| 7-10 | American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA) | | |
| Thu | 1 | New Year's Day Holiday, USD Closed | | |
| Wed | 7 | American Association of Law Schools Institutional Advancement Reception (SOLES) | | |
| Wed-Sat | 7-10 | American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA) | | Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego |
| Wed | 7 | The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights: What Have We Learned? Why Does it Matter? | 8:30 AM | IPJ Theatre |
| Wed | 7 | USD School of Law Honors Professor Carl Auerbach | 6:30 PM | San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina |
| Fri | 9 | Spring 2009 Registration/Fee Payment Deadline | | |
| Fri | 9 | USD vs. USF Men's Basketball Game and Pre-Game Reception | 5:00 PM | |
| Fri | 9 | In Memory of Richard Speidel | 6:30 PM | San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina |
| Mon | 12 | Spring Classes Begin | | |
| Tue | 13 | Faculty Meeting | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Wed | 14 | Faculty Appointments Presentation | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 15 | Faculty Appointments Presentation | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 15 | Dean's Student Mixer | 4:00 PM | WH Courtyard |
| Fri | 16 | Faculty Colloquium: Orin Kerr (George Washington) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday, USD Closed | | |
| Mon | 19 | Faculty Colloquium: Samuel Levine (Pepperdine) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Wed | 21 | Faculty Appointments Presentation | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Wed | 21 | Spring Faculty Welcome Reception | 4:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 22 | Boston Alumni Reception | | |
| Thu | 22 | Faculty Appointments Presentation | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 22 | Law School Basketball Night USD vs. Saint Mary's Men's Basketball Game and Pre-Game Reception Event at Firefly | 4:30 PM | Jenny Craig Pavilion |
| Sat | 24 | Community Defenders Seminar: The Sixth Amendment: We Shall, We Shall Not Be Moved | 9:00 AM | Warren Auditorium, SOLES |
| Mon-Thu | 26-29 | Mock Interviews | | |
| Thu | 29 | All Faith Service | 12:15 PM | Immaculata Church |
| Fri | 30 | Tentative: Board of Visitors Winter Meeting | | |
| Fri | 30 | Faculty Colloquium: On Amir (UCSD) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 30 | Faculty Meeting | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Tue | 3 | Working for Credit: Obtaining Academic Credit for Unpaid Legal Positions | 12:00 PM | Career Services Conference Room WH 113B |
| Wed | 4 | Battle of the Brains | | |
| Thu | 5 | Speed Seminars (Just 20 Minutes): Guerilla Tactics for Getting a Job at Public Interest Career Day | 10:00 AM | Career Services Conference Room WH 113B |
| Fri | 6 | Orange County Law Firm Breakfast | 8:00 AM | The Westin South Coast Plaza |
| Fri | 6 | Faculty Colloquium: Iddo Porat (USD & Ramat Gan Law School ) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Sat | 7 | Public Interest Career Day | 8:30 AM | UCLA Law School Interviewing and Table Talk |
| Mon | 9 | Faculty Colloquium: Christine Parker (Melbourne Law School) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Wed | 11 | Careers in the Law | 4:30 AM | Grace Courtroom/Warren Hall |
| Wed | 11 | 2009 Careers in the Law | 5:30 PM | Warren Hall, 2nd Floor Lobby |
| Wed | 11 | Los Angeles USD Alumni Reception | 6:30 PM | The Regency Club |
| Fri | 13 | Faculty Colloquium: Wendy Gordon (Boston) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 16 | President's Day, USD Open | | |
| Mon | 16 | Faculty Colloquium: Jens Schovsbo (University of Copenhagen) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 16 | How to Fund Your Summer Job | 12:00 PM | WH 3A |
