Our academic year begins in mid-August, when we welcome first-year students for orientation and events, and closes with commencement in mid-May, when we hand hard-earned diplomas to our newest alumni.
Fall Semester 2023
LLM Students - add to calendar
- Short Course Instruction (American Law in a Global Context) - August 9-18
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 21
First Year MLS Students - add to calendar
- Short course Instruction (Introduction to Law) - August 14-18
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 21
First Year JD Students - add to calendar
- Orientation - August 10-11
- Short Course Instruction (Introduction to Legal Analysis) - August 14-18
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 21
Advanced JD (2L & 3L), MLS, SJD Students - add to calendar
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 21
All Students - add to calendar
- Labor Day (no classes meet) - September 4
- Pro Bono Day (no classes meet) - October 24
- Veteran's Day Holiday (no classes meet) - November 10
- Administrative Makeup Friday (Friday classes meet) - November 22 (Wednesday)
- Instruction Ends - November 22
- Thanksgiving Holiday - November 23-24
- Review Sessions/Reading Period - November 27-November 30, and December 8
- Final Examinations - December 1-15
- Semester Ends - December 15
- Winter Campus Closure - TBD