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* unless otherwise specified in course description, by professor, or by Registrar’s Office

Summer 2025

  • First Summer Session begins

    May 19, 2025

  • Memorial Day holiday – no classes

    May 26, 2025

  • Independence Day holiday – no classes

    July 04, 2025

  • Last Summer Session ends

    August 14, 2025

Fall 2025

  • LL.M., MLS and Exchange Student Mandatory Orientation Begins

    August 01, 2025

  • LL.M., MLS and Exchange Student First Day of Classes

    August 11, 2025

  • First-Year J.D. Student Orientation

    August 18, 2025

  • Introduction to Negotiation Course

    August 18, 2025

  • Transfer Student Orientation

    August 22, 2025

  • First day of classes

    August 25, 2025

  • Last day to add an upper-level course without faculty approval

    August 31, 2025

  • Labor Day holiday (no classes)

    September 01, 2025

  • All Waitlists Cleared (full term courses)

    September 05, 2025

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without a PW *

    September 21, 2025

  • Fall break (no classes)

    October 06, 2025

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without faculty approval *

    October 19, 2025

  • 7:30am – Online registration for spring classes for 3Ls

    November 11, 2025

  • 7:30am – Online registration for spring classes for 2Ls

    November 12, 2025

  • 7:30am – Online registration for spring classes for LLM, MLS & Exchange students

    November 12, 2025

  • Monday classes meet (Wednesday classes do not meet)

    November 26, 2025

  • Last day of fall classes

    November 26, 2025

  • Thanksgiving break

    November 27, 2025

  • Final Exam period begins

    December 01, 2025

  • Final Exam period Ends

    December 12, 2025

Spring 2026

  • January Intersession

    January 05, 2026

  • First day of spring classes

    January 12, 2026

  • Last day to add a spring upper-level course without faculty approval*

    January 18, 2026

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (no classes)

    January 19, 2026

  • All Waitlists Cleared (full term courses)

    January 23, 2026

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without a W (withdrawal) reflected on Transcript*

    February 08, 2026

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without faculty approval *

    March 08, 2026

  • Spring break (no classes)

    March 08, 2026

  • Online registration for fall classes for rising 3Ls (December 2026 graduates)

    April 14, 2026

  • Online registration for fall classes for rising 2Ls

    April 15, 2026

  • Online registration for fall classes for current 1Ls and continuing LLM, MLS, Exchange students 

    April 15, 2026

  • Last day of classes

    April 17, 2026

  • Final Exam period begins

    April 20, 2026

  • Final Exam period ends

    May 01, 2026

  • Commencement Day

    May 15, 2026

Fall 2026

  • First Day of Classes for LLM and MLS Students

    August 10, 2026

  • First day of classes

    August 24, 2026

  • Last day to add an upper-level course without faculty approval *

    August 30, 2026

  • All Waitlists Cleared (full term courses)

    September 04, 2026

  • Labor Day holiday (no classes)

    September 07, 2026

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without a PW * (permitted withdrawal) reflected ontranscript *

    September 20, 2026

  • Fall break (no classes)

    October 05, 2026

  • Fall break (no classes)

    October 06, 2026

  • Last day to drop an upper-level course without faculty approval *

    October 18, 2026

  •  Monday classes meet (Wednesday classes do not meet) 

    November 25, 2026

  • Last day of fall classes

    November 25, 2026

  • Thanksgiving break

    November 26, 2026

  • Final Exam period begins

    November 30, 2026

  • Final Exam period ends

    December 11, 2026

*unless otherwise specified in course description, by professor, or by Registrar’s Office