Academic Calendar
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The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
Summer 2018
July 23rd, 2018
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July 23
until July 27Regional Interview Program
All Day
July 27th, 2018
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July 27 Transfer Orientation
All Day -
July 27 LL.M. Registration and Orientation
All Day
July 30th, 2018
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July 30 LL.M. Summer Program Begins
All Day
July 31st, 2018
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July 31 OCI Kick-Off Meeting
All Day
August 1st, 2018
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August 1
until August 7On-Campus Recruting
All Day
August 8th, 2018
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August 8
until August 31Upper-level Call Back Period
All Day
August 27th, 2018
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August 27 Foundations Course Ends/ Foundations Final Exam
All Day
August 29th, 2018
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August 29
until August 31First- Year Registration and Orientation
All Day
Fall 2018
September 4th, 2018
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September 4 Fall Law Classes Begin
All Day
September 24th, 2018
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September 24 1L Professionalism Program Classes
All Day -
September 24 Faculty Retreat: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
October 1st, 2018
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October 1
until October 5Public Interest Week (11th Annual)
All Day
October 26th, 2018
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October 26 Q-l Classes End
All Day
October 29th, 2018
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October 29 Q-ll Classes Begin
All Day
November 22nd, 2018
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November 22
until November 23Thanksgiving Recess: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
December 7th, 2018
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December 7 Classes End
All Day
December 8th, 2018
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December 8
until December 9Reading Period
All Day
December 10th, 2018
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December 10
until December 20Fall Exams
All Day
December 21st, 2018
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December 21 Make-up Exams
All Day
December 22nd, 2018
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December 22 Winter Recess Begins
All Day
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 14th, 2019
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March 14 Law & Candidacy: Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon ’84
5:20 PM
March 16th, 2019
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March 16 All Classes Resume / Q-IV Classes Begin
All Day
March 22nd, 2019
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March 22 3rd Annual International Arbitration Conference
8:00 AM - 7:30 PM
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
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.