Academic Calendar, future

Hong Kong and Geneva Programs, Summer 2008
Sunday, June 29		Orientation
Monday, June 30		First day of classes for Term I
Friday, July 11		Last day of classes for Term I
Monday, July 14		First day of classes for Term II
Friday, July 25		Last day of classes for Term II
July 27 - 29		Reading and examination period

Summer Term 2008
Thurs.- Fri., May 29-30		Orientation
Monday, June 2		First day of classes
Wednesday, July 23		Last day of classes
Mon., July 28- Fri., Aug. 1		Reading and examination period

Fall Term 2008
Mon.-Fri., August 18-22		First-year orientation LLM orientation
Thursday, August 21		First-Year Legal Writing classes Upper-Level On-Campus Interviewing begins
Monday, August 25		All classes begin
TBA		Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Mon. & Tues., September 22 & 23		No upper-level classes (career development); first-year classes meet as scheduled
Mon.-Fri., October 13-17		Fall Break for upper-level students Writing Break for first-year students
Wed.-Fri., November 26-28		Thanksgiving Break
Friday, December 5		Last day of classes
December 6-19		Reading and examination period

Spring Term 2009
Saturday, January 10	Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Monday, January 12	Classes begin
Thurs.-Sun., January 15-18	Intensive Trial Practice Weekend
Monday, January 19	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes)
Mon.-Fri., March 9-13	Spring Break
Fri.-Sun. April 17-19	Alumni Weekend
Monday, April 20	Last day of classes
Tues., April 21-Mon., May 4	Reading and examination period
Saturday, May 9	Law School hooding ceremony
Sunday, May 10	University commencement ceremony