Academic Calendar
2009-2010 Academic Calendar (PDF)
*Calendar is subject to change.
Fall Semester 2008
| First Year Orientation Begins (First Day of Classes for First-Year Students) | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
| First Day of Classes for Upper Division Students | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| Labor Day - University Holiday No Classes | Monday, September 1, 2008 |
| Rosh Hashana – No classes with a start time later than 5:30 p.m. | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| Rosh Hashana – No Classes | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| Rosh Hashana – No classes with a start time prior to 6 p.m. | Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
| Yom Kippur – No classes with a start time later than 5:30 p.m. | Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
| Yom Kippur – No Classes | Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
| Wednesday EVENING classes in session | Sunday, October 12, 2008 |
| No Classes | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
| Thanksgiving – University Holiday No Classes | Thursday, November 27 & Friday, November 28, 2008 |
| Legislative Thursday ALL CLASSES in SESSION | Monday, December 1, 2008 |
| Wed DAY classes in session/ Mon EVE CLASSES in session | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 |
| Reading Days | Wednesday, December 3 & Thursday, December 4, 2008 |
| Final Exam Period | Friday, December 5 – Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| Commencement | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
Inter-Session 2009 Calendar
| Curacao Study Abroad (tentative dates) | Program Begins | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| Program Ends | Friday, January 9, 2009 | |
| E. David Woycik, Jr. Trial Techniques Program | Program Begins | Friday, January 2, 2009 |
| Program Ends | Saturday, January 10, 2009 | |
| Mediation: Principles and Practice | Program Begins | Sunday, January 4, 2009 |
| Program Ends | Friday, January 9, 2009 |
Spring Semester 2009
| First Day of Classes | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Classes | Monday, January 19, 2009 |
| Monday Schedule in Effect | Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
| Presidents’ Day – No Classes | Monday, February 16, 2009 |
| Spring Break – No Classes | Monday, April 6- Sunday, April 12, 2009 |
| Last Day of Classes | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| Reading Day | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
| Final Exam Period | Thursday, April 30 – Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| Commencement | Sunday, May 17, 2009 |