Academic Calendar

Spring Term 2012
Wednesday, January 4	First-Year Legal Writing classes begin (contact your individual professor for start date)
Monday, January 9	Classes begin
Monday, January 16	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes)
Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 12-15	Intensive Trial Practice Weekend
Fri., January 20	Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Mon.-Fri., Mar. 5-9	Spring Break (9th week of the semester)
Fri.-Sun., April 20-22	Alumni Weekend
Monday, April 16	Last day of classes
April 17-May 4	Reading and examination period
Saturday, May 12	Law School hooding ceremony
Sunday, May 13	University commencement ceremony

Hong Kong and Geneva Programs, Summer 2011
July 3, 2011	Orientation
July 4, 2011	First day of classes for Term I
July 15, 2011	Last day of classes for Term I
July 18, 2011	First day of classes for Term II
July 29, 2011	Last day of classes for Term II
July 31-Aug 2, 2011	Reading and examination period

Summer Term 2011
Thurs.- Fri., May 26-27	Orientation
Tues., May 31	First day of classes
Thurs., July 21	Last day of classes
Mon.-Fri., July 25-29	Reading and examination period

Fall Term 2011
Mon.-Fri., August 15-19	First-Year orientation
	International LLM orientation
Wednesday, August 17	First-Year Legal Writing classes begin
Mon.-Fri., August 15–19	Upper-Level On-Campus Interviewing
Monday, August 22	All classes begin
Fri., September 2	Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Mon.-Tues., Sept 12-13	No Upper-Level classes (career development)
	First-Year classes and required International LLM classes meet as scheduled
Mon.-Fri., Oct. 10-14	Fall Break for Upper-Level students
	Writing Break for First-Year students (8th week of the semester)
	*Duke Undergraduate Fall Break is Oct. 10 & 11
Wed.-Fri., Nov. 23-25	Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, Dec. 1	Last day of classes
December 5-16	Reading and examination period