“A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.” 

Dean Smith

Erica Smith, J.D., LL.M. (she/her/hers)
Associate Dean for Student Services
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

View photos from Programs & Center Ceremonies including: 

Graduates retain access to their email, calendar, contacts, and tasks after they graduate. 

Graduates will have access to Westlaw for 6 months after graduation, including CoCounsel content. However, graduates must opt in to Grad Elite Access:

OR

As an alum, you will be able to access the Law School building, including the Law Library. Alumni will be asked to show a valid driver's license or other government-issued photo identification to the security officer at the main entrance. The officer will check the name against a list of alumni.

The Alumni Borrowing service entitles the user to borrow circulating materials from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library.

The Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates page provides provides important information regarding diplomas and certificates. It includes timelines for posting degrees on transcripts, receiving diplomas and certificates, and accessing digital diplomas. 

UMB's Office of the Registrar has partnered with Parchment for convenient electronic PDF transcript ordering and delivery. Follow the Step-by-Step Guide on How to Request a Transcript, to request as many transcripts as you need.

Recent graduates are invited to make an appointment to speak with Wendy Geist, Assistant Director, Alumni Outreach & Programs. Select a time for a virtual or telephone appointment by using the counseling prompt on your Symplicity homepage.

The Career Development Office (CDO) offers alumni access to its online Symplicity Job Bank to search for employment opportunities. If you need a new Symplicity password, contact the CDO. In your email, include your full name (as reflected when you were a law student), graduation year, current e-mail address, telephone number and current mailing address. Once your Maryland Carey Law alumni status is verified, you will receive a Symplicity password.

As part of Character & Fitness, jurisdictions routinely consult with the Law School to confirm your graduation status and ask whether you have exhibited behavior or conduct that raises significant concerns about your character or fitness for admission. Please send all bar certification forms, including those titled Dean's Certification form, to barcertification@law.umaryland.edu.

If the jurisdiction's board of law examiners prefers to send the form directly to Maryland Carey Law, it should also be sent to barcertification@law.umaryland.edu.

Note that bar certification forms are processed in the order they are received. Due to the high volume of requests, there is typically a turnaround time of 1-2 weeks. You will receive an email notification once your request has been processed.

If your form requires you to list a law school contact, please provide the following information:

Make sure to include the following in your email:

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the Office of Student Services at (410) 706-5235.

All jurisdictions conduct a character and fitness review of applicants seeking admission to the bar. As part of this process, the Law School receives a form from the Character Committee that seeks verification of your attendance and asks whether your student record reflects any incidents that could negatively impact your moral character or fitness to practice law. Please follow the instructions for supplementing your law school application if you failed to disclose matters that should have been disclosed when you applied OR if you need to disclose events that occurred after you submitted your application and/or enrolled at Maryland Carey Law. 

The Summer Bar Prep Café is a free virtual collaborative space, hosted by the Bar Program Office, for recent Maryland Carey Law graduates to find supplemental support and bar preparation resources while preparing for their bar exams. This summer’s Café “shadows” the bar prep calendars from the major commercial bar providers and promotes conversations and activities that advance your collective first-time taker bar success. Coverage includes both Legacy and NextGen exams. Event Schedule:

Contact the Bar Program Office for questions or more information.

The D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program welcomes D.C. Bar applicants, who are preparing to take the July D.C. or UBE exam, to join their peers for a 4-session support group series. This Free and Confidential series, facilitated by LAP Senior Counselors, Jessie Joachim, LPC and Sharon Greenbaum, LICSW, is designed to provide mental health tools to help navigate the stressors of the bar exam process.

Sessions will be held Wednesday, June 10, June 17, June 24, and July 1 at 4:00 pm on Zoom. During the one-hour, interactive group sessions, we will explore a variety of topics including how to:

Contact the D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program for questions or more information.

While construction takes place in the law school this summer, the library’s basement will remain open for the full duration of the project. At this time we do not anticipate significant noise concerns in that space, but earplugs will continue to be available for students if needed. Students may also use the Health Sciences and Human Services Library. The law library is maintaining a Summer Study Spaces Guide that shares information about alternative study locations. This guide will be updated as new information becomes available. If you have any questions about library study space over the summer, please email the Law Library.

Creating your individual path to pay your loans down to zero requires an awareness of your financial goals, your career goals, your personal and family goals, and an acknowledgement of your current financial situation. AccessLex Institute will help you create a strategy for success. Learn more about the Road to Zero. 

If you are interested in learning more about Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), AccessLex Institute has several resources that can help you get on track.  Learn more about PSLF. 

Explore repayment plans. Identify loan consolidation and refinancing options. Determine how much you can have forgiven under PSLF. Realize the power of prepayment. And more! The AccessLex Student Loan Calculator features the latest student loan details – including revised loan limits, repayment options such as the Tiered Standard Repayment Plan and Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP), and an integrated private loan calculator.

Launching your legal career means taking your money management to a whole new level. Level up with this course by identifying core investing and tax strategies, covering risk with insurance, and choosing a student loan repayment approach that fits your specific situation. You’ll also build your own financial dashboard to keep track of important money metrics as you make the transition from student to legal professional. Enroll in Life After Law School.