Law School Academic Calendar 2011-2012
(The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar)
| SUMMER SESSION FOR THE 3-YEAR J.D./M.B.A |
| May 9 |
Summer Semester for the JD/MBA students begins |
| May 30 |
Memorial Day: No Classes |
| June 17-19 |
Exams |
| June 20-26 |
Mid-semester break for the JD/MBA students |
| July 4 |
Independence Day Observed: No Classes |
| July 14-15 |
Exams |
| July 28-29 |
Exams |
| Aug 1-Sept 1 |
Wharton Pre-term |
| Sept 2-6 |
Summer Break |
| SUMMER 2011 PROGRAM FOR LL.M.s |
| August 5 |
LL.M. Registration and Orientation |
| August 8 |
LL.M. Summer Program Begins |
| September 2 |
LL.M. U.S. Legal Research Course Ends |
| Week of September 5 |
Foundations Course Ends |
| FALL 2011 |
| August 17- 25 |
On-Campus Recruiting |
| Aug. 29 - Sept. 9 |
Call Back Week: Upper-Level Classes Will Not Meet |
| Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 |
1st Year Registration and Orientation |
| Sept. 5 |
Labor Day: No Classes |
| Sept. 6 |
First Year Classes Begin |
| Sept. 12 |
Upper Level Classes Begin |
| Sept. 19 |
Faculty Retreat: Upper-level Classes Will Not Meet |
| Sept. 19 |
1L Professionalism Program Classes |
| Oct. 26 |
Q-I Classes End: 2L, 3L & LL.M. |
| Oct. 27 |
Q-II Classes Begin: 2L, 3L & LL.M. |
| Nov. 24-25 |
Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes |
| Dec. 7 |
1L Classes End |
| Dec. 8-11 |
1L Reading Period |
| Dec. 12-21 |
1L Fall Examinations |
| Dec. 9 |
Upper-Level Classes End |
| Dec 10-11 |
Upper-Level Reading Period |
| Dec 12-22 |
Upper-Level Exams |
| Dec. 23 |
Make up exams |
| Dec. 24 |
Winter Recess Begins |
| SPRING 2012 |
| Jan. 9 |
Spring Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LL.M. |
| Jan. 16 |
Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet |
| March 2 |
Q-III Classes End: 2L, 3L & LL.M. |
| March 2 |
Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes *** |
| March 12 |
All Classes Resume: QIV Classes Begin: 2L, 3L, LL.M. |
| April 20 |
Classes End |
| April 21-23 |
Reading Period |
| April 24-May 4 |
Spring Examinations |
| May 14 |
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 7 to May 17. Details will be announced in March 2012.
**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 7, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 11. Other grades are due one month after the exam.
***There may be an optional, intensive litigation training program for upper-level students during Spring Break. Details will be announced in Fall.
****There is a possibility that the Law School’s Graduation ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 13. A decision will be announced before September 2011.
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