Yo yo, albany 2L here, hope everyone's move went well and are settling in ok. one thing about the assignments - dont sweat it, if its the same as last year, only part of the day is devoted to that. the morning is pretty much the usual "welcome to law school" thing.
as for dress - people wore everything from dockers and a nice shirt for guys and a nice dress for girls, to jeans or shorts and a t-shirt.