Yale Law School 2017–2018

Fall 2017

• Aug. 21–25

• M–F

• Orientation for all new students

• Aug. 23

• W

• Registration for all new students

• Aug. 28

• M

• Registration for all returning students

• Fall term begins, 8:10 a.m.

• Classes begin, 8:10 a.m.

• Aug. 29

• T

• Add/drop period begins, 8:30 a.m.

• Sept. 4

• M

• Labor Day; classes do not meet

• Sept. 6

• W

• Add/drop period ends, 4:30 p.m.

• Oct. 5

• Th

• Fall recess begins, 9 p.m.

• Oct. 6–9

• F–M

• Fall recess; classes do not meet

• Oct. 10

• T

• Classes resume, 8:10 a.m.

• Nov. 21

• T

• Only Friday classes meet

• Thanksgiving recess begins, 6 p.m.

• Nov. 27

• M

• Classes resume, 8:10 a.m.

• Dec. 4

• M

• Classes end, 9 p.m.

• Dec. 5–8

• T–F

• Reading period

• Dec. 11

• M

• Examination period begins, 8:30 a.m.

• Dec. 20

• W

• Examination period ends
• Fall term ends, 5 p.m.
• Winter recess begins

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Spring 2018

• Jan. 15

• M

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

• Jan. 16

• T

• Registration for all students
• Spring term begins, 8:10 a.m.
• Classes begin, 8:10 a.m.

• Jan. 17

• W

• Add/drop period begins, 8:30 a.m.

• Jan. 24

• W

• Add/drop period ends, 4:30 p.m.

• Mar. 9

• F

• Spring recess begins, 6 p.m.

• Mar. 19

• M

• Spring recess ends

• Classes resume, 8:10 a.m.

• Apr. 23

• M

• Classes end, 9 p.m.

• Apr. 24–27

• T–F

• Reading period

• Apr. 30

• M

• Examination period begins, 8:30 a.m.

• May 14

• M

• Examination period ends
• Spring term ends, 5 p.m.

• May 21

• M

• University Commencement

• May 30

• W

• Degrees voted by faculty

• Aug. 1

• W

• Fifth-term certification deadline for rising third-year students