Master Calendar 2017/2018 July Time Event 1 Canada Day 4 Independence Day - DML BUILDING CLOSED 10 TBD MBA Program Open House (at Law) 11-12 10-1:30 PM Jump Start (Admissions) 12-13 Exit Interviews (Financial Aid) 14 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) OCI Event/Toronto (U-Windsor) 17 Monday Class Schedule DML 17-18 Mock Bar Exam (Garrison) 18 Tuesday Class Schedule DML 19 Makeup Day / Fireworks 20-21 Term III Review Period 22 10-Noon CSO Mock Interviews 24-27 DML Term III Exam Period 25-26 Michigan Bar Exam 28 Purge Day (Smith) 29 10-Noon CSO Mock Interviews August Time Event 1-2 5-7:30 PM Jump Start (Admissions) All Month OCIs Begin (CSO) 4 SSP Decisions Due Alumni Reception / Traverse City (Hickey) 5-6 DML BUILDING CLOSED 7 TBD MBA Program Open House (at Law) 11 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 11 DML Summer Hours End 12 MPRE (Registrar) 13 DML BUILDING CLOSED 14-15 Border Crossing / Dual JD Students (Winbigler) 16 Border Crossing / Single JD Students (Winbigler) 16-18 Dual JD Immersion Program (Winbigler) 17-18 Colleague Days (McNichols) 19-20 DML BUILDING CLOSED 21-24 DML Orientation 23 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 25 Fellows Orientation (Admissions) 26 DML Saturday Classes Begin 1
28 DML Classes Begin Aug 28-Sept 1 U-Windsor Orientation (Winbigler) 30 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 31 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Taking Meaningful Notes in Class (Heath) Aug 31-Sept 1 Eid al-adha Sept. Time Event 1 1:00 PM 1L Workshop:Taking Meaningful Notes in Class (Heath) DML Applications Open 2-4 LABOR DAY WEEKEND / DML BUILDING CLOSED 5 Classes Begin U-Windsor 7 1:00 PM Bar Exam Overview (Garrison) 5:00 PM Bar Exam Overview (Garrison) 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Managing Time to Maximize Success (Heath) 8 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 1:00 PM 1L Workshop: Managing Time to Maximize Success (Heath) 12 Alumni Reception / Grand Rapids (Hickey) 11:00-6 PM Student Organization Fair (Student Affairs) 1-1:55 Pm Warming Center Event Training (Nowak) 13 9-5 PM Vancover/Calgary OCI Day in Toronto 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Producing Effective Course Reviews and Outlines (Heath) Celebrate Spirit (McNichols) 15 1:00 PM Producing Effective Course Reviews and Outlines (Heath) 15 1-3 PM Warming Center Event (Nowak) 16 LSAT (Registrar) 18 TBD Constitution Day (Broughton) 19 1L Officer Elections (Student Affairs) University Tiger Game Outing (McNichols) 20-22 Rosh Hashana Noon Bar Exam Overview (Garrison) 22 8-12 PM MAPLA Conference (M. McCarthy) 26 Noon Red Mass 27 1 & 5 PM Deans Meetings (Student Affairs) 28 5-6:30 PM State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting Reception (Hickey) 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Spotting Relevant Legal Issues in Essary Exams (Heath) 1:00 PM Bar Application Workshop (Garrison) 5:00 PM Bar Application Workshop (Garrison) 29 Noon 2nd Annual DML Golf Outing / Inn at St. John (Hickey) 1:00 PM 1L Workshop: Spotting Relevant Legal Issues in Essary Exams (Heath) 2
29-30 Yom Kippur 30 Homecoming Events (McNichols) Oct. Time Event 2 4:30 PM Criminal Law Society Guest Judge Tarnow (Yantus) 3 5-7 PM Meet the Judges (Hickey) 6 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 1-3:00PM 1L experiential training/solo & Small Firm Institute 9 Canadian Thanksgiving 10 Toronto OCIs at Caesars in Windsor 11 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 12 1:00 PM Composite Photos (Johnson) 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Analyzing Multiple Choice Questions Strategically (Heath) 13 1:00 PM 1L Workshop: Analyzing Multiple Choice Questions Strategically (Heath) 14 9-Noon Open House (Admissions) 15 Free Press Marathon / DML BUILDING CLOSED 16-19 In Firm Interview week in Vancouver 17 1 & 5 PM 1L Resume and Externship Workshop (CSO & Yantus) 18 Noon 2L Bar Overview (Garrison) 3:30-5:30 Tax Workshop (Nowak) 19 5:00 PM 2L Bar Overview (Garrison) Vancover OCI Call Day 20 1-2 PM 1L Resume and Externship Workshop (CSO & Yantus) 22-25 ABA Sabbatical Site Visit (Henning/Smith) 25-26 Academic Advising (Broughton) 26 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Writing Essay Exams with Confidence (Heath) 27 1:00 PM 1L Workshop: Writing Essay Exams with Confidence (Heath) 3:30-4:30 Alumni Reception (McNichols) Toronto In Firm Interview Day Nov. Time Event 1 Bar Applications Due (Garrison) Application Period Opens - Student Ambassadors (Admissions) 3 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 4 8:30-1:30 PM Dean's Advisory Board Meeting (Hickey) 6 DML Registration Opens - Term II 6-10 U-Windsor Reading Week 7 Religious Freedom Conference (Broughton, Smith) 8 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting Toronto Offer Day 9 8:00 PM 1L Workshop: Preparing for the Bar Exam for 1Ls (Garrison) 3
