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Academic Calendar
July Term 2008
| June | 30 | Classes begin |
| July | 4 | Independence Day. No Classes |
| 14-18 | Pass/Fail registration | |
| 18 | June Term Grades Due | |
| 25 | Exam Deviation Requests due | |
| August | 1 | Last class day |
| 4 | Examinations | |
| 5 | Examination Deviations | |
| 29 | July Term 2008 Grades Due |
Fall Semester 2008
| August | 1 | Fees due for Fall Semester 2008 - upperclass and LL.M students. Business Office |
| 20-22 | Orientation for first year J.D. and LL.M and Exchange students | |
| 25 | Classes begin | |
| 29 | Last day to add/drop a class (without permission) for J.D. and Non-Matriculating Students | |
| September | 1 | Labor Day holiday - No Classes |
| 5 | Last day to add/drop a class (without permission) for LL.M. and Exchange Students | |
| 5 | Requested Due Date for filing Dual Degree Applications for New Program Participants for 2008-2009 | |
| 5 | Requested Due Date for filing J.D. Upperclass Writing or LL.M. Thesis Requirement Forms for Fall 2008 | |
| 5 | Deadline for filing completed SRP/Externship Applications | |
| 19 | Deadline for filing Spring Semester 2009 Change of Division Requests: Office of the Associate Dean | |
| 23-Oct.3 | Pass/fail registration. Office of the Registrar | |
| 26 | Deadline for Filing Spring Semester 2009 Change of Division Requests. Office of the Associate Dean | |
| October | 03 | Deadline for Adding/Dropping a class (with Instructor/Associate Dean Permission). Exceptions Apply |
| 9 | No Classes, Yom Kippur. Class Day to be Made-Up December 2, 2008 | |
| 27-31 | Course Selection for Spring Semester 2009 (Add/Drop to continue through Spring 2009) | |
| 31 | Tuition and Bill Deferments Expire for Fall Semester 2008 | |
| November | 3 | Open Enrollment Begins for Spring 2009 |
| 7 | Requested Due Date for Filing Diploma Applications for January 2009 Graduates | |
| 7 | Deadline for Filing Fall Semester 2008 Exam Deviation Requests. Office of the Associate Dean | |
| 7 | Deadline for PC exam sign-up | |
| 26-28 | Thanksgiving Holidays - No Classes | |
| December | 02 | Follow a Thursday Class Schedule |
| 5 | Last Day of Classes | |
| 8 | Reading Period (Make Up Classes may be scheduled) | |
| 8-18 | Take Home Exam Period | |
| 9-18 | Examinations: Students are expected to be available to take exams (including deviations and make-up exams rescheduled as a result of postponement) during the entire examination period. | |
| 19 | Exam deviations |
Spring Semester 2009
| January | 09 | Fees due for Spring Semester 2009 |
| 5-30 | Moot Court, 1LD division | |
| 14 | Grades for Fall 2008 Due (1L Day Division) | |
| 19 | Martin Luther King Holiday. No Classes | |
| 20 | First Day of Classes. Upperclass, 1LE Division (not LP) and Stat/Reg Courses | |
| 23 | Grades for Fall 2008 Due (Upperclass and 1LE Division) | |
| 26 | Last day to add/drop a class (without permission) for J.D. and Non-Matriculating Students | |
| 30 | Last day to add/drop a class (without permission) for LL.M and Exchange Students | |
| 30 | Deadline for filing completed SRP/Externship Applications | |
| 30 | Requested Due Date for filing J.D. Upperclass Writing or LL.M. Thesis Requirement Forms for Spring 2009 | |
| 30 | Fall Semester 2008 Grades Due | |
| February | 2 | 1LD Division Required Courses begin (Constitutional Law, and Property; 13 Weeks) |
| 2 | All Spring Lawyering Process begins | |
| 16-27 | Pass/fail registration. Office of the Registrar | |
| 20 | January Moot Court Grades Due | |
| 27 | Last day to add/drop a class (with Instructor/Associate Dean permission). Exceptions Apply | |
| 27 | Requested Due Date for Filing Diploma Applications for May and July 2009 Graduates | |
| March | 06 | Deadline for Filing Fall Semester 2009 Change of Division Requests. Office of the Associate Dean |
| 9-13 | Spring break. No Classes | |
| 23 | Registration for Summer Term 2009 Begins (Continues until First Day of Summer Term Classes) | |
| 27 | Deadline for PC exam sign-up | |
| 27 | Deadline for Spring Semester 2009 Exam Deviation Requests | |
| 31 | Tuition and fee bill deferments expire for Spring Semester 2009 | |
| April | 06-10 | Course Selection for Fall 2009 (Add/Drop to continue through Fall 2009) |
| 24 | Deadline for grant assistance for 2009-2010 - Student Finance Office | |
| May | 4 | Last day of class: Upperclass and 1LE Division Courses |
| 5 | Reading Period (Make Up Classes may be scheduled) | |
| 5-13 | Take Home Exam Period | |
| 6-13 | Examinations: Examinations: Students are expected to be available to take exams (including deviations and make-up exams rescheduled as a result of postponement) during the entire examination period. | |
| 8 | Last day of class: 1LD required courses (Constitutional Law, Lawyering Process, Property) | |
| 8 | Last Day of 1LE Lawyering Process | |
| 11, 12 | Statutory/Regulatory Course Exams | |
| 13, 15 | 1LD Required Courses (Constitutional Law and Property) Exams | |
| 14 | Exam deviations: Upperclass Courses | |
| 17 | Commencement | |
| 18 | 1LD exam deviations |
Make-up classes may be scheduled on the first day of the reading period. Students are expected to be available to take exams (including deviations and make-up exams rescheduled as a result of postponement) during the entire examination period.