Welcome to the Fall 2022 Semester!
With Fall 2022 Semester classes starting today, we welcome students and faculty to campus. Last week, incoming students descended on campus for #LLSOrientation, which concluded with an outdoor mixer (pictured) that brought together new and returning students, faculty, and staff. We wish everyone the best as we embark on a new academic year!
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| COVID-19 Safety Protocol Reminders
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LLS COVID Testing Center: Expanded Hours & Today's Raffle!
As previously announced, the on-campus LLS COVID-19 Testing Center is now open 12-6 p.m. from Monday-Thursday. Advance appointments are no longer required. Individuals simply submit a one-time registration in the university’s new portal and receive a personalized QR code. They may then walk up to the LLS Testing Center in the Bannan Room, near Sonia's on the first floor of the Burns Building, and show their personalized QR code for all future testing without needing to schedule an appointment.
Stop by for testing today, Monday, August 22, and be entered to win a Target or Starbucks gift card!
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Changes to COVID-19 Exposure Notification
Over the summer, LMU revised the university’s exposure notification protocol to align with exposure management policies issued by the California Department of Public Health and L.A. County Department of Public Health. In a classroom, office, conference room, or similarly sized space with a capacity of 30 people, every individual in the space is considered a close contact. In those instances, all individuals in the class would receive an exposure notification. In larger spaces, close contacts are defined as only those within 6 feet of the infected individual.
Seating charts in all classrooms will continue to be required to facilitate contact tracing. As seating charts in larger classrooms are finalized at the outset of the semester, close contacts may be interpreted more broadly to help ensure notification of impacted individuals. This policy is subject to change as the university remains in alignment with changing guidance from public health authorities.
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Pre-Return COVID-19 Testing for Students
As was announced earlier this month, the university is asking that all students get tested and obtain a negative result before arriving at any LMU campus – including the LMU Loyola Law School (LLS) campus – for the fall semester. Students must submit their negative test or attestation here. You may take a PCR test up to two days prior to your return, or a rapid antigen test (including at-home tests) within one day of your return. (Note: If you tested positive in the last 90 days, use an antigen test only.) The university also asked faculty and staff to receive a negative test before the start of the school year.
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Masks Recommended, But Not Required on LMU Campuses
In response to L.A. County’s recent move into the medium tier of COVID-19 transmission and recent updates from the CDC, it was announced that LMU will no longer require masks. The university continues to recommend masking for certain indoor settings*, welcomes community members who choose to mask, and asks everyone to respect each other’s masking preferences. As a reminder, LLS students, faculty, staff, and visitors may obtain masks at the Information Center, which is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Fridays. Outside of those hours, masks may be obtained from LLS Security. Students may also obtain masks after hours at the Rains Library Circulation Desk.
*Please note that L.A. County Public Health orders and ordinances still require masks in specific indoors settings: Student Health Services, Student Psychological Services, and LMU shuttles, including the LLS Shuttle. Other university departments or units are not authorized to set their own masking protocols.
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COVID Vaccine and Booster Required
The university requires that eligible community members provide proof that they have received their COVID-19 vaccine and at least one COVID-19 booster, unless they have a medical or religious exemption. Those who have already received a vaccine exemption do not need to request an additional exemption for the booster. As a reminder, you are eligible for your booster six months after you have received two doses of Pfizer, Moderna, or WHO approved two-dose COVID-19 vaccines or two months after you have received the single Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Upload your vaccine and booster information in Vax LMU using your phone or tablet as soon as possible and prior to your arrival on campus. As a reminder, those who have a religious or medical exemption, or are not yet eligible to be fully vaccinated and boosted, are required to test weekly at the LLS COVID-19 Testing Center.
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| Campus Operations Updates
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Sonia's Café Hours Expand with Start of Classes
Starting today, Monday, August 22, Sonia's Café is open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
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Event coordinators are encouraged to use the LLS Events Calendar for events they want promoted broadly. Members of the LLS community should select "LOG IN WITH SCHOOL ID," which will prompt the system to use your single sign-on credentials to allow you to create posts. Note: You must select "Loyola Law School" in the department field in order for the event to display in the LLS roundup. Questions? Email us!
Upcoming highlights:
8/22- First day of LLS Fall 2022 Semester classes!
8/23- Mass, 12:05 p.m., Chapel of the Advocate
8/25- Mass, 12:05 p.m., Chapel of the Advocate
9/139/17
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