Hooding

Hooding Checklist

For questions, please contact Asst. Dean for Academic Affairs Monte Smith at (614) 688-4676 or Angela Henderson at (614) 688-4359.

Make arrangements for your cap and gown, order announcements, order diploma frames
- All graduates are required to wear authorized Juris Doctor caps and gowns. Click here for form.
- Announcements may be ordered when you order your cap and gown. If you are completing your third year at another law school, call Bill Butts at the OSU Bookstore (614) 292-2991 to place your announcement order.
- Frames with the OSU Moritz College of Law seal may be purchased by graduates and their families. Click here for form.

3L Class Speaker
Tryouts for the Class Speaker will be held March 11 from 4-6 p.m. in Saxbe Auditorium. The audition will be in front of a portion of or the entire hooding committee. Please come prepared with a snippet (5 minutes) of your actual speech or material that is as close as possible to your actual speech. Your actual speech should run no longer than 10 minutes total. Please note that your audition may be recorded and posted on the hooding web site for review by 3L class members. If you are interested in participating in the hooding ceremony as the 3L Speaker, please email Adam Heider. Please include your availability on the designated audition day.
3L Class Soloist
If you have musical talent, please consider auditioning to perform as the 3L soloist for the 2011 hooding ceremony. The soloist will perform either "Carmen Ohio," or the National Anthem, or both, during the hooding ceremony. Auditions for 3L soloist will be held March 11 from 4-6 p.m. in Saxbe Auditorium. You will have to perform the abovementioned selections in front of a portion of or the entire hooding committee. If you are interested in participating in the hooding ceremony as the 3L Soloist, please email Adam Heider. Please include your availability on the designated audition day.

Vote for Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Staff Members
Voting for the Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Staff Members will take place through ballots available from Donna Vidmar. Voting will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, March 28 and will close at 3 p.m. Friday, April 1. You may vote by proxy by sending your selection to Kate Christobek. Your choices for the Outstanding Faculty and Staff awards will be announced at the 3L Send Off.

Resolve any outstanding financial obligations to the University
These include such items as library fines, parking tickets, and class material fees. Questions regarding administrative or financial holds should be directed to the Registrar's Office in Room 122. Students holding keys to the building need to make arrangements with the issuing office for return. Please remember to return all library books and pay any fines; courtesy cards can be issued to alumni if fines are at zero balance. Diplomas will not be distributed to those with any kind of hold.

Deadline for completing Hooding Form
All 3Ls are REQUIRED to complete the Hooding Form in order to participate in the 2011 Hooding Ceremony. Forms must be completed by April 8, 2011.
Submit Graduation Statistics
All 3Ls are REQUIRED to complete the Graduate Survey Form by April 8, 2011. The survey is completed by all graduates in all ABA-accredited law schools. Surveys with individual student names removed are forwarded to the National Association for Law Placement for compilation of national statistics and forecasting of trends. The data is also shared with various organizations that rank law schools. The more complete OSU's data, the greater the probability for accurate rankings. High rankings help all graduates, particularly those still seeking employment. (If you would like to confirm that your Graduate Statistics information was submitted successfully, or if you have questions about that form, please contact Cybele Smith at smith.302@osu.edu.)

Attend an exit interview with the Career Services Office
In addition to collecting all of your required forms for hooding, the Career Services Office will be conducting exit interviews to determine how the office can tailor its services to each student's career goals. (these are NOT the same exit interviews necessary for financial aid - these are separate). These very brief interviews will be conducted during March and the first part of April.
Complete Financial Aid Exit Interview
All students who were disbursed Stafford and G-Plus loans while enrolled at OSU are required to complete the Federal Exit Interview. A link will appear on your Student Centre “TO DO” list that will direct you to the web site.

Send Off 2:00 p.m.
The Send Off includes the following:
- Pick up cap and gown
- Group Picture
- Announcements - Outstanding Professor and Outstanding Staff Person announced

Honors Convocation
The Honors Convocation will be held at the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Hooding Ceremony
The ceremony will be held at the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., at 3 p.m.
Seating for Honors Convocation and Hooding Ceremony is unlimited. No tickets will be issued.

Lockers must be emptied
As a convenience, you may continue to use your locker through July 29. If lockers are not empty by July 29, locks will be cut. If you cannot personally attend to this matter, please ask a friend to remove the lock and contents.