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 21 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2022 Cycle: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. |
| June 28 by 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES |
| June 29 at 9:30 am | Fall 2022 Cycle: Closes |
| July 8 at 1:30 pm | Results of Fall 2022 Cycle published. |
| July 13 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2022 Daily Cycles #1 starts at 1:30pm each business day |
| July 18 | Requisites are checked for courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| July 20 at 9:30 am | Fall 2022 Daily Cycles #1 ends at 9:30am |
| July 28 at 1:30 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES |
| July 28 at 4:30 pm – July 29 at 9:30 am | Transfers and Visitors Cycle: COURSES SITE is available to register bids on July 28 at 4:30 pm and closes on July 29 at 9:30 am. *Transfer and Visiting students only |
| August 1 at 1:30pm | Results of Transfers and Visitors Cycle published. |
| August 3 at 1:30 pm -August 5 at 9:30am | Fall 2022 Daily Cycle #2 *All upper class students including Transfers and Visitors |
| August 10 at 1:30 pm |
Spring 2023 Cycle: Opens - COURSES SITE is available to register bids. Results will be published on August 24 at 1:30 pm. |
| August 16 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES |
| August 17 at 9:30 am | Spring 2023 Cycle: Closes |
| August 17 at 1:30 pm – August 24 at 9:30 am | 1Ls can register bids for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Reading Groups at https://its.law.nyu.edu/classregistration . Registration closes on August 24 at 9:30 am. |
| August 24 at 1:30 pm | Results of Spring 2023 Cycle published. |
| August 24 at 1:30 pm -September 8 at 9:30 am | Fall 2022 Daily Cycles #3 |
| August 26 | Results of Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Reading Groups published. |
| Through September 8 | Requisites are checked daily for fall 2021 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| August 30 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in September 2022. |
| September TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Fall 2022 course; please see: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/last-day-add/schedules?tm=2017F_last_day
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| September 7 at 1:30 pm - September 8 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Fall 2022. |
| September 9 at 10:00 am - December 2 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Fall 2022 via Albert (JD students only). |
| September 16 | Last day to add an online course (LL.M. only). |
| September TBA | • Last day to add a Fall 2022 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Fall 2021 (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 21 at 1:30 pm - September 23 at 9:30 am | JD 1L Elective Cycle: COURSES SITE available to register bids for Spring 2023 electives. Registration opens on September 21 at 1:30 pm and closes on September 23 at 9:30 am. Results will be published on September 28 at 1:30 pm. |
| September 28 at 1:30 pm -October 5 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 3 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Fall 2022. |
| October 12 | Requisites are checked for courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| October 17 | Last day to pay arrears. |
| October 12 at 1:30 pm -October 19 at 9:30 am | Spring 2023 Daily Cycle #1 (COURSES SITE available to all eligible students, including JD 1L). |
| Through October 21 | Requisites are checked for Spring 2023 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| December 1 | Requests for Spring 2023 law courses by non-law students accepted. |
| December 2 | Last day to drop Fall 2022 courses. Last day of Fall 2022 classes. |
| January 3 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in January 2023. |
| January 9 at 1:30 pm -January 26 at 9:30 am | SPRING 2023 Daily Cycles #2 |
| January 11- January 26 | Requisites are checked daily for Spring 2023 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| January 25 at 1:30 pm – January 26 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Spring 2023. |
| January 27 at 10 am – April 25 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Spring 2023 via Albert (J.D. students only). |
| February TBA |
Last day to add a Stern Spring 2023 course: See: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/last-day-add/schedules?tm=2018S_last_day
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| February TBA | • Last day to add a Spring 2023 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). • Last day to submit requests for Spring 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. |
| February 6 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Spring 2023. |
| February 8 | Last day to add a Spring 2023 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 25 | Last day to drop Spring 2023 courses. Last day of Spring 2023 classes. |
| April 28 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in May 2023. |
| May 11 | Last day to submit work for Spring 2023 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 15 | Last day of Summer 2023 Classes all sessions |