Toronto.

Our 1L Orientation is designed to give you an introduction to the three main components of your law school experience: Academics, Student Life and Supports, and Social Activities.  

Our goal for Orientation is to make sure that you have a solid general sense of the institution and community you are joining, how things work, and where to ask questions, before you start the school year in September. Orientation will also create space for you to get to know each other and start to build your law school community.

2026 Schedule

Room J140 will be open on the following days as a drop-in space during lunch to relax, chat with your Coordinators, and get to know your peers: August 26-27, August 31, September 1-4.

August 24
TimeActivity
8:30-9:30 a.m.

Registration

Complimentary Light Breakfast

Location: Jackman Law Building

9:30-11:00 a.m.

Morning Welcome

Location: J250

11:00-11:30 a.m.

Law School Tours

Location: On Lanyards

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Bite-Sized Chats

Complimentary Lunch

Location: On Lanyards

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

August 25
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Movie Screening

Location: J250

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-4:30 p.m.

Building A Culture of Consent

Location: Same room as Legal Methods

August 26
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-2:45 p.m.

After-Class Snacks

Location: Atrium

3:00-5:00 p.m.

1L Cup Soccer Tournament

Location: Back Campus Hart House

Board Games

Location: P120

August 27
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-2:45 p.m.

After-Class Snacks

Location: Atrium

2:45-3:45 p.m.

Intro to the Academic Program

Location: J250

7:00 p.m.

Blue Jays Game!

Location: Rogers Centre

Presented by:

Sullivan & Cromwell
August 28
TimeActivity
10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Public Interest Panel & Brunch

Complimentary Brunch

Location: Brunch - Atrium; Panel - J250

1:30-3:30 p.m.

Explore Campus

Location: Meet in Atrium

August 29
TimeActivity
12:00-4:00 p.m.

Toronto Island Adventure

August 31
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-2:45 p.m.

After-Class Snacks

Location: Atrium

Presented by: Bora Laskin Law Library

September 1
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Introduction to Student Services

Location: J250

September 2
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-2:45 p.m.

After-Class Snacks

Location: Atrium

2:45-4:00 p.m.

Trivia!

Location: J250

Presented by:

Norton Rose Fulbright

September 3
TimeActivity
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

1:00-2:30 p.m.

Legal Methods

Location: Check Individual Timetable

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Closing Celebration

Complimentary ice cream

Location: Atrium

Presented by:

McMillan

3:00-6:00 p.m.

1L Games

Location: TBD

Presented by:

Gowling WLG

 

September 4
TimeActivity
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Closing Celebration

Complimentary Ice Cream

Location: Back Lawn

7:00 p.m.

Evening Mixer

Location: National @ The Well

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Logos for Aird Berlis, Bennett Jones, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Blaney McMurtry, Borden Ladner Gervais, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Dentons, Fasken, Fogler Rubinoff, Gowling WLG, Lawson Lundell, Lenczner Slaght, Lerners, Loopstra Nixon, McCarthey Tetrault, McMillan, Norton Rose Fulbright, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Polley Faith, Stockwoods, Sullivan & Cromwell, Torkin Manes, Torys, and WeirFoulds