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Summer Term 2022
JD-LLM-LE Summer Immersion (2L JD-LLM-LE students only) meeting format TBD
Monday, May 2 - Friday, June 3 | Durham, North Carolina |
Master’s Program in Judicial Studies (MJS students only) meeting format TBD
Monday, May 16 | First Day of Class |
Friday, June 10 | Last Day of Class |
Leiden Summer Institute (meeting in Durham, meeting format TBD)
Sunday, June 19 | Orientation |
Monday, June 20 | First Day of Class |
Friday, July 15 | Last Day of Class |
Monday, July 18 - Weds, July 20 | Reading and Examination Period |
Summer Institute on Law, Language & Culture (International LLM students only)
Monday, July 18 | First Day of Classes |
Wednesday, August 10 | Last Day of Classes |
Fall Term 2022
CAREER DEVELOPMENT (Upper Level JD Students)
Tuesday, August 2 – Friday, August 5 | On-Campus Interviewing (Virtual) |
Monday, August 8 – Friday, August 19 | 2nd Round/Callback Interviews |
LEAD Week / Orientation (incoming students) meeting format TBD
August 11 - August 19 | Thursday-Friday | International LLM Students |
August 16 - August 19 | Tuesday-Friday | 1L JD Students |
August 17 | Wednesday | LARW classes begin (times and rooms TBA) Distinctive Aspects of US Law begins (International LLM Students) |
August 18 | Thursday | LARWINT classes begin (times and rooms TBA) |
Regular Semester
August 22 | Monday | 1L Classes begin and Upper Level classes begin |
September 2 | Friday | Drop Add ends at 11:59 pm |
September 2 | Friday | Clinic Intensive Training |
September 5 | Monday | Labor Day (no classes) |
September 23 | Friday | Designated make-up day |
October 10 - October 14 | Monday - Friday | Fall Break (1L Writing Week) |
October 17 | Monday | End of 7th week of classes |
November 11 | Friday | Designated make-up day |
November 22 | Tuesday | * Friday classes meet |
November 23 - November 25 | Wednesday - Friday | Thanksgiving break |
December 1 | Thursday | Last day of Classes |
December 2 | Friday | Reading period begins |
December 2 | Friday | Drop Add ends for Wintersession at 11:59PM |
December 6 | Tuesday | Examination Period Begins |
December 16 | Friday | Examination Period Ends |
Wintersession Term 2023
- Saturday, January 7 to Wednesday, January 11 and Friday, January 13 to Sunday, January 15, 2023.
Spring Term 2023
January 11 | Wednesday | LARW Writing Classes Meet |
January 12 | Thursday | First Day of Classes |
January 12 - January 15 | Thursday -Sunday | Intensive Trial Practice Weekend |
January 16 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes) |
January 23 | Monday | Drop Add period ends at 11:59 pm |
January 27 | Friday | Clinic Intensive |
February 3 | Friday | Designated make-up day |
March 1 | Wednesday | End of 7th Week of classes |
March 13 - March 17 | Monday - Friday | Spring Break (no classes) |
March 24 | Friday | Designated make-up day |
April 20 | Thursday | Last day of class (Monday classes meet) |
April 21 | Friday | Reading period begins |
April 25 | Tuesday | Exams begin |
May 5 | Friday | Reading and Examination period ends |
May 9 | Tuesday | Graduating students clearing deadline at Noon |
May 13 | Saturday | Law School Convocation, diploma distribution |
May 14 | Sunday | University Commencement |