Academic Calendar

Hong Kong and Geneva Programs
Sunday, June 28	Orientation
Monday, June 29	First day of classes for Term I
Friday, July 10	Last day of classes for Term I
Monday, July 13	First day of classes for Term II
Friday, July 24	Last day of classes for Term II
July 25 - 28	Reading and examination period

Summer Term 2009
Thurs. - Fri., May 28-29	Orientation
Monday, June 1	First day of classes
Wednesday, July 22	Last day of classes
Mon., July 27 - Fri., July 31	Reading and examination period

Fall Term 2009
Mon.-Fri., August 17-21	First-year orientation LLM orientation
Wednesday, August 19	Upper-Level On-Campus Interviewing begins
Thursday, August 20	First-Year Legal Writing classes begin
Monday, August 24	All classes begin
Friday, September 4	Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Mon. & Tues., September 14 & 15	No upper-level classes (career development); first-year classes meet as scheduled
Mon.-Fri., October 12-16	Fall Break for upper-level students Writing Break for first-year students *Duke Undergraduate Fall Break is Oct. 5 & 6
Wed.-Fri., Nov. 25-27	Thanksgiving Break
Friday, December 4	Last day of classes
December 5-18	Reading and examination period

Spring Term 2010
Wed., January 6	First-year Legal Writing classes begin
Wed., January 13	Classes begin (Monday classes meet on this day)
Monday, January 18	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes)
Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 21-24	Intensive Trial Practice Weekend
Saturday, January 30	Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Mon.-Fri., March 8-12	Spring Break
Fri.-Sun. April 16-18	Alumni Weekend
Wednesday, April 21	Last day of classes
Thurs., Apr. 22-Fri., May 7	Reading and examination period
Saturday, May 15	Law School hooding ceremony
Sunday, May 16	University commencement ceremony