Visiting the Law School

What better way to understand what it is like to be a law student at the University of Washington School of Law than to visit us at William H. Gates Hall. We invite you to take a tour of the building, visit and observe a law school class, meet with the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid staff, and get a real taste of law student life by spending time with our Student Ambassadors.

Planning Your Visit

The building is open to the public on weekdays during regular business hours (9am to 5pm). Visits and tours are scheduled through the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid. For directions to William H. Gates Hall and information about parking on campus, please click here.

You will get the most out of your experience if you visit during the academic year when classes are in session. We recommend scheduling your visit around lunchtime or in coordination with our guided tours and designated law school class schedules (see below). The tours are scheduled to allow the opportunity to visit a class- either before or after your tour. During lunch hours from 12:30pm to 1:20 pm, we encourage you to walk around the first floor and Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library to get a sense of our law school community as we host various student organization meetings, guest speakers, and workshops taught throughout the quarter.

Building Tours

Guided Tours: A guided tour of our law school building is offered at 12:30pm each weekday. Guided tours are by appointment only, scheduled in advance, and last approximately thirty (30) minutes. Tours can be scheduled in advance by submitting a Visit Request Form provided below.

Self-Guided Tours:  Visitors who wish to tour the building on their own may pick up a Self-Guided Tour booklet at the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid.

Visit a Law School Class

If you wish to visit and observe a class, please indicate which class you wish to visit on the Visitor Request Form below.  The following courses are available for Winter Quarter 2012:

Winter 2012

January 3 – March 7

First-Year Course	Schedule	Time	Instructor	Room
Property	T/F	1:30pm - 2:45pm	Prof. Andrews	138
Contracts	M/W	10:30am - 12:20pm	Prof. Calandrillo	119
Torts	T/Th	10:30am - 12:20pm	Prof. Porter	138
Upper-Level Course	Schedule	Time	Instructor	Room
Secure Transactions	T/Th/F	1:30pm - 2:45pm	Prof. Pardo	133
Evidence	T/Th/F	10:30am - 12:20pm	Prof. Nicolas	117

Class Visitor Conduct: Please arrive early, take an available seat in the back of the class, and be sure to silence your cell phones. To avoid disrupting the learning process, please plan to attend the entire class. If the professor offers a break, you may choose to leave at that time. Feel free to introduce yourself to the professor, but please do so at the end of class.

Scheduling Your Visit

To schedule your visit and guided tour, please submit a Visit Request Form

Please note that the law school will be closed on the following dates in observance with national holidays:

• January 16, 2012
• February 20, 2012

We will also have limited tours and no class visits from March 12 - March 30, 2012. Please plan your visits to the law school accordingly.

Walk-in Visits

While we encourage you to schedule a visit in advance, we also welcome walk-in visitors. Please stop by the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid, Room 231, to pick up a Self-Guided Tour booklet. We would be happy to answer any questions about the School of Law and our admissions process. If you plan to visit a law school class during a walk-in visit, please arrive fifteen (15) to twenty (20) minutes prior to the start of class to confirm seating availability. We will do our best to accommodate walk-in requests, but please note that we cannot guarantee a guided tour without prior scheduling.

Visiting During the Summer or Interim Periods

Although the above guided tour and designated law school class schedules are not available during the summer and interim periods, we still welcome your visit to the School of Law. We will do our best to accommodate summer or interim period requests for guided tours if scheduled in advance, but please note that we cannot guarantee a guided tour without prior scheduling.

We sincerely hope you enjoy your visit at the University of Washington School of Law.