Duke Law Academic Calendar 2023-2024
Duke Law Academic Calendar – See the official Duke University School of Law academic calendar showing important dates, academic events, and deadlines.
As students and faculty prepare for the 2023-2024 academic year, having a reliable calendar is a clutch for staying on top of everything the semester brings. For all the Duke Law folks, this handy schedule outlines the key dates you need to etch in your planners. From new student orientations to exam cram sessions and everything in between, it maps out the flow of campus life.
Duke Law Academic Calendar: Fall Term 2023
CAREER DEVELOPMENT (Upper Level JD Students)
- Tuesday, August 1 – Friday, August 4: On-Campus Interviewing (Virtual)
LEAD Week / Orientation (Incoming Students)
- Thursday, August 10 – Friday, August 18: International LLM Students
- Tuesday, August 15 – Friday, August 18: 1L JD Students
- Wednesday, August 16: LARW Classes Begin (Times and Rooms To Be Announced)
- Thursday, August 17: LARWINT Classes Begin (Times and Rooms To Be Announced); Distinctive Aspects of United States Law Begins (International LLM Students)
Regular Semester
- Monday, August 21: 1L Classes Begin; Upper Level Classes Begin
- Friday, August 25: Clinic Intensive Training
- Tuesday, August 29: Drop Add Period Ends at 11:59 PM
- Monday, September 4: Labor Day (No Classes)
- Friday, September 22: Designated Make-Up Day
- Friday, October 6: Designated Make-Up Day
- Monday, October 9: End of 7th Week of Classes
- Monday, October 16 – Friday, October 20: Fall Break (1L Writing Week)
- Friday, November 17: Designated Make-Up Day
- Tuesday, November 21: Friday Classes Meet
- Wednesday, November 22 – Friday, November 24: Thanksgiving Break
- Thursday, November 30: Last Day of Classes
- Friday, December 1: Reading Period Begins; Drop Add Period Ends for Wintersession at 11:59 PM
- Tuesday, December 5: Examination Period Begins
- Friday, December 15: Examination Period Ends
Duke Law Academic Calendar: Wintersession Term 2024
- Friday, January 5 – Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Duke Law Academic Calendar: Spring Term 2024
- Wednesday, January 10: LARW Writing Classes Meet (Lunch Hour)
- Thursday, January 11: First Day of Classes
- Thursday, January 11 – Sunday, January 14: Intensive Trial Practice Weekend
- Monday, January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (No Classes)
- Friday, January 19: Clinic Intensive Training
- Monday, January 22: Drop Add Period Ends at 11:59 PM
- Friday, January 26: Designated Make-Up Day
- Friday, February 16: Designated Make-Up Day
- Thursday, February 29: End of 7th Week of Classes
- Friday, March 1: Designated Make-Up Day
- Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 15: Spring Break (No Classes)
- Thursday, April 18: Last Day of Class (Monday Classes Meet)
- Friday, April 19: Reading Period Begins
- Tuesday, April 23: Examination Period Begins
- Friday, May 3: Reading and Examination Period Ends
- Tuesday, May 7: Graduating Students Clearing Deadline at Noon
- Saturday, May 11: Law School Convocation, Diploma Distribution
- Sunday, May 12: University Commencement
