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