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Thursdays (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.): Evening Docket | Join us each week for the Flex Program’s version of ������Ƶ’s College Coffee tradition. Enjoy a snack while mingling with Flex students, faculty, and staff.

Tuesday, May 5 (5:00 – 6:00 p.m.): Mentor Training Session | Flex student mentors will participate in their second training session, preparing to support orientation and the incoming Flex students.

Wednesday, May 6 (5:00 – 6:00 p.m.): Education Law Expert Panel | Join the Education Law Society in classroom 308 to hear from experienced practitioners about career pathways in education law, current legal issues affecting education, and practical insights from the field. Light refreshments will be served.

Thursday, May 7 (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.): Student Climate Survey Listening Session | Students are invited to join a community conversation on the ������Ƶ Law Student Climate Survey Results. During this session, Dr. Laosebikan-Buggs will share key trends from the survey, discuss what we learned from the community’s feedback, and begin a conversation about how we can move from insights to action together. Panda Express Dinner & door prizes available for attendees

Tuesday, May 19 (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.): Safe Alliance Visits | Meet attorneys and staff from Safe Alliance to learn about internships, pro bono opportunities, and other ways to support their impactful work.

Wednesday, May 20 (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.): Guardian ad Litem Attorneys Visit | Meet attorneys including JoLisa Rouse, the Mecklenburg Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year, to learn about how to support Guardian ad Litem work.

Thursday, May 21 (5:15 – 6:00 p.m.): American College of Trial Lawyers at the Evening Docket | Hear from the ACTL during a panel at the Evening Docket. Light refreshments provided.

Tuesday, May 26 (5:00 – 8:00 p.m.): Student Bar Association Student Social | The SBA invites Flex students to participate in a field day on campus. Enjoy games, a cookout, and a great time to mingle and build relationships.

Saturday, May 9 (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.): Walk a Mile with Safe Alliance | Walk A Mile is a family-friendly celebration of resilience, solidarity, and the power of coming together for a common purpose.  In addition to the walk, the event includes live music, concessions, an expansive silent auction, kids’ zone, and an awards ceremony celebrating the creativity and philanthropy of attendees. For more information and to register, visit .

Saturday, May 16 (12:00 – 1:30 p.m.): People of the World at the International House | One Saturday each month, the International House hosts a meet-and-greet called the People of the World series. They feature a different cultural group living in Charlotte, every month – May’s focus is Kenya. This event offers a chance for community members to learn about IH and the work they do, while also learning about a new culture. For more information and to register, visit .

Saturday, May 30 (10:00 AM – 2:00 p.m.): Charlotte Wills Clinic |  to support this hosted by the North Carolina Bar Foundation, Mecklenburg Bar Association, and Habitat for Humanity. This clinic will host first responders and residents from the community to promote upward mobility and generational wealth for residents of the City of Charlotte. Location: Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library (2412 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216)

Thursday, June 18 (6:00 – 8:00 p.m.): Mecklenburg Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Annual Meeting | Enjoy networking, drinks and appetizers with fellow YLD members at Noble Smoke on Freedom Drive. Meet YLD leadership and share ideas for the upcoming year! Cost: FREE for YLD members; $30/person for non-YLD members. Food will be provided and each guest receives two drink tickets for beer/wine/soda. For more information and to register, visit .

Law students can  for $50/year which includes YLD student affiliate membership (and includes free admission to events like this!)

To check if a volunteer opportunity qualifies as pro bono work and how to log pro bono hours, .

Wednesday, June 24 (7:04 p.m.) | Join current and incoming ������Ƶ Law students, alumni, and undergraduates for a night out at Truist Field to watch the Charlotte Knights take on the Rochester Red Wings. Student tickets ($23) will include dinner and access to the Home Run Porch.  ������Ƶ student friends and family are welcome.

*For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Registrar’s Office webpage.

August Term 2026

• Sunday. August 9
  • 4:00 – 7:30 p.m.: Orientation
• Monday, August 10
  • 4:45 – 8:30 p.m.: Orientation
• Tuesday, August 11
  • 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.: Orientation
• August 12 through August 28
  • 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.: ISPL on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays

Fall Trimester 2026

• Monday, August 31: Fall Trimester Begins
• Monday, September 7: Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)
• Tuesday, September 8: Last Day to Drop/Add
• Monday, October 12: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• October 15 – 16 (Thursday – Friday): Fall Break
• Wednesday, November 11: Wellbeing Day (No Classes)
• Friday, November 20: Last Day of Fall Trimester
• November 25-27 (Wednesday – Friday): Thanksgiving Holidays (No Classes)
• November 30 – December 7 (Monday – Monday): Final Exams

