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Law School Academic Calendar 2009-2010

(The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar)
SUMMER 2009
August 7 LL.M. Registration and Orientation
August 10 LL.M. Summer Program Begins
September 11 LL.M. U.S. Legal Research Course Ends
Week of Sep. 7 Foundations Course Ends
FALL 2009
August 24-Sept. 4 On-Campus Recruiting
September 2-4 1st Year Registration and Orientation
Sept. 7 Labor Day: No Classes
Sept. 8 First Year Classes Begin
Sept. 8-11 Call Back Week: 2L, 3L and LL.M. Classes Will Not Meet
Sept. 14 Upper Level Classes Begin
Sept. 21 Faculty Retreat: Classes Will Not Meet
Oct. 27 Q-I Classes End: 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Oct. 28 Q-II Classes Begin: 2L, 3L, & LL.M.
Nov. 26-27 Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes
Dec. 9 Classes End
Dec. 10-12 Reading Period
Dec. 13-22 Fall Examinations
Dec. 23 Winter Recess Begins (after any postponed exams)
SPRING 2010
Jan. 12 Spring Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Day: No Classes
March 1 Q-III Classes End: 2L, 3L & LL.M.
March 2 Q-IV Classes Begin: 2L, 3L & LL.M.
March 6 Spring Recess Begins
Mar. 15 All Classes Resume
Apr. 23 Classes End
Apr. 24-26 Reading Period
Apr. 27-May 7 Spring Examinations
May 17 University-Wide Graduation Ceremony in the morning
  Law School Graduation Ceremony, 3:00 p.m.

*First-year students are advised that membership on the Law Review, and some of its Journals is determined through participation in a writing competition, tentatively scheduled from May 8 to May 18. Details will be announced in March 2010.

**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 10, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 14. Other grades are due one month after the exam.