Academic Calendar: 2022-2023
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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 |