10 1:00 PM 1L Workshop: Preparing for the Bar Exam for 1Ls (Garrison) Faculty Excellence Dinner (McNichols) 11 Veterans Day 9-12 PM Open House (Admissions) 13-14 Housing Symposium (Tentative / Neville-Ewell) 14 1:00 PM OPT Workshop (Winbigler) 15 1 & 5 Deans Meetings (Student Affairs) Last Day to submit Student Ambassador Applications (Admissions) 16 President's Convocation 20 Student Ambassador Training (Admissions) 24-24 THANKSGIVING / DML BUILDING CLOSED 28 Giving Tuesday (Alumni Relations) 28-30 Exit Interviews (Financial Aid) Dec. Time Event 1 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) DML Classes End President's Christmas Party (McNichols) 1:00 PM Holiday Party (Riverfront) 2 LSAT (Registrar) 4 Last day of U-Windsor classes 4-5 DML Review Period 4-8 Reading week for 1Ls U-Windsor 6-19 DML Exam Period 6-21 U-Windsor Exams for 2L and 3L 11-21 U-Windsor Exams for 1Ls 13 10:00 AM Faculty Meeting 15 Employee Christmas Party and Colleague Recognition (McNichols) 18 BARBRI Starts 22 Makeup Exam Day U-Windsor 22-Jan1 Christmas Holiday / DML BUILDING CLOSED Jan. Time Event 2 DML Building Reopens 3 U-Windsor Reopens 4 5-7:30 Open House (Admissions) 6 DML Saturday Classes Begin Term II 8 DML Classes Begin Term II U-Windsor Classes Begin 10 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 12 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 15 Martin Luther King Day / DML BUILDING CLOSED 17 Walk in Wednesday (Admissions) 4
17 U-Windsor Grades Due 18 5:00 PM 3L Bar Exam (Garrison) 23 12:30-2 PM Externship Advising (Yantus) 26 2:30-5 PM Professionalism in Action (CSO) 27 9-Noon Fellow Interviews (Admissions) 31 Noon Application Workshop (Garrison) Feb. Time Event 2 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 5 12:30-2 PM Externship Advising (Yantus) 6 1-2 PM Public Interest Fair (CSO/Clinic) 7 Walk in Wednesday (Admissions) 9 9-12 PM High School Aspiring Attorney Workshop (Admissions) 10 LSAT (Registrar) G. Mennen Williams Competetion 13 1 & 5 PM Deans Meetings (Student Affairs) 14 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 15 3:30-7:30pm ADR Section "The Neuroscience of Decision Making" Program 17-18 DML BUILDING CLOSED 19-20 Mock Exams (Garrison) 19-23 DML Winter Break U-Windsor Reading Week 23 Reception; Patent Drafting Competetion 24 26 National Book Award Event (McNichols) 27-28 Michigan Bar Exam March Time Event 1 Bar Applications Due (Garrison) 2 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 3 Fellow Interviews (Admissions) Hold for possible Barristers Ball 5-9 Academic Advising (Broughton) 6 1-2 PM Bar Association Fair 8 Grad Fair (Johnson) 10 MPRE (Registrar) 12 DML Term III Registration 13 5-7 PM Book Awards 14 3-5 PM Tax Workshop (Nowak) 14 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 15 5-8 PM Erin Go Law (Hickey) 21 Admitted Student Open House (Admissions) 23 Law Review Symposium 23 Vegas Night (BLSA) Tentative 5
24 Vegas Night (BLSA) Tentative Canadian Meet 28 McElroy Lecture 29 Professoional Development Day / No Classes 30-Apr 1 Good Friday / DML BUILDING CLOSED 31 Passover begins April Time Event 4 Deans Meetings (Student Affairs) 6 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 10-3 PM MBE Advantage Workshop (Garrison) 12-3 PM Open House (Admissions) U-Windsor last day of classes 7 U-Windsor Moot Competition Passover Ends 9-27 U-Windsor Exam Period 11 4:00 PM Faculty Meeting 12 Law Firm Scholarship Reception (Admissions) 17 A Day in the Life (Admissions) 17-19 Exit Interviews (Financial Aid) 21 Alumni Day of Service (Hickey) 25 DML Classes End 26-27 DML Review Period 27 Spirit Awards (McNichols) 29 6-9:00 PM Murphy Honor Society Dinner (Hickey) 30-May 10 DML Exam Period May TIme Event 4 9:00 AM Department Meeting (Smith) 8 Faculty Meeting? 9 Dual JD Farewell Reception (Winbigler) 10 Baccalaureate 11 Graduation (Student Affairs) 12-13 DML BUILDING CLOSED 14 DML Intersession Begins Admitted Student Luncheon (Admissions) 15 BARBRI Begins 15-16 Ramadan 16 Grades Due U-Windsor 17 5-7 PM Externship Supervisor Traning/Reception 19-20 DML BUILDING CLOSED 21 Victoria Day 24 Dual JD Toronto Reception (Winbigler) 25 Intersession Ends 6
26-28 Memorial Day / DML BUILDING CLOSED 29 DML Term III Begins June Time Event May 29-Jun 1 U-Windsor Convocation 14-15 Ramadan Ends 14-15 Eid al-fitr 28 Detroit Fireworks 7