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Law School Academic Calendar 2007-2008

SUMMER 2007
July 27 LL.M. Registration and Orientation
July 30 LL.M. Summer Program Begins
Aug. 24 LL.M. U.S. Legal Research Course Ends
Week of Aug. 27 Foundations Course Ends
FALL 2007
Aug. 27 - 30 On-Campus Recruiting Phase I: 2L & 3L
Aug. 30 - 31 1st Year Registration and Orientation
Sept. 3 Labor Day: No Classes
Sept. 4 Fall Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Sept. 24 Faculty Retreat: Classes Will Not Meet
Sept. 25 - 28 Call-Back Week: 2L, 3L, LL.M. Classes Will Not Meet
Oct. 24 Q-I Classes End: 2L, 3L, & LL.M.
Oct. 25 Q-II Classes Begin: 2L, 3L, & LL.M.
Nov. 22 - 23 Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes
Dec. 7 Classes End
Dec. 8 - 11 1L Reading Period
Dec. 12 - 21 1L Fall Examinations
Dec. 8 - 10 2L, 3L & LL.M. Reading Period
Dec. 11 - 21 2L, 3L & LL.M. Fall Examinations
Dec. 22 Winter Recess Begins
SPRING 2008
Jan. 15 Spring Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Jan. 21 Martin Luther King Day: No Classes
Feb. 28 Q-III Classes End: 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Feb. 29 Q-IV Classes Begin: 2L, 3L & LL.M.
Mar. 8 Spring Recess Begins
Mar. 17 All Classes Resume
Apr. 22 1L Classes End
Apr. 23 - 27 1L Reading Period
Apr. 28 - May 8 1L Spring Examinations
April 25 Upper-Level Classes End
April 26 - 28 Upper-Level Reading Period
April 29 - May 9 Upper-Level Spring Examinations
May 19 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 9 to May 19. Details will be announced in March 2008.

**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Friday, May 9, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 16. Other grades are due one month after the exam.