| Tue | 17 | 2009 Legal Ethics Training | 7:45 AM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 19 | Dean's Student Mixer | 4:00 PM | WH Courtyard |
| Thu | 19 | Dean's Monthly Mixer | 4:00 PM | Warren Hall Back Patio |
| Fri | 20 | First Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium | 8:00 AM | Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Warren Auditorium, Room 116 |
| Fri-Sat | 20-21 | Institute for Law & Philosophy: Conference on Isaiah Berlin, Value Pluralism, and the Law | 9:00 AM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 20 | PWC Presentation: Careers in International Accounting Firms (Lunch Provided) | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Sat | 21 | Entertainment Law Career Day: Attorney Panels and Networking | 8:00 AM | Southwestern Law School |
| Mon-Thu | 23-26 | McLennon Honors Moot Court Tournament Preliminary Rounds (San Diego Courthouse) | | |
| Tue | 24 | Attention May Graduates: Create a 4 Month Job Search Plan Attorney Speaker and Workshop | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Wed | 25 | Contrasts & Similarities: Public Service & In-House Positions Featuring Carol Lam, General Counsel, QUALCOMM Inc. | 12:00 PM | WH Reading Room |
| Thu-Fri | 26-27 | Board of Trustees Meeting | | |
| Thu | 26 | The IP Job Search & Patent Law Interview Program - Hear From Renowned IP Recruiter Katharine Patterson | 4:30 PM | WH 3A |
| Fri | 27 | McLennon Honors Moot Court Rounds of 32 and 16 (San Diego Courthouse) | | |
| Fri | 27 | Tax Law Speaker Series: An Ownership Theory of Family Taxation | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Room 201 (Faculty Reading Room) |
| Fri | 27 | Faculty Colloquium: Dennis Ventry (UC Davis) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 27 | Faculty Meeting | 2:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Sat | 28 | Government Information Career Day | 8:30 AM | Chapman Law School |
| Sun | 1 | Priority FAFSA Filing Date | | |
| Mon | 2 | Annual Pride Law Attorney Panel and Mixer Co-sponsored by Pride Law | 6:00 PM | Warren Hall 2A / Reception Follows in Reading Room |
| Tue | 3 | McLennon Honors Moot Court Tournament Semifinals (Warren Hall, Grace Courtroom) | | |
| Wed | 4 | Paul A. McLennon, Sr., Honors Moot Court Final Round | 5:00 PM | Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre |
| Thu | 5 | Law Alumni Board Meeting #3 (Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Room H & I) | | |
| Fri-Mon | 6-9 | Las Vegas West Coast Conference Basketball Championships Alumni and Admitted Students Reception | | |
| Mon-Fri | 9-13 | Spring Break | | |
| Tue | 10 | Riverside Alumni and Admitted Students Reception | | |
| Wed | 11 | Orange County Alumni and Admitted Students Reception | | |
| Thu | 12 | Los Angeles Alumni and Admitted Students Reception (Tenative) | | |
| Thu | 12 | Loyola Patent Law Interview Program Application Deadline | 11:59 PM | http://www.luc.edu/law/career/Patent_Program_-_Stu.html |
| Mon | 16 | Summer is Almost Here, But My Job Isn't! Tips for the Top 100% of the Class Student Panel | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Mon | 16 | Faculty Colloquium: Michael Ramsey (USD) | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 16 | Summer is Almost Here, But My Job Isn't! Tips for the Top 100% of the Class Student Panel | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall 133 |
| Wed | 18 | Physician-Assisted Death Debate | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall Grace Courtroom |
| Wed | 18 | What To Do In Tough Times - Innovative Legal Careers (Compliance, LL.Ms, Solo Practice, Fellows, Contract Lawyering) | 5:50 PM | Bar Center., 1333 7th Ave., Food, Drinks, & Networking |
| Thu | 19 | Alumni & Students Lunch & Learn Series: Professionalism, Civility & Networking in the Workplace | | |
| Thu | 19 | Lawyers Club Work/Life Balance Symposium 2009 | 10:30 AM | Bristol Hotel, downtown San Diego |
