CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW

2013-2014 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FALL SEMESTER 2013
Intensive Trial Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, August 17 - Saturday, August 24, 2013
Orientation begins (evening students) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, August 17
Orientation begins (day students) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, August 19
Saturday Trial Advocacy sections begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, August 24
First day of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, August 26
Labor Day (no classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, September 2
Administrative Cancellation (Rosh Hashanah; no classes) . Wednesday, September 4, 4:00 & after; and
Thursday, September 5
Thanksgiving vacation (no classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, November 28 - Sunday, December 1
Monday classes meet (Labor Day make-up) . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, December 2
Thursday classes meet (Rosh Hashanah make-up) . . . . . . . Tuesday, December 3
Friday classes meet and Wednesday classes starting . . . . . . Wednesday, December 4
4:00 & after meet (Thanksgiving and Rosh Hashanah
eve. make-up)
Last day of classes: Thursday classes meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, December 5
(Thanksgiving make-up)
Make-up Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, December 6
Read period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, December 7 - Tuesday, December 10
Final exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, December 11 - Friday, December 20
INTERSESSION
Intensive Trial Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, J anuary 11 - Saturday, J anuary 18, 2014
SPRING SEMESTER 2014
Saturday Trial Advocacy sections begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, J anuary 18, 2014
Dr. Kings Birthday (no classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, J anuary 20
First day of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, January 21
Spring Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, March 15, 12:00 noon - Sunday, March 23
*Last day of classes: Monday classes meet (King . . . . . . . Friday, May 2
Birthday make-up)
Read period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday, May 3 - Tuesday, May 6
Final exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, May 7 - Friday, May 16
Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, May 18
*Friday classes will not meet on Friday, May 2. Friday classes will meet only 13 times in the Spring 2014 semester. Instructors
who teach Friday classes should arrange for a make-up class in one of the slots available for make-ups (see below).
SUMMER SESSION 2014
Memorial Day (no classes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, May 26, 2014
First day of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday, May 27
Monday classes meet (Memorial Day make-up) . . . . . . . . . Friday, May 30
Last day of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursday, July 17
Read period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, J uly 18 - Sunday, J uly 20
Final exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, J uly 21 - Wednesday, J uly 23
Make-up classes: Day Division make-up classes during Fall and Spring semesters may be scheduled Tuesdays, 11:451:45
or Wednesdays, 3:003:55; Evening Division and Summer Session make-up classes may be scheduled Friday evenings.