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.
7/17/2023 Update on Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #1:
- Results of bids entered into COURSES between 1:30pm Thursday, July 13 and 9:30am Friday, July 14 have been posted.
- COURSES will reopen for daily cycle bidding on Tuesday, July 18 at 1:30 pm EST.
- Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #1 will now end on Monday, July 24 at 9:30 am EST.
All times are based on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
| Date | Event |
| June 20 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2023 Bidding Cycle: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. |
| June 27 by 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| June 28 at 9:30 am | Fall 2023 Bidding Cycle: Closes |
| July 7 at 1:30 pm | Results of Fall 2023 Cycle published. |
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Confirmed: July 12 at 1:30 pm – July 24 at 9:30 am
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Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #1 starts at 1:30 pm each business day. |
| July 17 | Requisites are checked for courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
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Confirmed: July 24 at 9:30am
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Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #1 ends at 9:30 am. |
| July 27 at 1:30 pm | Transfer and Visiting students only. Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| July 31 at 9:30 am to 1:30 pm | Transfers and Visitors Cycle: COURSES SITE is available to register bids on July 31 at 9:30 am and closes on July 31 at 1:30 pm. *Transfer and Visiting students only |
| August 1 at 1:30 pm | Results of Transfers and Visitors Cycle published. |
| August 2 at 1:30 pm – August 4 at 9:30 am | Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #2 *All upper-class students including Transfers and Visitors |
| August 9 at 1:30 pm – August 16 at 9:30 am |
Spring 2024 Bidding Cycle: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. Results will be published on August 23 at 1:30 pm. |
| August 15 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| August 16 at 9:30 am | Spring 2024 Bidding Cycle: Closes |
| August 16 at 1:30 pm – August 23 at 9:30 am | 1Ls can register bids for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Reading Groups at https://its.law.nyu.edu/classregistration. Registration closes on August 23 at 9:30 am. |
| August 23 at 1:30 pm | Results of Spring 2024 Cycle published. |
| August 23 at 1:30 pm – September 7 at 9:30 am | Fall 2023 Daily Cycles #3 |
| August 25 | Results of Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 1L Reading Groups published. |
| Through September 7 | Requisites are checked daily for Fall 2023 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| August 29 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in September 2023. |
| September TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Fall 2023 course; please see: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/course-syllabi
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| September 6 at 1:30 pm – September 7 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Fall 2023 via COURSES. |
| September 8 at 10:00 am – December 1 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Fall 2023 via Albert (JD students only). |
| September 15 | Last day to add an online course (LL.M. only). |
| September TBA | • Last day to add a Fall 2023 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Fall 2023 (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 20 at 1:30 pm – September 22 at 9:30 am | JD 1L Elective Cycle: COURSES SITE available to register bids for Spring 2024 electives. Registration opens on September 20 at 1:30 pm and closes on September 22 at 9:30 am. Results will be published on September 27 at 1:30 pm. |
| September 27 at 1:30 pm – October 4 at 9:30 am | JD 1L Elective DAILY Cycles: 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 day. The results from the bids processed at 9:30 am will be posted each day at 1:30 pm. |
| October 2 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Fall 2023. |
| October 11 | Requisites are checked for Spring 2024 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| October 16 | Last day to pay arrears. |
| October 11 at 1:30 pm – October 18 at 9:30 am | Spring 2024 Daily Cycles #1 (COURSES SITE available to all eligible students, including JD 1L). |
| Through October 20 | Requisites are checked for Spring 2024 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| October 30 | Requests for Spring 2024 law courses by non-law students accepted. |
| December 1 | Last day to drop Fall 2023 courses. Last day of Fall 2023 classes. |
| January 2 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in January 2024. |
| January 8 at 1:30 pm – January 25 at 9:30 am | Spring 2024 Daily Cycles #2 |
| January 10 – January 25 | Requisites are checked daily for Spring 2024 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| January 24 at 1:30 pm – January 25 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Spring 2024. |
| January 26 at 10 am – April 23 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Spring 2024 via Albert (J.D. students only). |
| February TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Spring 2024 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 2024 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Spring 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. |
| February 5 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Spring 2024. |
| February 7 | Last day to add a Spring 2024 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 23 | Last day to drop Spring 2024 courses. Last day of Spring 2024 classes. |
| May 1 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in May 2024. |
| May 9 | Last day to submit work for Spring 2024 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 13 | Last day of Summer 2024 Classes all sessions |