Academic Calendar

The Law School's 2022-2023 Academic Calendar has been revised to conform with the University's framework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An overview of the Law School calendar appears below and a more detailed version may be downloaded in the sidebar. This calendar is subject to change as circumstances warrant. 

Updated February 15, 2023

Spring Term 2023

  January
4-9 Add/Drop Period for upper year January elective classes
9 3Ls: Register Pro Bono Project
9-13 Legal Methods II and upper year January elective classes      
10-23 Add/Drop Period (Phase Two)
13 Fall 2022 grade submission deadline
16 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday—No Classes
17 First day of all Law School classes. First day of classes at other divisions of the University, if enrolled in other schools please refer to Columbia Academic Calendar.
17-23 Add/Drop continues; action required on wait-list notification; after this date changes only with permission of the Rules Committee, upon petition
24-Feb 15 Withdrawal from classes permitted; the notation of W will be recorded on the transcript
25 Digital Forms due on LawNet 
  February
1        3Ls: Deadline to submit first draft of Major Writing Credit paper
LL.M.s: registration deadline for spring term writing projects
3 Legal Methods II and upper year January elective 2023 grade submission deadline
8 Conferral of February 2023 degrees
15 All students: Final date to withdraw from a Spring 2023 Law School course; the grade of F will be recorded for withdrawals after this date 
  March
13 Executive LL.M. Class of 2023: Welcome Webinar
1 3Ls: Complete Pro Bono Project
13-17         Spring Recess—No Classes                                                                                    
21 Executive LL.M. Class of 2022: First Day of Online Classes
  April
1 3Ls:  Deadline to submit final draft of Major Writing Credit paper
All students: Deadline to submit all outstanding Fall 2022 written work that was granted an extension  
26 Last day of Law School classes
27-30 Upper-year study period
27-May 1 1L study period
  May
1    May 2023 JD Degree Candidates: Deadline to submit all outstanding Spring 2023 written work
May 2023 LL.M. Degree Candidates: Deadline to submit all outstanding Spring 2023 written work; Last day to file final copy of LL.M. Essay with Office of Graduate Degree Programs
1 Last day of classes at other divisions of the University, if enrolled in other schools please refer to Columbia Academic Calendar.
1-11 Upper-year exams
2-11 1L Exams
5 Executive LL.M. Class of 2023: Last Day of Online Classes
12 Spring 2023 grade submission deadline for graduating students
Continuing students: Due date for submission of Spring 2023 written work
Spring 2023 term ends
15 Law School Graduation Ceremony
17 University Commencement & Degree Conferral
19 Executive LL.M. Class of 2023: On-campus orientation
22 Executive LL.M. Class of 2023: First day of on-campus classes
  June
1    Spring 2023 grade submission deadline, continuing students in classes with enrollment of fewer than 150 students
11 Spring 2023 grade submission deadline for continuing students in classes with enrollment of 150 or more students
TBD Class of 2024 First day of federal clerkship application review
  July
31 Last date submitted work will be considered for honors for 2022-2023 academic year
Date upon which outstanding grades will be converted to F