Law Academic Calendar

May 14-20: Course changes and online registration for Summer and Fall 2024

May 14-21: 100% tuition refund

May 20: Summer I classes begin

May 15: Online M.Jur. classes begin

May 22-23: 75% tuition refund

May 24-28: 50% tuition refund

May 27: Memorial Day — No Classes (University closed)

May 29-30: 25% tuition refund

June 3: Last day to drop without academic penalty

June 19: Juneteenth — No Classes (University closed)

June 21: Last day of classes – Summer I

June 24-26: Exams — Summer I

June 27 – July 1: Course changes and online registration for Summer II only

June 27 – July 1: 100% tuition refund

July 1: Deadline to apply for August 2024 Graduation online via Gateway

July 1: Classes begin for Summer II (home campus)

TBD: Institute on World Legal Problems – classes begin for the Innsbruck program

July 4: Independence Day Holiday — No classes (University closed)

July 3-4: 75% tuition refund

July 5-8: 50% tuition refund

July 9-10: 25% tuition refund

July 12: Last day to drop without academic penalty

July 17: Faculty grading deadline for Summer I

July 22-25: First-Generation Bootcamp for incoming students (Online)

July 29 – Aug. 1: First Generation Bootcamp for incoming students (In-Person)

Aug. 2: Last day of classes — Summer II (home campus)

TBD: Institute on World Legal Problems — Innsbruck ends

Aug. 5-7: Summer II Exams

Aug. 28: Faculty grading deadline for Summer II

Jan. 6: University reopens after Christmas Break

Jan. 7: Fall 2024 grades due by 5 p.m. (CST)

Jan. 8-17: Course changes online open for J.D. students (M.Jur. course changes through Director) (LL.M. course changes through Asst. Dean)

Jan. 8-17: 100% refund

Jan. 9-10: M.Jur. and LL.M. Spring Orientation

Jan. 13: Classes Begin — Spring 2025

Jan. 15: Classes Begin — Online M.Jur.

Jan. 20-24: 75% refund

Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No classes; University offices closed

Jan. 27-31: 50% refund

Feb. 1: Deadline to apply for Graduation in May 2025; online via Gateway

Feb. 3-7: 25% refund

Feb. 17 – March 7: Midterm Exams

Feb. 21: Last day to drop a class without academic penalty

March 10-14: Spring Break – no classes; University open

March 26: Mandatory registration meeting for full-time, first-year students

April 4-5: Law Weekend

April 7-11: Course registration for Summer 2025 and Fall 2025
[Details announced via email — expect the course schedule to be released by email two weeks in advance of registration]

April 17: Friday classes meet instead of Thursday classes — Thursday classes canceled — Extracurricular activities and student group meetings are prohibited for Holy Thursday.

April 18-19: Good Friday and Easter weekend— No Classes Friday or Saturday; University Closed

April 25-26: Fiesta Oyster Bake weekend— No classes Friday or Saturday; University Closed

May 2: Last Day of Classes — Spring 2025

May 5-6: Reading Days

May 7-21: Final Exams — Spring 2025

May 15: Law School Awards Ceremony

May 17: Law School Commencement Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. (Doors open at 8 a.m.)

June 11: Faculty grading deadline for Spring 2024

TBD: Optional Re-Orientation for upper-level Online J.D. students

Aug. 5-6: Required Orientation for all incoming J.D. students
[Incoming first-year J.D. students will have additional online programming before and after the in-person orientation on August 5 and 6. Please check your St. Mary’s email for details]

Aug. 5-6: Required Orientation for all incoming M.Jur. and LL.M. students

Aug. 5-16: Course changes online open for J.D. students
(M.Jur. course changes through Director) (LL.M. course changes through Asst. Dean)

Aug. 5-16: 100% tuition refund

Aug. 12: Classes Begin — Fall 2024

Aug. 14: Online M.Jur. Classes Begin

Aug. 19-23: 75% refund

Aug. 26-30: 50% refund

Sept. 1: Deadline to Apply for December 2024 Graduation online via Gateway

Sept. 2-6: 25% refund

Sept. 2: Labor Day — No classes (University offices closed)

Sept. 13: Last Day to Drop without academic penalty

Sept. 14: 1L Family Day

Sept. 16-Oct. 4: Midterm Exams

Oct. 1: Timely deadline for first-year J.D. students to file Declaration of Intent to Study Law with Texas Board of Law Examiners

Oct. 14: Fall Break — No Classes (University Open)

Oct. 15: Monday classes meet today instead of Tuesday classes; Tuesday classes are canceled

Oct. 17: Red Mass (evening classes canceled)

Nov. 4-8: Course Registration for Spring 2025 [details announced by email; expect the course schedule to be released by email two weeks in advance of registration]

Nov. 26: Last Day of Classes

Nov. 27-29: Thanksgiving Holiday — No Classes (University closed)

Dec. 2: Reading Day

Dec. 3-17: Fall 2024 Final Exams

Dec. 14: Fall 2024 University and Law School Commencement Ceremony
Fall 2024 graduates will participate in the main University Commencement Ceremony. Learn more on the Commencement page.

Dec. 23 – Jan. 3: Christmas Break — No Classes (University Closed)