Academic Calendar
This calendar includes key academic dates for the semester, such as holidays, exam periods and modifications to class schedules. Some dates are subject to change.
2024-2025 Academic Year Calendar
Summer 2025
| May 19 | Monday | All Classes Begin; First Day of Add/Drop |
| May 23 | Friday | Last Day for Add/Drop – In Records Office |
| May 26 | Monday | Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) |
| May 30 | Friday | Last day for Credit/No Credit Option |
| June 19 | Thursday | Juneteenth National Independence Day (no classes) |
| July 3 | Thursday | Last Day of Most Classes (see schedule) |
| July 4 | Friday | Fourth of July Holiday (no classes) |
| July 8-10 | Tuesday-Thursday | Examination Period |
| May 19-August 16 | Monday-Saturday | Curricular Practical Training for International Students |
Future Academic Calendar
Fall 2025
| August 11-15 | Monday-Friday | MSL Orientation |
| August 12-15 | Tuesday-Friday | Orientation
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| August 18 | Monday | Classes begin for 1L students; International LLM and MSL students enrolled in 1L courses |
| August 22 | Friday | First Day of Add/Drop and Orientations for 2L and U.S. LLM students |
| August 25 | Monday | Classes begin for 2L, 3L, 4L, and all LLM and MSL students |
| September 1 | Monday | Labor Day Holiday (no classes) |
| September 2 | Tuesday | Last Day of Add/Drop |
| September 15 | Monday | Last Day for Credit/No Credit Option |
| October 13 | Monday | 1L Reading Period |
| October 14 | Tuesday | 1L Mid-Term Exams |
| October 15-17 | Wednesday-Friday | 1L Fall Recess |
| November 24 | Monday | Last Day of Fall Semester Classes |
| November 25 | Tuesday | Snow Day |
| November 26-28 | Wednesday-Friday | Thanksgiving Recess |
| December 1-2 | Monday-Tuesday | Reading Period |
| December 3-15 | Wednesday-Monday | Examination Period |
| December 16 | Tuesday | Examination Make-Up Day |
Spring 2026
| January 8-9 | Thursday-Friday | Transfer (Thursday), LLM, and MSL Orientation: For new students only |
| January 9 | Friday | First Day of Add/Drop |
| January 12 | Monday | Classes Begin for All Students |
| January 19 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes) |
| January 20 | Tuesday | Last Day of Add/Drop |
| February 2 | Monday | Last Day for Credit/No Credit Option |
| February 16 | Monday | Washington’s Birthday Holiday (no classes) |
| March 9-13 | Monday-Friday | Spring Recess (no classes) |
| April 21 | Tuesday | Constructive Monday (all Monday classes held); Last Day of Classes |
| April 22-23 | Wednesday-Thursday | Reading Period |
| April 24-May 7 | Friday-Thursday | Examination Period |
| May 8 | Friday | Examination Make-Up Day |
| May 17 | Sunday | University Commencement and Law School Diploma Ceremony |
Summer 2026
| May 18 | Monday | All Classes Begin; First Day of Add/Drop |
| May 22 | Friday | Last Day for Add/Drop – In Records Office |
| May 25 | Monday | Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) |
| May 29 | Friday | Last day for Credit/No Credit Option |
| June 19 | Friday | Juneteenth National Independence Day (no classes) |
| July 2 | Thursday | Last Day of Most Classes (see schedule) |
| July 3 | Friday | Fourth of July Holiday Observed (no classes) |
| July 7-9 | Tuesday-Thursday | Examination Period |
Past Academic Calendars
- Academic Year 2024-2025
Fall 2024
August 12-16 Monday-Friday MSL Orientation August 13-16 Tuesday-Friday Orientation
- International LLM and Exchange (Wednesday-Friday)
- Transfer (Tuesday & Wednesday)
- 1L Evening (Tuesday & Thursday)
- 1L Day (Thursday & Friday)
August 19 Monday Classes begin for:
- 1L students
- International LLM students enrolled in 1L courses
- MSL students enrolled in 1L courses and/or Introduction to U.S. Law & Legal Writing (Law 6950)
August 23 Friday First day of Add/Drop and U.S. LLM Orientation August 26 Monday Classes begin for 2L, 3L, 4L, U.S. LLM students, and MSL Students September 2 Monday Labor Day Holiday (no classes) September 3 Tuesday Last day of Add/Drop September 16 Monday Last day for Credit/No Credit Option October 14 Monday 1L Reading Period October 15 Tuesday 1L Mid-Term Exams October 16-18 Wednesday-Friday 1L Fall Recess November 5 Tuesday Election Day (University holiday; no classes) November 26 Tuesday Last Day of Fall Semester Classes November 27-29 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving Recess December 2-4 Monday-Wednesday Reading Period December 5-17 Thursday-Tuesday Examination Period December 18 Wednesday Examination Make-Up Day Spring 2025
January 2-3 Thursday-Friday Transfer (Thursday), LLM, and MSL Orientation: For new students only January 3 Friday First Day of Add/Drop January 6 Monday Classes Begin for All Students January 13 Monday Last Day of Add/Drop January 20 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day (no classes) January 27 Monday Last Day for Credit/No Credit Option February 17 Monday Washington’s Birthday Holiday (no classes) March 3-7 Monday-Friday Spring Recess (no classes) April 15 Tuesday Constructive Monday (all Monday classes held); Last Day of Classes April 16-17 Wednesday-Thursday Reading Period April 18-May 1 Friday-Thursday Examination Period May 2 Friday Examination Make-Up Day May 18 Sunday University Commencement and Law School Diploma Ceremony - Academic Year 2023-2024
View the Academic Year 2023-2024 (PDF) calendar.
- Academic Year 2022-2023
View the Academic Year 2022-2023 (PDF) calendar.
- Academic Year 2021-2022
View the Academic Year 2021-2022 (PDF) calendar
- Academic Year 2020-2021
View the Academic Year 2020-2021 (PDF) calendar.
- Academic Year 2019-2020
View the Academic Year 2019-2020 (PDF) calendar.
- Academic Year 2018-2019
View the Academic Year 2018-2019 (PDF) calendar.
The law school academic calendar is updated frequently throughout the year. Please visit the records office for updates, complete semester details, and academic calendar supplements.