2014--2015 Academic Calendar- SUNY Buffalo Law School Summer 2014 Monday, may 19 Classes begin Monday, May 26 Friday, July 4 Memorial Day - No classes Independence Day - No Classes Monday, June 30 Last Day of Class TBD Reading Day/Exams FALL 2014 Monday, August 25th First Year Orientation and Intro Classes BeginMandatory Thursday, September 4 Fall Classes begin- Block 1 Wednesday, October 1 Thursday, October 2- Monday, October 6 Block 1 Ends No Classes- Fall Break Tuesday, October 7th Block 2 Begins Monday, November 3 Tuesday, November 4 Bock 2 ends Block 3 Begins Wednesday, November 26 - Friday November 28 Thanksgiving Break- No Classes Friday, December 5 Last Day of Class- block 3 Ends Saturday, December 6 – Monday, December 8 Reading Days Tuesday, December 9 - Friday, December 19 Final Exams December 20 Winter Recess Begins BRIDGE 2015 Monday, January 5 Tuesday, January 13 Bridge Courses Begin - Upper Division Students LAWR II Begins- First year students Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- No Classes Monday, February 2 Tuesday, February 3 Last Day of Bridge Classes Reading Day Wednesday, February 4– Friday, February 6 Bridge Exams; LAWR continues for first-year students SPRING 2015 Monday, February 9 Spring classes begin (Block 5)1L spring LAWR II schedule begins Friday, March 6 Monday, march 9 Block 5 ends Block 6 begins Monday, March 16 - Friday March 20 Monday, March 23 Friday, April 10 Spring Recess- No Classes Classes resume Block 6 ends; LAWR II ends for First year students Monday, April 13 Block 7 begins Friday, May 8 Last Day of Classes- Block 7 Ends Saturday, May 9 – Monday, May 11 Reading Days Tuesday, May 12-- Friday, May 22 Final Exams Saturday, May 23 Commencement