Law ITS: New Students
So you're a new OU Law Student...
Here's a quick guide to the questions asked by newly admitted OU Law Students, whether they be First Year law students (1Ls) or Transfer students. You should also read the Computer Recommendations; it contains more detailed information about many of these questions.
IT resources for OU Law Students
With few exceptions (like your OU E-mail account and the First Week Assignments), most of these resources will be unavailable to you until you receive your OU Law username and password; these are only provided to you during the Law Student Computer Lab Orientation. The Orientations are given according to the following schedule:
- Early Admission Program: Start of Summer Semester
- First-Year (1L) Students: During 1L Orientation (late August)
- Transfer Students: Scheduled individually on or after the first day of classes
In addition to background technology-related tasks, Law Center ITS administers the following programs of interest to OU Law Students.
- Computer Recommendations
In addition to guidelines to assist you in determining what sort of computer you should purchase (or if you should purchase one), our Computing Recommendations includes information about the IT-related services available at OU, such as detailed information about setting up your OU e-mail.
Click Here to go to the Computer Recommendations page. - OU E-mail
This service is actually provided by the University's IT department, not by the Law Center, but we do provide some information to help you get started with it.
Click Here for more information about OU E-mail. - First Week Assignments
In law school, your professors will expect you to arrive at the first class session having already read some of the class materials. These reading assignments, along with other First Week Assignments, are posted on the Web a few weeks before the start of each semester.
Click Here to see the latest First Week Assignments. - Exams on Laptops Program
Most students are allowed to take at least some of their final exams on their laptops via the College of Law's Exams on Laptops Program. Participation in the Program is Faculty-dependent; although some Professors do not allow their exams to be taken on laptops, the vast majority of exams are eligible to be taken under the Exams on Laptops Program.
Click Here for more information on the Exams on Laptops Program. - Law Student Network
OU Law Students have access to the Internet via both wired and wireless connections. We have nearly complete wireless coverage of the building, including all classrooms and most areas frequented by students.
Click Here for more information on the Law Student Network. - Computer Labs
If you don't own a laptop, you still have computer access at the College of Law through one of three Computer Labs maintained by Law ITS for the exclusive use of Law Students.
Click Here for more information on the Law Student Computer Labs. - Law Student Intranet and Forums
To better facilitate communications with and between OU Law Students, Law ITS maintains the Law Student Intranet and Forums. These password-protected resources are available to all currently-enrolled OU Law Students who have attended the mandatory OU Law Computer Lab Orientation.
Click Here for more information on the Law Student Intranet and Forums. - Classroom Technology
The College of Law has made a substantial investment in classroom technologies, including projection systems for in-class presentations and distance learning (videoconferencing) systems. We have classes which use the videoconferencing facilities as an integral part of the classroom experience, including a course that has the professor and students from the College of Law in a team-teaching environment with professors and students from law schools in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Click Here for more information on Classroom Technology.
For more information on Law Center Information Technology Services, check out the links in the menu to the left side of this page.