Sessional Dates

Sessional Dates 2012-2013

* Upper year students only see Deadline Dates for course Selection

FIRST TERM  2012
Start Date for Selecting Courses* June 20  (10:00 a.m.) Upper Years and Graduate students only
Deadline for Selecting Courses*  July 6 (10:00 a.m.) 
First Year Registration September 4 (Tuesday)
First Year Orientation Week & Introduction to Law  September 4-7
Graduate Student Orientation September 4-7
Classes begin - Upper Years & Graduates September 4 (Tuesday)
Directed Research proposals* September 14 (10:00 a.m.)
(first term and full year projects)
Rosh Hashanah September 17 (Monday) - no classes

Student Off-Campus TO Summer Job Interviews

 

September 20 (Thursday) - no upper year classes before 5:00 p.m. AND
September 21 (Friday) - no upper year classes

Add/Drop First and Full Year Courses * September 25 (10:00 a.m.)
Supervised Upper Year Research Paper Forms* September 25 (10:00 a.m.)
Intensive Courses (Add/Drop) Third Lecture day of any intensive course
Yom Kippur September 25 (Tuesday)  - no classes after 4:00 p.m.
September 26 (Wednesday) - no classes
Thanksgiving October 8 (Monday) - University Closed
Reading Week (Upper year and graduate students only) November 5 - 9
First year intensive week: Legal Process, Professionalism & Ethics November 5 - 9
Classes End December 3 (Monday)
Examination/Test Period December 6 - 19
Deadline - first term written work (Upper Years)* December 20 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m.
Winter Holiday  December 24 to Friday January 4, 2013 - inclusive
   
SECOND TERM 2013
University reopens ALL Classes begin January 7 (Monday)
Directed Research proposals* January 14 (10:00 a.m.) second term projects
Suprvised Upper Year Research Paper Forms submitted* January 18 (10:00 a.m.)
Competitive Mooting for Credit Forms* January 18 (10:00 a.m.)
Add/Drop Second Term Courses* January 18 (10:00 a.m.)
Intensive Courses (Add/Drop)* Third lecture day of any intensive course
Family Day February 18 (Monday) University closed
Reading Week - All years February 18 - 22
Passover March 25 (Monday - no classes after 4:00 p.m.
March 26 (Tuesday) no classes
Good Friday March 29 - University closed
Classes end April 05 (Friday)
Examination Period April 8 - 23
Deadline - second term written work April 24 (Wednesday) 10:00 a.m.
Convocation JD November/June (Dates set by University & announced in Jan/Feb 2013)
Convocation LLM/SJD November (Date set by University)
SUMMER TERM***  
LLM thesis deadline 

August 31, 2013

* Applies only to Upper Year Students
** Only Upper Year Classes falling on these days are rescheduled as shown
*** Applies only to Graduate School students