Academic Calendar

The Academic Calendar reflects most dates related to the Law School Registrar’s office. For more information about events on campus and school deadlines, please also see the following departments’ calendars: Admissions/Recruiting, Law Summer School, Career Services, Religious Dates. Each department maintains its calendar separately, therefore the Registrar cannot be responsible for errors or omissions.

2024-2025

Registrar Event/Action	Fall 2024	Spring 2025
Registration Begins on WebAdvisor	June 3-6	June 3-6
Tuition Due	August 12	December 12
1st Year Orientation	Saturday, August 10	N/A
2-Week Introductory Class begins: 1st Year students	August 12	N/A
Introductory Class begins: MSL and International LLM students (Animal Law and Environmental Law)	Animal Law - August 12 Environmental Law - August 12	Animal Law - TBD Environmental Law - TBD
All other semester classes begin	August 26	January 8* - this is a make-up day for classes held on Monday, January 20
Labor Day: No Classes (Fall) MLK Day: No Classes (Spring)	September 2	January 20
Last Day to Register or Add/Drop on WebAdvisor	September 2	January 12
Add/Drop at no charge at Registrar’s Office ONLY	September 3-5	January 13-16
Late Charges and Professor Permission Begins for Add/Drop	September 6	January 17
Last Day to switch to part-time, or to a standard tuition band, and receive a tuition adjustment	September 6	January 17
Thanksgiving Break: No Classes	November 28 - November 29	N/A
Spring Break: No Classes	N/A	March 24 - March 28
Makeup Day for Holiday Closures:	N/A	Wednesday, January 8 is a make-up day for MLK Day
Last day of classes	Monday, November 25	Wednesday, April 16
Reading Period	November 26 - December 1 (includes Thanksgiving)	April 17-20
Final Exams	December 2-13; Saturday December 7 at 1:00-1:30 pickup time ONLY	April 21-May 1; Saturday April 26 at 1:00-1:30 pickup time ONLY
Grades Due	Sunday, January 5, 2025	For graduating students: Wednesday, May 7 For non-graduating students: Tuesday, May 27
Grades Available to Students no later than	Monday, January 13	For non-graduating students: Tuesday, June 3
Commencement	N/A	Saturday, May 17

* Please note that for Spring 2025, the first day of classes (Wednesday, January 8) is a make-up day for classes scheduled on Monday, January 20 (MLK Day). The regular class schedule will begin on Thursday, January 9.

Summer 2025 - May 27 through August 4

Registrar Event/Action
Initial registration:	February 13 - May 26
Session I & 10 week courses begin:	May 27
Juneteenth Holiday (College Closure):	June 19
Last day of Session 1 classes:	June 26
Session I exams:	June 27 and June 30
Session II begins:	July 1
Independence Day Holiday (College Closure):	July 4
Last day of Session II classes:	July 31
Session II and 10 weeks course exams:	August 1 and August 4

The full summer calendar can be viewed on the Summer Academic Calendar page here. Please review the summer registration page for more details about add/drop and grade deadlines.

2025-2026

Fall 2025

Registrar Event/Action
Registration Begins on WebAdvisor	June 9-12
Tuition Due	August 8
1st Year Orientation	Saturday, August 9
2-Week Introductory Class begins: 1st Year students	August 11
Introductory Class begins: MSL and International LLM students (Animal Law and Environmental Law)	Animal Law - August 11 Environmental Law - August 11
All other semester classes begin	August 25
Labor Day: No classes	September 1
Last day of classes	Monday, November 24
Reading Period	November 25 - December 1 (includes Thanksgiving)
Thanksgiving Break: College closure	November 27-28
Final Exams	December 2-12; Saturday December 6 at 1:00-1:30 pickup time ONLY
Grades Due	Sunday, January 4, 2025
Grades Available to Students no later than	Monday, January 12

Spring 2026

Registrar Event/Action
Registration Begins on WebAdvisor	June 9-12
Tuition Due	December 12
Classes begin	January 7* - this is a make-up day for classes held on Monday, January 19
MLK Day: No Classes	January 19
Spring Break: No Classes	TBD
Last day of classes	Wednesday, April 15
Reading Period	April 16-19
Final Exams	April 20-April 30; Saturday April 25 at 1:00-1:30 pickup time ONLY
Grades Due	For graduating students: Wednesday, May 6 For non-graduating students: Tuesday, May 26
Grades Available to Students no later than	For non-graduating students: Tuesday, June 3
Commencement	Saturday, May 16

* Please note that for Spring 2026, the first day of classes (Wednesday, January 7) is a make-up day for classes scheduled on Monday, January 19 (MLK Day). The regular class schedule will begin on Thursday, January 8.

Details about add/drop deadlines, including the last day to change divisions for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 will be posted closer to the start of the academic year.