Summer Term 2018
JD/LLM-LE Summer Immersion (for 2L JD-LLM-LE students only)
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May 14 - June 18 |
Durham, North Carolina |
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June 10-15 |
Silicon Valley, California |
Master’s Program in Judicial Studies (for MJS students only)
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Monday, May 21 |
First Day of Class |
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Friday, June 15 |
Last Day of Class |
Summer Institute in Transnational Law
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Sunday, June 17 |
Orientation |
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Monday, June 18 |
First Day of Class, Term I |
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Friday, June 29 |
Last Day of Class, Term I |
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Monday July 2 |
First Day of Class, Term II |
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Friday, July 13 |
Last Day of Class, Term II |
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Sun--Tue, July 15-17 |
Reading and Examination Period |
Summer Institute on Law, Language & Culture (for International LLM students only)
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Friday, July 13 |
Orientation |
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Monday, July 16 |
First Day of Class |
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Wednesday, August 8 |
Last Day of Class |
Fall Term 2018
Career Development (Upper Level JD Students)
| July 30-Aug 2 | Monday-Thursday | On-Campus Interviewing |
| August 3-21 | Friday-Tuesday | Professional Development & Callback Days |
LEAD Week / Orientation (incoming students)
| August 13–17 | Monday-Friday | International LLM Students |
| August 14-17 | Tuesday-Friday | 1L JD Students |
| August 15 | Wednesday | LARW classes begin (1L JD Students) |
| August 16-17 | Thursday-Friday | Legal Writing classes begin (Intl LLM Students) |
| August 20 | Monday | Law & Entrepreneurship LLM Students |
Regular Semester
| August 20 | Monday | 1L Classes begin |
| August 22 | Wednesday | Upper-Level Classes begin |
| August 30 | Thursday | Drop-Add period ends at midnight |
| September 3 | Monday | Labor Day -- NO CLASSES |
| September 7 | Friday | Clinic Intensive Training |
| September 21 | Friday | **Designated Class Make-up Day |
| October 5, after 2:00 PM | Friday | 1L Foundations of Law Exam |
| October 8-12 | Monday-Friday | Fall Break -- No Classes 1L LARW Writing Week |
| October 17 | Wednesday | End of 7th week of class |
| October 19 | Friday | 1L Mid-Term Exams |
| November 9 | Friday | **Designated Class Make-up Day |
| November 21-23 | Wednesday-Friday | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 29 | Thursday | Last Day of 1L Classes |
| November 30 | Friday | First Year Reading Period begins |
| December 3 | Monday | Upper-Level Classes End |
| December 4 | Tuesday | Upper-Level reading period begins |
| December 5 | Wednesday | First Year Examination Period Begins |
| December 6 | Thursday | Upper Level Examination Period Begins |
| December 17 | Monday | Examination Period Ends |
Wintersession Term 2019
Saturday-Wednesday, January 5-9, 2019
Spring Term 2019
| January 9 | Wednesday | LARW Writing Classes Resume |
| January 10 | Thursday | First Day of Classes |
| January 11 | Friday |
**Designated Class Make-Up day |
| January 17-20 | Thursday-Sunday | Intensive Trial Practice Weekend |
| January 18 | Friday | Drop Add period ends at 5 pm. |
| January 21 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (No Classes) |
| January 25 | Friday | Clinic Intensive Training |
| February 15 | Friday |
**Designated Class Make-Up day |
| February 25 | Monday |
End of 7th week of class |
| March 11-15 | Monday-Friday | Spring Break (No Classes) |
| March 22 | Friday |
**Designated Class Make-Up day (limited) |
| April 5 | Friday |
**Designated Class Make-Up day |
| April 18 | Thursday | Last Day of Class (Monday classes meet) |
| April 19 | Friday | Reading and Examination Period begins |
| May 3 | Friday | Reading and Examination Period ends |
| May 7 | Tuesday | All graduating students must be cleared by noon. |
| May 11 | Saturday | Law School Convocation |
| May 12 | Sunday | University Commencement |
