August Term 2024

• August 13 (Tuesday): Registration & Orientation
• August 14 (Wednesday): Orientation
• August 14-29 (Wednesday-Thursday): Introduction to Legal Studies (ILS)
• August 30-September 2 (Friday-Monday): Break

Fall Trimester 2024

• September 3 (Tuesday): Fall Trimester Begins
• October 15 (Tuesday): Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• October 17-20 (Thursday-Sunday): Fall Break
• November 26 (Tuesday): Last Day of Fall Trimester
• November 27-29 (Wednesday-Friday): Thanksgiving Holidays
• November 30-December 1 (Saturday-Sunday): Reading Days
• December 2-9 (Monday-Monday): Final Exams

Winter Break

• Tuesday-Sunday (December 10-January 5)

Winter Trimester 2025

• January 6 (Monday): Winter Trimester Begins
• January 20 (Monday): Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
• February 10 (Monday): Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• March 17 (Monday): Last Day of Winter Trimester
• March 18 (Tuesday): Reading Day
• March 19-22 (Wednesday-Saturday): Final Exams

Spring Break

• March 23-30 (Sunday-Sunday)

Spring Trimester 2025

• March 31 (Monday): Spring Trimester Begins
• April 18 (Friday): Easter Holiday (No Classes)
• May 5 (Monday): Last Day to Withdraw from a Course or Law School with a “W”
• May 26 (Monday): Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)
• June 9 (Monday): Last Day of Spring Trimester
• June 10 (Tuesday): Reading Day
• June 11-14 (Wednesday-Saturday): Final Exams

Summer Session I 2025 (Optional)

• June 16 (Monday): Summer Session I Begins
• June 17 (Tuesday): Last Day to Drop/Add
• June 27 (Friday): Last Day to Withdraw from a Course with a “W”
• July 4 (Friday): Independence Day Holiday (No Classes)
• July 14 (Monday): Last Day of Summer Session I
• July 15-16 (Tuesday-Wednesday): Reading Days
• July 17-19 (Thursday-Saturday): Final Exams

Summer Session II 2025 (Optional)

• July 21 (Monday): Summer Session II Begins
• July 22 (Tuesday): Last Day to Drop/Add
• August 1 (Friday): Last Day to Withdraw from a Course with a “W”
• August 15 (Friday): Last Day of Summer Session II Classes
• August 16-17 (Saturday-Sunday): Reading Days
• August 18-21 (Monday-Thursday): Final Exams

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 Elon 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 Elon University 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.

Calendar information for orientation events and August 2025 courses for incoming Flex Program students will be available soon.

That schedule is expected to closely resemble what occurred in August 2024, as follows:

Tuesday, August 13

5:00-8:30 p.m.
Registration & Orientation

Wednesday, August 14

6:00-7:00 p.m.
Tech/Library Orientation

7:15-9:00 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Visiting Professor Kristopher Caudle

Thursday, August 15

6:00-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Visiting Professor Kristopher Caudle

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from August 19-29

6:00-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law
Visiting Professor Kristopher Caudle

Mondays

Criminal Law
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Professor Bob Minarcin

Wednesdays

Criminal Law Lab
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Adjunct Professors Shavonn Bennette & Robert Corbett

Legal Research
7:15-8:15 p.m.
Professor Colby Groover

Thursdays

Criminal Law
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Professor Bob Minarcin

Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law (ISPL)
7:45-8:45 p.m.
Professor Marty McAulliffe

Tuition

Flex Program tuition is charged per credit hour. The 2025-26 academic year tuition rate will be $1,581 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 Elon 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). Elon’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 www.studentaid.gov. 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 Elon University 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.