Please note these important dates and deadlines for accomplishing registration-related tasks. Use the COURSES SITE, the Law School's web-based registration system.
Permissions and Waivers Requests
Please adhere to the deadlines to submit permissions or waivers (including waivers of prerequisites taken at other law schools). Waiver Requests must be submitted with sufficient advance notice to be approved before the end of the bidding cycle. Bids for applicable courses will not be accepted without waiver, permission, or satisfied requisites. Some Waivers must be approved before you may place a bid.
Note on Daily Cycles
Each BUSINESS DAY during the daily cycle, students may enter bids from 1:30 pm through 9:30 am the next BUSINESS DAY. (During weekends and holidays COURSES will be open to accept bids but bids will NOT be processed until the next business day at 9:30am.) The results from the bids processed at 9:30 am will be posted each BUSINESS DAY at 1:30 pm.
All times are based on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
| Date | Event |
| June 17 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2024 Bidding Cycle: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. |
| June 24 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| June 26 at 9:30 am | Fall 2024 Bidding Cycle: Closes |
| July 8 at 1:30 pm | Results of Fall 2024 Bidding Cycle published. |
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July 10 at 1:30 pm |
Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #1 (Selected Classes): Opens |
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July 16 at 9:30 am |
Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #1 (Selected Classes): Closes |
| July 18 at 1:30 pm | Results of Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #1 (Selected Classes) published. |
| July 18 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2024 Daily Cycles #1 starts at 1:30 pm each business day. |
| July 25 at 9:30 am | Fall 2024 Daily Cycles #1 ends at 9:30 am. |
| July 25 after 1:30 pm | Requisites are checked for fall courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| July 25 | Transfer and Visiting students only. Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| July 29 at 9:30 am to 1:30 pm | Transfers and Visitors Cycle: COURSES SITE is available to register bids on July 29 at 9:30 am and closes on July 29 at 1:30 pm for Fall 2024 courses. *Transfer and Visiting students only |
| July 30 at 1:30 pm | Results of Transfers and Visitors Cycle published. |
| July 31 at 1:30 pm – August 2 at 9:30 am | Fall 2024 Daily Cycles #2 *All upper-class students including Transfers and Visitors |
| August 7 at 1:30 pm – August 14 at 9:30 am |
Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #2: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. Results will be published on August 21 at 1:30 pm. |
| August 13 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| August 14 at 9:30 am | Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #2: Closes |
| August 14 at 1:30 pm – August 21 at 9:30 am | 1Ls can register bids for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Reading Groups at https://its.law.nyu.edu/classregistration. Registration closes on August 21 at 9:30 am. |
| August 21 at 1:30 pm | Results of Spring 2025 Bidding Cycle #2 published. |
| August 21 at 1:30 pm – September 5 at 9:30 am | Fall 2024 Daily Cycles #3 |
| August 23 | Results of Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 1L Reading Groups published. |
| Through September 5 | Requisites are checked daily for Fall 2024 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| August 30 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in September 2024. |
| September TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Fall 2024 course; please see: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/course-syllabi
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| September 4 at 1:30 pm – September 5 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Fall 2024 via COURSES. |
| September 6 at 10:00 am – December 2 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Fall 2024 via Albert (JD students only). |
| September 13 | Last day to add an online course (LL.M. only). |
| September TBA | • Last day to add a Fall 2024 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Fall 2024 (College of Arts and Science) language course. See: http://www.nyu.edu/registrar/calendars/university-academic-calendar.html NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| September 30 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Fall 2024. |
| October 9 | Requisites are checked for Spring 2025 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
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(Updated 10/01/24) October 9 at 1:30 pm – October 17 at 9:30 am |
Spring 2025 Daily Cycles #1 (Only Upper-class Students) |
| October 14 |
Last day to pay arrears. |
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October 18 |
Requisites are checked for Spring 2025 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
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(Updated 8/16/24) October 28 at 1:30 pm – October 30 at 9:30 am |
JD 1L Elective Cycle: COURSES SITE available to register bids for Spring 2025 electives. Registration opens on October 28 at 1:30 pm and closes on October 30 at 9:30 am. Results will be published on October 31 at 1:30 pm. |
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(Updated 8/16/24) October 31 at 1:30 pm – November 1 at 9:30 am |
JD 1L Elective Add/Drop Cycle - ONE DAY: The Daily Cycles are not live. Each day during the daily cycle, students may enter bids from 1:30 pm through 9:30 am the next business day. The results from the bids processed at 9:30 am will be posted each day at 1:30 pm. |
| December 2 | Last day to drop Fall 2024 courses. Last day of Fall 2024 classes. |
| January 3 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in January 2025. |
| January 13 at 1:30 pm – January 30 at 9:30 am | Spring 2025 Daily Cycles #2 (COURSES SITE available to all eligible students, including JD 1L). |
| January 15 – January 30 | Requisites are checked daily for Spring 2025 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| January 29 at 1:30 pm – January 30 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Spring 2025. |
| January 31 at 10 am – April 29 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Spring 2025 via Albert (J.D. students only). |
| February TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Spring 2025 course: See: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/course-syllabi
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| February TBA | • Last day to add a Spring 2025 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Spring 2025 (College of Arts and Science) language course. See: http://www.nyu.edu/registrar/calendars/university-academic-calendar.html NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| February 3 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Spring 2025. |
| February 7 | Last day to add a Spring 2025 tax online course (LL.M’s only). |
| February TBA | January graduating students must satisfy all financial obligations to the law school in order to graduate and be certified to sit for the bar exam by this date. |
| March 15 | Deadline for GRADUATING STUDENTS WITH EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES to add a Directed Research with the permission of their program office. After this date, permission of the Vice Dean is required. (This date is not applicable to continuing students.) |
| April 29 | Last day to drop Spring 2025 courses. Last day of Spring 2025 classes. |
| May 1 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in May 2025. |
| May 15 | Last day to submit work for Spring 2025 semester. |
| June TBA | May graduating students must satisfy all financial obligations to the law school in order to graduate and be certified to sit for the bar exam by this date. |
| August 12 | Last day of Summer 2025 Classes, all sessions |