| Thu | 19 | Alumni Lunch & Learn: Professionalism, Civility and Networking at Work Attorney Panel | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Thu | 19 | Dean's Student Mixer | 4:00 PM | WH Courtyard |
| Fri | 20 | Faculty Colloquium: Suja Thomas (University of Illinois) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 20 | International Law Careers - Hear from an International Attorney | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall 2B |
| Fri | 20 | Faculty Meeting | 2:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Thu | 26 | Attention 2Ls: Get A Prestigious Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship - Hear from Current and Former Judicial Law Clerks | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Thu | 26 | Attention 2Ls: Get A Prestigious Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship - Hear from Current and Former Judicial Law Clerks | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall 133 |
| Thu | 26 | San Francisco Alumni Reception | 6:30 PM | Clift |
| Fri | 27 | Tax Law Speaker Series: International Tax Policy and Developing Countries | 10:30 AM | Guadalupe Hall, Room 117 |
| Fri | 27 | Faculty Colloquium: Philip Hamberger | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Sat | 28 | President's Club Twilight Blues, invitation only | | |
| Sat | 28 | USD-BAR/BRI Early Bar Preparation Program Workshop 1 | 1:00 PM | Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice |
| Mon | 30 | Second Annual IP Law Careers Event | 6:00 PM | Panels: Prosecution, 2A/Advising, 2B - Networking Follows, Lobby |
| Tue | 31 | Fall Recruiting Orientation - Free Pizza and Drinks! | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall 131 |
| Tue | 31 | Fall Recruiting Orientation - Free Pizza and Drinks! | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall 131 |
| Wed | 1 | Summer '09 Financial Aid File Complete Date (or within two weeks of acceptance letter) | | |
| Wed | 1 | Fall Recruiting Orientation - Free Pizza and Drinks! | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall 131 |
| Wed | 1 | How to Start Your Own Law Firm Lunch & Attorney Panel Sponsored w/ MELSA | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall Grace Courtroom |
| Wed | 1 | Fall Recruiting Orientation - Free Pizza and Drinks! | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall 131 |
| Thu | 2 | Scholarship Luncheon | | |
| Thu | 2 | San Diego Alumni and Admitted Students Reception | | |
| Sat | 4 | USD-BAR/BRI Early Bar Preparation Program Workshop 2 | 1:00 PM | Warren Hall Grace Courtroom |
| Sat | 4 | Third Annual LRAP Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament | 5:00 PM | Warren Hall, Main Lobby (2nd floor) |
| Tue | 7 | Careers in Consumer Law Lunch w/ Consumer Attys of CA Pres. Donald Ernst, '75 | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall Reading Room |
| Tue | 7 | Power Job Search and Salary Negotiation, Lunch w/ SD Co. Bar Pres. Jerrilyn Malana Sponsored w/ Phi Alpha Delta | 12:00 PM | Legal Research Center 132 |
| Tue | 7 | Power Job Search and Salary Negotiation, Make-up Program | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall, 2A |
| Tue | 7 | Battle of the Brains 3.0 | 5:00 PM | IPJ Theater |
| Wed | 8 | Hot or Not? Making Informed Career Choices in Light of the Economy Lunch & Attorney Panel Sponsored w/ JLSA | 12:00 PM | Legal Research Center 132 |
| Fri | 10 | Good Friday Holiday, USD Closed | | |
| Fri | 10 | Easter Holiday - No Classes/USD Closed on Good Friday | | |
| Fri | 10 | Faculty Colloquium: Randall Roth (University of Hawaii) | 1:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 13 | Easter Holiday - No Classes/Admin. Offices Open | | |
| Wed | 15 | Sailing Into Success - Be a Successful Law Clerk Sponsored w/ Lawyering Skills I & Legal Research Center | 12:00 PM | Legal Research Center 132 |
