Registrar Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar

Dates May Be Subject to Change

 

Fall 2024
Event/Deadline Date(s)

New Student Orientation

August 19 – August 22

L.L.M. Student Orientation

August 21-August 22

First day of classes

August 23

Labor day (No classes; university offices closed)

September 2

Add/drop period

August 23 - September 3 at 11:59 PM

Deadline for IP grades for Spring 2024. Missing grades convert to F after this date

September 3

Last day to add externship fieldwork credits, independent studies, law school competitions, moot court, mock trial, and journal credits

September 9

Fall Break (Administrative offices open; no classes)

Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13

Last day to withdraw from a class with a W transcript notation

November 1

Election Day (University closed; no classes) November 5

Registration for Spring 2025 semester begins

November 8

Monday Make Up Day for Labor Day

November 25

Tuesday Make Up Day for Election Day

November 26

Official Last Day of Classes November 26
Reading Period November 27 – December 3

Thanksgiving Break (No classes; university offices closed)

November 28 – November 29

Examinations begin

December 4

Examinations end

December 14

Final due date for all assessments without an earlier deadline

December 14

Winter Break (University closed)

December 23 – January 1

Final Grades Due

January 6 

 

View Past Academic Calendars

Dates May Be Subject to Change

Event/Deadline Date(s)

New Student Orientation

TBD

First day of classes

January 13

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No classes; university offices closed)

January 20

Add/drop period

January 13 - January 21

Deadline for IP grades from Summer 2023. Missing grades convert to F after this date

January 21

Last day to add externship fieldwork credits, independent studies, law school competitions, moot court, mock trial, and journal credits

January 27

Spring Break

March 9 – March 16

Last day to withdraw from a class with a W transcript notation

March 28

Registration for Summer & Fall 2025 semester begins

TBD

Deadline for Non-Native English Speakers to request examination accommodations

April 21

Last day of classes

April 21

Deadline for submitting Exam Deferral requests

April 21

Reading Period

April 22 – April 27

Examinations begin

April 28

Examinations end

May 8

Final due date for all assessments without an earlier deadline

May 8

Graduating Student Grades Due

May 12

Commencement Ceremony

Saturday, May 17

Non-graduating Student Grades Due

June 2