Winter Break

• December 8-January 3 (Tuesday – Sunday)

Winter Trimester 2027

• Monday, January 4: Winter Trimester Begins
• Monday, January 11: Last Day to Drop/Add
• Monday, January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (No Classes)
• Tuesday, January 19: Wild Card Friday (Operates on Friday Class Schedule)
• Monday, February 8: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• Friday, February 19: Wellbeing Day (No Classes)
• Friday, March 12: Last Day of Winter Trimester
• Monday, March 15: Reading Day
• March 16-21 (Tuesday – Sunday): Final Exams

Spring Break

• March 22-26 (Monday – Friday)

Spring Trimester 2027

• Monday, March 29: Spring Trimester Begins
• Monday, April 5: Last Day to Drop/Add
• Monday, May 3: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• Friday, May 14: Wellbeing Day (No Classes)
• Monday, May 31: Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)
• Tuesday, June 1: Wild Card Friday (Operates on a Friday Class Schedule)
• Friday, June 4: Last Day of Spring Trimester
• Monday, June 7: Reading Day
• June 8-13 (Tuesday – Sunday): Final Exams

Summer Session I 2027 (Optional)

• Monday, June 14: Summer Session I Begins
• Tuesday, June 15: Last Day to Drop/Add
• Friday, June 25: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course with a “W”
• Monday, July 5: Independence Day Holiday (No Classes)
• Monday, July 12: Last Day of Summer Session I (Operates on a Friday Class Schedule)
• Tuesday, July 13: Reading Day
• July 14-17 (Wednesday-Saturday): Final Exams

Summer Session II 2027 (Optional)

• Monday, July 19: Summer Session II Begins
• Tuesday, July 20: Last Day to Drop/Add
• Friday, July 30: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course with a “W”
• Friday, August 13: Last Day of Summer Session II Classes
• Monday, August 16: Reading Day
• August 17-20 (Tuesday-Friday): Final Exams

Sunday, August 10

4:00-7:30 p.m.
Orientation, Day 1: Build Connections

Monday, August 11

4:45-8:30 p.m.
Orientation, Day 2: Welcome to Law School & Convocation

Tuesday, August 12

5:00-7:30 p.m.
Orientation, Day 3: Resources

Wednesday, August 12

6:00-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Professors Aimee Durant & Pam Hollern

Thursday, August 13

6:00-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Professors Aimee Durant & Pam Hollern

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from August 12-28

6:00-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Professors Aimee Durant & Pam Hollern

Curriculum Notes

Information is subject to adjustment. Additional information about the Flex Program academic program and curriculum will be provided in the 2024-25 Flex Program Student Handbook, distributed to students by early August 2024. In the interim, the following notes are important for entering students.

Students must successfully complete 86 credit hours for graduation. The curriculum grid above assumes that the standard program graduation date will be at the end of the winter trimester of the Flex 4 year, allowing graduates to take the bar exam in July. Students not graduating at the end of that winter trimester would continue to take courses to satisfy graduation requirements.

While the standard program completion time is four years, students may take up to six years from their initial enrollment to complete all of the requirements for graduation. To stay on track to graduate in four years, students should take the required courses and the number of credit hours of “core” and elective courses noted in each term. Students may not take more than 8 credit hours per trimester.

The following courses are required for graduation: Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law (ISPL), Legal Research, Criminal Law, Criminal Law Lab, Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property, Constitutional Law, Legal Method & Communication (LMC) I, II, & III, Business Associations, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, and Bar Exam Foundations.

Students are expected to take each of the required courses in the year and term indicated above. Students must seek approval from the administration to take less than the full course load for a term. Each required course likely will be offered only one trimester each academic year, so if a course is missed in the term offered, a student will need to wait until the next academic year to take the course, which may present scheduling challenges. For example, a student who misses Criminal Law in the Flex 1 fall trimester may not be able to take Criminal Law in Flex 2, since Civil Procedure is a required course in the Flex 2 fall trimester and may meet at the same time as Criminal Law.

While most courses will be offered in person at the ������Ƶ Charlotte facility, students will have the opportunity to take several online courses, particularly in the Flex 3 and Flex 4 years. Students will take 28 credit hours of online courses during their time in the Flex Program.

