Academic Calendar
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The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
Spring 2019
January 14th, 2019
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January 14 Spring Law Classes Begin
All Day
January 21st, 2019
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January 21 Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
March 1st, 2019
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March 1 Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes / Q-lll Classes End
All Day
March 6th, 2019
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March 6 Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes / Q-III Classes End
All Day
March 11th, 2019
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March 11 All Classes Resume/ Q-IV Classes Begin
All Day
March 16th, 2019
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March 16 All Classes Resume / Q-IV Classes Begin
All Day
March 29th, 2019
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March 29
until March 30Admitted Student Weekend
All Day
April 26th, 2019
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April 26 Classes End
All Day
April 27th, 2019
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April 27
until April 29Reading Period
All Day
April 30th, 2019
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April 30
until May 10Spring Examinations
All Day
Summer 2019
July 25th, 2019
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July 25 Transfer Orientation
All Day
July 26th, 2019
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July 26 LL.M. Registration and Orientation
All Day
July 29th, 2019
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July 29 LL.M. Summer Program Begins
All Day
August 26th, 2019
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August 26 Foundations Course Ends/Foundations Final Exam
All Day
August 27th, 2019
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August 27
until August 30First-Year Registration and Orientation
All Day
September 2nd, 2019
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September 2 Labor Day: No Classes
All Day
Fall 2019
September 2nd, 2019
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September 2 Labor Day: No Classes
All Day
September 3rd, 2019
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September 3 Fall Law Classes Begin
All Day
September 6th, 2019
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September 6 ACADEMIC ADVISING WALK-IN HOURS
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
September 23rd, 2019
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September 23 Faculty Retreat: Classes Will Not Meet / 1L Professionalism Programs
All Day
October 18th, 2019
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October 18 Q-I Classes End
All Day
October 21st, 2019
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October 21 Q-II Classes Begin
All Day -
October 21
until October 25Public Interest Week (12th Annual)
All Day
November 5th, 2019
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November 5 JD/MSSP (Social Policy) Info Session
4:15 PM
November 6th, 2019
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November 6 FACULTY PANEL - Choosing 1L Spring Electives
3:00 PM
November 28th, 2019
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November 28
until November 29Thanksgiving Recess: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
December 6th, 2019
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December 6 Classes End
All Day
December 7th, 2019
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December 7
until December 8Reading Period
All Day
December 9th, 2019
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December 9
until December 19Fall Exams
All Day
December 20th, 2019
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December 20 Make-up Exams
All Day
December 21st, 2019
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December 21 Winter Recess Begins
All Day
Notes
*First-year students are advised that membership on the Law Review, and many of the Journals is determined through participation in a writing competition, tentatively scheduled from May 7 to May 17. Details will be announced in March 2018.
**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.
*** In some years, special credit-bearing programs are scheduled across spring break. Details on any such programs will be announced in Fall.
Law School Graduation and Reception dates are tentative and subject to change.