Academic calendar 2025-26

2025-2026 Academic Calendar
Event	Date
Fall 2025
Orientation	New LLM, MCL, SJD, PhD students Mandatory orientation sessions Optional activities TBA Wednesday, August 13 - Friday, August 15
	New JD students Mandatory orientation sessions Wednesday, August 13 - Friday, August 15
	Returning JD students Optional orientation session Monday, August 18
Classes start	Tuesday, August 19
Drop/add ends	Monday, August 25
Labor Day	Monday, September 1 (Classes do not meet) Tuesday, September 2 classes meet on a Monday schedule
Fall Break	Monday, October 13 - Friday, October 17
Classes resume	Monday, October 20
Spring registration starts	Tuesday, November 4 and Wednesday, November 5 at noon
Classes end	Tuesday, November 25
Thanksgiving recess	Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28 (Classes do not meet)
Reading days	Monday, December 1 - Wednesday, December 3
Exams start	Thursday, December 4
Exams end	Friday, December 19
Spring 2026
Wintersession	Monday, January 5 - Thursday, January 8
Classes start	Monday, January 12
Drop/Add ends	Sunday, January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	Monday, January 19 (Classes do not meet)
Spring break	Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20
Classes resume	Monday, March 23
Fall registration starts	Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8 at noon
Classes end	Tuesday, April 21
Reading days	Wednesday April 22 - Friday, April 24
Exams start	Monday, April 27
Exams end	Friday, May 8
Law School Recognition Ceremony	Saturday, May 9

Fall 2025