| Thu | 16 | Sailing Into Success - Be a Successful Law Clerk Sponsored w/ Lawyering Skills I & Legal Research Center | 4:30 PM | Legal Research Center 132 |
| Fri | 17 | Faculty Colloquium: Lisa Ramsey (USD) | 12:00 PM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 17 | Faculty Meeting | 2:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Sat | 18 | USD San Francisco Alumni Wine Tasting (St. Supery Winery, Napa, CA) | | |
| Sat | 18 | USD-BAR/BRI Early Bar Preparation Program Workshop 3 | 1:00 PM | Warren Hall Grace Courtroom |
| Tue | 21 | San Francisco Alumni and Admitted Students Reception | | |
| Tue | 21 | Series LLC's: A Business Entity By Any Other Name | 7:45 AM | Faculty Reading Room, Warren Hall |
| Thu | 23 | Tax Law Speaker Series: Better Than Exemption | 10:30 AM | Pardee Legal Research Center, Room 113 |
| Thu | 23 | USD Welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winning Author for 25th Annual Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture | 5:30 PM | Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium |
| Thu | 23 | Nathanson Lecture - Professor Jack Rakove (Stanford University) | 6:00 PM | SOLES Theatre |
| Fri | 24 | Board of Visitors Spring Meeting (Tentative) | | |
| Fri-Sat | 24-25 | Institute for Law & Philosophy: Roundtable on Robert Nozick and Lockean Libertarianism | 9:00 AM | Faculty Reading Room |
| Sat | 25 | Last Day of Spring Classes | | |
| Sat | 25 | USD-BAR/BRI Early Bar Preparation Program Workshop 4 | 1:00 PM | 3A |
| Tue | 28 | Monday Classes Meet Instead of Tuesday Classes | | |
| Tue | 28 | End of the Year Reception for All Students | 4:00 PM | WH Courtyard |
| Wed | 29 | Last Day of Spring Classes/Friday Classes Meet Instead of Wednesday Classes | | |
| Thu-Fri | Apr 30-May 1 | Board of Trustees Meeting | | |
| Tue | 1 | Graduate Open House Attorney Chris Taylor 8:30 am, Career Services (Food and Drinks) | | |
| Tue-Wed | 1-2 | Exclusive Opportunities for Law Students to Interact with The Honorable Justice Antonin Scalia | 10:30 AM | IPJ Theater |
| Tue | 1 | Moot Court Honors Competition by Justice Antonin Scalia (Second- and Third-Years Only) | 10:30 AM | IPJ Theater |
| Tue | 1 | Constitutional Law II Class by Justice Antonin Scalia (Second- and Third-Years Only) | 4:00 PM | IPJ Theater |
| Wed | 2 | Question and Answer Session with Justice Antonin Scalia (First-Years Only) | 12:00 PM | Shiley Theater |
| Wed | 2 | USD School of Law Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia | 5:30 PM | Shiley Theater, Camino Hall |
| Wed | 2 | Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism Public Lecture by Justice Antonin Scalia | 5:30 PM | Shiley Theater |
| Fri | 4 | Last Day to Register, Add Classes or Change to Audit [2] | | |
| Fri | 4 | Last Day to Receive 100% Tuition Refund | | |
| Fri | 4 | Faculty Meeting | 1:30 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 4 | Fall Convocation | 3:30 PM | IPJ Theater |
| Mon | 7 | Labor Day Holiday | | |
| Mon | 7 | Labor Day Holiday (No Classes, Offices Closed) | | |
| Tue | 8 | Last Day to Add Classes | | |
| Tue | 8 | Government Mailing Applications Due - Email Applications to lawcareers@sandiego.edu | | |
| Tue | 8 | Department of Justice Summer Intern & Honors Program Deadline 9 pm (Pacific) Apply at www.usdoj.gov/oarm | | |
| Tue | 8 | S.D. Co. Bar Assoc. Intro & Networking Tips: "How to Work a Room" w/ Atty Fred Gaston Noon, WH 2A, Pizza | | |
| Wed | 9 | Attention December Graduates: Create a 4 Month Job Search Plan Repeats at Noon, WH 2A & 4:30 pm, WH 2B | | |
| Thu | 10 | State Bar of California Annual Meeting Alumni Reception | | |
| Thu-Sun | 10-13 | State Bar of California Annual Meeting (Manchester Grand Hyatt) | | |
| Thu | 10 | 2009-2010 Tax Law Speaker Series - Leandra Lederman | | |
| Thu | 10 | Mass of the Holy Spirit | 12:15 PM | The Immaculata |
| Fri | 11 | Last Day to Receive 90% Tuition Refund | | |
