Academic Calendar: 2023-2024
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Summer Term 2023
JD-LLM-LE Summer Immersion (2L JD-LLM-LE students only)
| Monday, May 8 - Friday, June 2 |
Durham, North Carolina |
Master’s Program in Judicial Studies (MJS students only)
| Monday, May 22 |
First Day of Class |
| Friday, June 16 |
Last Day of Class |
Leiden Summer Institute
| Monday, June 19 |
First Day of Class |
| Friday, July 14 |
Last Day of Class |
| Monday, July 17 - Weds, July 19 |
Reading and Examination Period |
Summer Institute on Law, Language & Culture (International LLM students only)
| Tuesday, July 11 |
Orientation |
| Wednesday, July 12 |
First Day of Classes |
| Friday, August 4 |
Last Day of Classes |
Fall Term 2023
CAREER DEVELOPMENT (Upper Level JD Students)
| Tuesday, August 1 – Friday, August 4 |
On-Campus Interviewing (Virtual) |
LEAD Week / Orientation (incoming students)
| Thursday, August 10 - Friday, August 18 |
International LLM Students |
| Tuesday, August 15 - Friday, August 18 |
1L JD Students |
| Wednesday, August 16 |
LARW classes begin (times and rooms TBA)
Distinctive Aspects of US Law begins (International LLM Students) |
| Thursday, August 17 |
LARWINT classes begin (times and rooms TBA) |
Regular Semester
| Monday, August 21 |
1L Classes begin and Upper Level classes begin |
| Friday, August 25 |
Clinic Intensive Training |
| Tuesday, August 29 |
Drop Add ends at 11:59 pm |
| Monday, September 4 |
Labor Day (no classes) |
| Friday, September 22 |
Designated make-up day |
| Friday, October 6 |
Designated make-up day |
| Monday, October 9 |
End of 7th week of classes |
| Monday, October 16 - Friday, October 20 |
Fall Break (1L Writing Week) |
| Friday, November 17 |
Designated make-up day |
| Tuesday, November 21 |
* Friday classes meet |
| Wednesday. Nov. 22 - Friday, Nov. 24 |
Thanksgiving break |
| Thursday, November 30 |
Last day of Classes |
| Friday, December 1 |
Reading period begins |
| Friday, December 1 |
Drop Add ends for Wintersession at 11:59PM |
| Tuesday, December 5 |
Examination Period Begins |
| Friday, December 15 |
Examination Period Ends |
Wintersession Term 2024
- Friday, January 5, to Wednesday, January 10, 2024.
Spring Term 2024
| Wednesday, January 10 |
LARW Writing Classes Meet (lunch hour) |
| Thursday, January 11 |
First Day of Classes |
| Thursday, January 11 - Sunday, January 14 |
Intensive Trial Practice Weekend |
| Monday, January 15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes) |
| Friday, January 19 |
Clinic Intensive Training |
| Monday, January 22 |
Drop Add period ends at 11:59 pm |
| Friday, January 26 |
Designated Make-up Day |
| Friday, February 16 |
Designated Make-up Day |
| Thursday, February 29 |
End of 7th Week of classes |
| Friday, March 1 |
Designated Make-up Day |
| Monday, March 11 - Friday, March 15 |
Spring Break (no classes) |
| Thursday, April 18 |
Last day of class (Monday classes meet) |
| Friday, April 19 |
Reading period begins |
| Tuesday, April 23 |
Examination period begins |
| Friday, May 3 |
Reading and Examination period ends |
| Tuesday, May 7 |
Graduating students clearing deadline at Noon |
| Saturday, May 11 |
Law School Convocation, diploma distribution |
| Sunday, May 12 |
University Commencement |
