Depending on your enrollment date, you may need to complete some items more immediately. Use this guide to assist with your on-boarding, and for a more comprehensive view of your 2L year, refer to the 2L roadmap.
Your first step: formally enrolling at Columbia Law School.
You cannot complete any checklist items, pre-register for courses, or register for Early Interview Program until you have enrolled.
To secure the space that has been reserved for you in the 2025–2026 Transfer Class, you must submit a $600 nonrefundable deposit.
Online Enrollment Form
Complete the Online Enrollment Form and make a payment by credit card (recommended).
- Activate your LawNet account
- Add phonetic pronunciation of your full name
- Add recorded pronunciation of your full name (instructions)
- Add emergency contact information
- Add emergency contact person
- Designate your pronouns (optional) - Activate your Columbia University UNI/LionMail email account
- Submit an on-campus housing application
- Mail final law school transcripts to the Office of Admissions
- Submit immunization documentation (MMR, meningitis decision, etc.)
- Review the New Student Technology Guide
- Complete IT training for new students
July 15
- Open enrollment for insurance begins
All students are required to carry health insurance while enrolled at Columbia University.
International students are required to carry the University Student insurance policy.
July 17
July 17 - July 28
- Pre-Registration opens via LawNet at 12:00 p.m. EDT July 18. You must deposit before you pre-register. Pre-registration closes July 28 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. Consult the Pre-Registration Handbook.
Mid-July
Transfer student journal application period
Columbia Law Review only participates in the Regular Application Process and runs a separate transfer process on a different timeline. Transfer students interested in Columbia Law Review are encouraged to explore CLR's Transfer Application website and the Publishable Notes Program.
July 22
- Transfer Orientation
Early August
- Office of University Life Tutorials
Mid-August - September 8
- Add/Drop Period
September 3
- First day of full-semester classes for upper-year and LL.M. classes at the Law School. For the First day of full-semester classes for courses at other divisions of the University, see the Columbia Academic Calendar.
September 9
- Add/Drop Period closes
September 30