| Fri | 11 | Faculty Colloquium: Prof. Leandra Lederman (Indiana University) | 11:45 AM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 14 | 11th Annual Southern California Intellectual Property Associate Search Application Deadline Noon, Career Services | | |
| Tue | 15 | Demystifying the CA Bar w/ Atty Bruce Elder Noon, Grace Courtroom, Lunch, Co-Sponsored w/ Art Law | | |
| Wed | 16 | After the Upload: What Else is There to the Fall Recruiting Season? Repeat from August - Don't Miss It! Noon, WH 2A | | |
| Fri | 18 | Last Day to Receive 80% Tuition Refund | | |
| Fri | 18 | School of Law 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon | 11:30 AM | Westin Hotel, San Diego Gaslamp Quarter |
| Wed | 23 | Washington D.C. USD Alumni Reception | | |
| Wed | 23 | "Guerilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of You Dreams" | 4:30 PM | Warren Hall, Grace Courtroom |
| Thu | 24 | Faculty Colloquium: Prof. Pierre Legrand | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 25 | New York USD Alumni Reception | | |
| Fri | 25 | Last Day to Receive 70% Tuition Refund | | |
| Mon | 28 | "Careers in Mediation" Attorney Panel, Noon, WH 2A, Lunch, Co-sponsored w/ Lex Inter Alia | | |
| Tue | 29 | How to Meet the 1000s of Employers That Don't Recruit On-Campus Repeats at Noon & 4:30 pm, WH 2A | | |
| Thu | 1 | Faculty Colloquium: Prof. Heidi Hurd & Prof. Ralph Brubaker (U. Illinois) | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri-Sat | 2-3 | Institute for Law & Philosophy Roundtable: "The Philosophy of Tort Law" | 9:00 AM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon | 5 | Sustainability Law Attorney Panel - USD Social Issues Conference, Noon, WH 2A, Lunch Co-spon'd w/ St. T. More Society | | |
| Mon | 5 | Red Mass | 6:00 PM | Founders Chapel |
| Tue | 6 | Alumni Board Lunch & Learn Atty Panel - 1L Survival Skills: What Have I Gotten Myself Into? Noon, WH 2A, Pizza | | |
| Tue | 6 | Faculty Colloquium: Prof. Michael Green (William & Mary) | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 9 | Last Day to Receive 60% Tuition Refund | | |
| Fri | 9 | Faculty Colloquium: Prof. Steve Smith | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Wed | 14 | Cal. Environmentalal Law Practice: Climate Change, Regs, Litig'n - Casual Lunch w/ Latham Attys, Noon, WH 3A, Pizza | | |
| Fri-Sun | 16-18 | Law Alumni Reunion Weekend/Homecoming | | |
| Fri | 16 | Last Day to Receive 50% Tuition Refund [3] | | |
| Fri | 16 | Faculty Colloquium: Library Services | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Fri | 16 | The American Board of Trial Advocates Presents "The Keys to Success for Practicing Law" | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall 131 |
| Fri | 16 | Faculty Meeting | 2:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Mon-Tue | 19-20 | School of Law 2009 Procopio International Tax Institute | 8:00 AM | Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice |
| Wed | 21 | Careers in Criminal Law Attorney Panel, Noon, WH 131, Lunch, Co-sponosred w/ Criminal Law Society | | |
| Wed | 21 | Dean Cole's Monthly Mixer | 4:00 PM | Warren Hall Back Patio and Courtyard |
| Fri | 23 | Faculty Colloquium: Lesley McAllister | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
| Tue | 27 | Moral Character Requirements, the Bar Exam, & You: Hear from a CA Bar Dep. Exec. Dir., Repeats @ Noon & 4:30, Grace Ctrm | | |
| Wed | 28 | Motherhood and Sexism in the Law Atty Panel (5, Grace Ctrm) & Networking (6, Fac. RR), w/ WLC, Refresh'ts, Biz Casual | | |
| Thu | 29 | Chicago USD Alumni Reception | | |
| Thu | 29 | A Forum with Educational Economist Eric Hanushek: Solving the School Funding-Achievement Puzzle | 4:30 PM | Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium |
| Fri | 30 | Faculty Colloquium: Chris Wonnell | 12:00 PM | Warren Hall, Faculty Reading Room |