“Core” courses are not required but are tested on the bar exam, including Family Law, Wills & Trusts, Criminal Procedure, Sales, Secured Transactions, Real Estate Transactions, and Remedies. Students must take at least 8 credit hours of core courses. Electives are not required and not typically tested on the bar exam. In the spring trimester of the Flex 3 year, at least one of the courses taken must be a core course. During the Flex 4 year and beyond, students may take exclusively elective courses, assuming all required courses have been taken and a student has taken at least 8 credit hours of Core Courses.

In addition to the required courses listed above, students must complete the Upper-Level Writing Requirement (ULWR) and take a Communications Course in the Flex 3 or Flex 4 year to satisfy graduation requirements.

Seven (7) credit hours must involve experiential learning. Experiential courses may include Residency, Externships, Moot Court, Mock Trial, and Clinics. These courses will be taken during elective time blocks or summer sessions.

Bar Exam Foundations must be taken no more than one trimester before graduation. Students planning to graduate at the end of the winter or spring trimester will take Bar Exam Foundations in the winter trimester. Students planning to graduate at the end of the fall trimester will take Bar Exam Foundations in that trimester.

*Summer School: Each summer, there are two sessions of summer school ranging from four to five weeks in length. Many summer school courses are offered asynchronously online, but some may be in person. While students have the option of which summer(s) to enroll in summer school, they must take a minimum of 6 credit hours over the course of the first three summers. Students may take a maximum of 6 credit hours per summer session. If a student is required to take Mastering Legal Analysis (MLA), 3 of the required 7 credit hours will be MLA. Students also have the option to take required, core, and elective courses during the summer, which may reduce the number of credits needed in subsequent trimesters. Summer school courses are subject to availability and prerequisites. (For example, in the summer after Flex 1, students are eligible only to take Professional Responsibility, Secured Transactions, and Sales.) The ������Ƶ Office of Financial Planning has indicated3 that students who enroll in at least 2 credit hours in a summer session will be eligible for Federal financial aid for that session.

Tuition

Flex Program tuition is charged per credit hour. The 2026-27 academic year tuition rate will be $1,645 per credit hour. This tuition rate is subject to increase in future academic years.

Estimated Additional Expenses

Additional (indirect) expenses are those not actually charged by ������Ƶ Law. They include expenses for housing, food, books, transportation, and other personal/miscellaneous expenses.

The numbers below represent the maximum amount a student may receive in financial aid for these indirect costs. They should not be viewed as an indication of the actual expenses incurred by each student, as such expenses will vary widely among individual students. In addition, these estimated additional expenses assume, because the Flex Program is a part-time program, that students will be relying on employment income or other financial resources aside from financial aid for most of their living expenses. Our Office of Financial Planning is available to assist with your financial planning and financial aid package.

Estimated Additional Expenses – August Term 2025

Housing and Meals: $1,900
Books: $150
Transportation: $100
Personal/Miscellaneous: $200

Total Additional Estimated Expenses for August Term: $2,350*

Estimated Additional Expenses – Each Trimester 2025-26

Housing and Meals: $5,727
Books: $300
Transportation: $450
Personal/Miscellaneous: $700

Total Additional Estimated Expenses Each Trimester: $7,177*

*Tuition for each term will be added to the estimated additional expenses each term/trimester to arrive at the total estimated cost of attendance per term.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Some scholarship assistance is available. Scholarships are awarded based on academic abilities, potential for the study of law and other considerations.

Scholarships are awarded to accepted applicants after a review of their admission files. All accepted applicants are considered for scholarships. No separate application form is necessary to be considered for a merit-based or endowed scholarship.

The law school is often contacted by other institutions making scholarships available to prospective and current law students, and this list includes some of those external scholarship opportunities. Access Lex Institute also maintains a comprehensive scholarship database.

Many students borrow funds to finance their legal education. To be eligible for Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans, applicants must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). ������Ƶ’s federal school code is 002927. Law students may be eligible to borrow additional funds through the Federal Grad Plus loan program. Applicants should complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after the form is made available by the federal Department of Education each year. The FAFSA may be obtained online at  This form is used to calculate a student aid index (SAI). The Financial Aid office will determine a student’s financial need based on the cost of attendance (tuition and living allowance) and the SAI. For more information, please contact the university’s Financial Aid office at (800) 334-8448 or (336) 278-7640. The fax number is (336) 278-7639.

The ������Ƶ Office of Financial Aid has indicated that a student must be enrolled in at least 5 credit hours during a trimester to be eligible for the federal loans discussed above. For summer school, students must enroll in at least 2 credit hours in a session to be eligible for federal loans for the session. For August Term, a student must enroll in at least 2 credit hours to be eligible for federal loans for the term.