Academic Calendar

This calendar is subject to change.

SPRING 2013

January 14 (Monday) Classes begin.
January 21 (Monday) No classes; Martin Luther King Jr. Day (university closed).
January 25 (Friday) No Adds or Drops after 5 p.m. today; final day to receive tuition refund.
March 1 (Friday) Final day to withdraw from a course without the professor’s consent.
March 1 (Friday) Recommended deadline to apply for financial aid for Summer and Fall.
March 18 – 22 (Mon.-Sat.) No classes: Spring Break (university open).
March 29 (Friday) No classes after 12:00 noon: Good Friday (university closes at noon); no classes on Saturday, March 30.
May 1 (Wednesday) Last day of classes for all courses except those that meet on only on Friday afternoons or Saturday mornings.
May 6 – 17 (Mon. – Fri.) Final Exams.
May 17 (Friday) Awards Ceremony.
May 19 (Sunday) Graduation.

SUMMER 2013

May 27 (Monday) Memorial Day (university closed).
May 28 (Tuesday) Classes begin.
June 3 (Monday) No Adds/Drops after today for Summer Session courses.
June 3 (Monday) Final day to receive tuition refund for Summer Session courses.
June 17 (Monday) Final Day to withdraw from a Summer Session course without the professor’s consent.
July 4 (Thursday) No classes; Independence Day (university closed).
July 17 (Wednesday) Last day of classes.
July 22-25 (Monday – Thursday) Final Exams

FALL 2013

August 10 (Saturday) Orientation for first-year law students begins.
August 12 (Monday) Classes begin for first-year law students.
August 14 (Wednesday) No classes before 5:00 pm: matriculation and university-wide faculty meeting (university open).
August 19 (Monday) Classes begin for all other law students.
August 30 (Friday) No adds or drops after 5:00pm; last day to receive tuition refund.
September 2 (Monday) No classes; Labor Day (university closed).
September 13 (Friday) No classes after 6:00 pm: Yom Kippur holy day.
September 14 (Saturday) No classes before 6:00 pm: Yom Kippur holy day.
October 4 (Friday) Final day to withdraw from a course without the professor’s consent.
October 14-15 (Monday, Tuesday) Classes meet; law school does NOT observe university’s Fall Break.
November 25 (Monday) Last day of classes.
November 28, 29 (Thursday, Friday) Thanksgiving Break: university closed.
December 2-13 (Monday to Friday) Final Exams.
December 23-January 1 (Monday – Wednesday) Christmas Break: university closed.