Important dates and deadlines
Important academic dates and deadlines.
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Term Dates | September 1 to December 31, 2024 |
| Orientation - Mandatory activities to welcome all first-year Common Law students | September 3, 2024 Further Orientation sessions in days following, schedule to be confirmed |
| Courses | September 4 to December 4, 2024 |
| Teaching and course evaluations | November 18 to 29, 2024 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Labour Day | September 2, 2024 |
| Thanksgiving | October 14, 2024 |
| Reading Week | November 4 to 8, 2024 |
| Study Break | CLAW, December 5, 2024 |
| Holiday break: University closed | From 4:30 p.m. December 20, 2024, to 8:45 a.m. January 6, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Classes on Monday, October 14, Thanksgiving (a statutory holiday), are cancelled. They will take place on Wednesday, December 4, when the usual Monday course schedule will apply for Common Law Courses. | December 4, 2024 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to enrol and to change course selection | September 17, 2024 |
| Last day to submit a request to register for a Directed Research Project | September 17, 2024 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity and receive a financial credit (less administrative fees). A financial credit is applied only if the withdrawal changes your status from full time to part time. The deadline to receive a reimbursement for the ancillary fees associated with a course may be earlier. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone. Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. | September 27, 2024 |
| Last day to submit a registration form for the Major Paper Requirement | October 8, 2024 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity (no financial credit). Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. Note that it is not possible to withdraw after this date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone.date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. | November 15, 2024 |
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| Topic | Date |
|---|---|
| Last day to pay tuition fees without late fees. Consult the fee payment section of the Financial Resources website. | September 27, 2024 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Period of opting out of health and dental insurance | September 4 to 27, 2024 |
| Last day to receive a full refund on your U-Pass. After this date, reimbursements are pro-rated. | September 27, 2024 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| January session | January 6 to 23, 2025 |
| Courses | January 6 to 21, 2025 |
| Teaching and course evaluations | January 13 to 17, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Study Break | January 22, 2025 |
| January term break | January 24, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to enrol and to change course selection | January 8, 2025 |
| Last day to submit a request to register for a Directed Research Project | January 8, 2025 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity and receive a financial credit (less administrative fees). A financial credit is applied only if the withdrawal changes your status from full time to part time. The deadline to receive a reimbursement for the ancillary fees associated with a course may be earlier. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone. Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. | January 13, 2025 |
| Last day to submit a registration form for the Major Paper Requirement | January 10, 2025 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity (no financial credit). Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. Note that it is not possible to withdraw after this date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone.date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. | January 16, 2025 |
| Last day to indicate courses to be evaluated with “Satisfactory/Not satisfactory” grades | January 17, 2025 |
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| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to pay tuition fees without late fees. Consult the fee payment section of the Financial Resources website. | January 24, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to receive a full refund on your U-Pass. After this date, reimbursements are pro-rated | January 24, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Term dates | January 27 to April 7, 2025 |
| Winter courses | January 27 to April 7, 2025 |
| Teaching and course evaluations | March 17 to 28, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day | February 17, 2025 |
| Reading week | March 3 to March 7, 2025 |
| Career Connections | March 19, 2025 |
| Course Fair for English courses | March 27, 2025 |
| Easter break | April 18 to 21, 2025 |
| Study break | CLAW - April 8, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to enrol and to change course selection | January 31, 2025 |
| Last day to change 1st year thematic course registration | January 31, 2025 |
| Last day to submit a request to register for a Directed Research Project | January 31, 2025 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity and receive a financial credit (less administrative fees). A financial credit is applied only if the withdrawal changes your status from full time to part time. The deadline to receive a reimbursement for the ancillary fees associated with a course may be earlier. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone. Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. | February 12, 2025 |
| Last day to submit a registration form for the Major Paper Requirement | February 14, 2025 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course or an activity (no financial credit). Withdrawing from a course may affect whether you will meet all your program requirements. Be sure to consider all changes very carefully before going ahead. Note that it is not possible to withdraw after this date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. The withdrawal deadline for a given course may differ depending on the start and end dates. Specific dates are indicated in the My Class Schedule application in uoZone.date. If you simply stop attending a course and do not withdraw, you will receive a failing grade. | March 14, 2025 |
| Last day to submit an option form, signed by the option coordinator, to the Student Centre | April 7, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Exam period for the Winter session | April 9 to 25, 2025 |
| All papers, including Directed Research Projects, are due by 4:00 p.m. | April 25, 2025 |
| Winter Term final grades will be approved and posted on uoZone (by 4:00 p.m.) | May 12, 2025 |
| Official academic standing posted on uoZone | May 23, 2025 |
| Last day to submit a grade review for a final exam. For information about reviewing grades and appeals, consult academic regulations. | May 28, 2025 |
| Supplemental and deferred exam period for third-year students and National Program students | May 20-21, 2025 |
| Supplemental and deferred exam period for first and second-year students | June 9 to 13, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to pay tuition fees without late fees. Consult the fee payment section of the Financial Resources website. | January 24, 2025 |
| Topic | Dates |
|---|---|
| Last day to receive a full refund on your U-Pass. After this date, reimbursements are pro-rated | January 24, 2025 |
The goals and objectives of the Education Equity program are set out below. While it is meant to encompass and reflect the aspirations of the entire law school community, the Education Equity Program is directed at enhancing the well-being of students, faculty and staff from equality-seeking communities. Equality-seeking communities are persons from communities who are identified under human rights legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These communities have been identified but are not limited to: Aboriginal peoples, women, persons with disabilities, two-spirited, inter-sexed, LGBTQ and others who are vulnerable to discrimination because of their gender identity/expression, racialized communities, recent immigrants and refugees and persons who are socio-economically vulnerable.
Goal 1:
To create the most diverse law school community possible
Objectives
- promote the unique characteristics and well-being of diverse communities within the law school
- actively recruit, admit and hire future law students and faculty through innovative outreach strategies
- ensure respect for the diverse experiential expertise and contributions of all faculty, students and staff
Goal 2:
To remove all systemic barriers and support the academic success of all law students from historically disadvantaged and under-represented communities in the legal profession
Objectives
- develop policies that ensure a discrimination-free environment for students, faculty and staff from equality-seeking communities
- continually evaluate and renew the law school curriculum and pedagogy to ensure a supportive and fulfilling educational experience for all students
- implement effective mechanisms to monitor and eliminate any adverse impact of law school policies and practices that limit the full participation of equality-seeking communities in the classroom and broader law school student organization, faculty administration or staff initiatives
- develop diversity-positive mechanisms such as peer support, mentorship and career development programs that enhance student experience and support successful transition into their legal careers
Goal 3:
To promote high levels of professionalism respectful of social justice principles amongst all professors, students and staff of the law school
Objectives
- foster respectful communications and treatment between all students, faculty and staff consistent with the spirit of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Law Society of Upper Canada
- maintain a discrimination and harassment-free environment for all students, faculty and staff
- draw upon the expertise of our alumni and local legal community to sustain our commitment to educating professionals to serve the public interest in all of its diversity