| August | ||
| 1 - 5 | AJD summer semester final exams | |
| 12 | Summer term classes end | |
| 15 - 19 | Summer term examinations | |
| 19 - 26 | Orientation week | |
| 29 | Fall semester classes begin | |
| September | ||
| 5 | Labor Day Holiday- no classes | |
| 20 | Fall quarter classes begin | |
| November | ||
| 24 - 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday- no classes | |
| 29 | Follow Thursday class schedule | |
| 30 | Follow Friday class schedule | |
| 30 | Fall semester ends at 9:00pm | |
| December | ||
| 1 - 2 | Review sessions and reading period | |
| 3 - 15 | Fall semester examinations | |
| January | ||
| 3 | Spring semester and quarter classes begin | |
| 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no classes | |
| 25 | Clinic and Practicum Courses - Information for 1Ls | |
| March | ||
| 7 | Professional Skills and Unique Curricular Offering at Northwestern Law | |
| 10 | Winter quarter classes end; Spring break begins (ITP Travel) | |
| 26 | Spring semester classes resume; Spring Quarter classes begin | |
| 28 | Journals, Moot Court and Trial Team | |
| April | ||
| 17 | Last Day of Class (MLK Make-Up) | |
| 17 | Spring semester ends at 9:00pm | |
| 18 - 20 | Review sessions and reading period | |
| 21 - 3 | Spring semester exams | |
| May | ||
| 7 - 11 | Convocation week | |
| 11 | Law School Convocation | |
| 21 | AJD Orientation | |
| 22 | AJD classes begin | |
| June | ||
| 15 | University Commencement | |
| 18 | Summer term classes begin | |
| July | ||
| 30 - 3 | AJD Final Exams | |
| August | ||
| 10 | Summer term classes end | |
| 13 - 17 | Summer Term Final Exams | |