Fall 2025
JUNE | Ìý |
Fall registration: Seniors, MSL, MPP, MPA, LLM, JSD and AHP students | Tuesday, June 24 |
Fall registration: All other continuing students | Wednesday, June 25 |
Spring registration: Seniors, MSL, MPP, MPA, LLM, JSD and AHP students | Thursday, June 26 |
Spring registration: All other continuing students | Friday, June 27 |
AUGUST | Ìý |
LLM Orientation begins | Thursday, Aug. 7 |
JD First Year (Part Time) Orientation begins | Monday, Aug. 11 |
JD First Year (Full Time) Orientation begins | Tuesday, Aug. 12 |
MPP/MPA Orientation begins | Thursday, Aug. 14 |
Classes begin | Monday, Aug. 18 |
Last Day to add/drop classes without administrative approval | Monday, Aug. 25 |
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER | Ìý |
Labor Day (holiday - no classes) | Monday, Sept. 1 |
Study Day (classes made up on the last Tuesday of semester) | Friday, Oct. 3 |
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER | Ìý |
Make-up Monday classes only (Labor Day-Monday, Sept. 1) | Monday, Nov. 24 |
Last day of classes (Friday classes only - makes up Study Day) | Tuesday, Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving recess | Nov. 26 - 28 |
Reading period | Nov. 29 – Dec. 2 |
Final examination period | Dec. 3 -Dec. 12 |
Winter break | Dec. 13 -Jan. 4 |
Spring 2026
JANUARY | Ìý |
Intersession period | Jan. 5 – 11 |
LLM, MPP, MPA and JSD orientation begins | Thursday, Jan. 8 |
Classes begin | Monday, Jan. 12 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (holiday - classes made up on Monday, Apr. 27) | Monday, Jan. 19 |
Last day to add/drop classes without administrative approval | Tuesday, Jan. 20 |
FEBRUARY/MARCH | Ìý |
Presidents' Day (Monday classes will be held Tuesday, Feb. 17 and Tuesday classes made up on Tuesday, Apr. 28) | Monday, Feb. 16 |
Study Day (classes are made up on Wednesday, Apr. 29) | Friday, Feb. 27 |
Spring Break | Mar. 16 – 20 |
APRIL | Ìý |
Make up Monday classes only (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-Monday, Jan. 19) | Monday, Apr. 27 |
Make up Tuesday classes (President's Day-Monday, Feb. 16) | Tuesday, Apr. 28 |
Last day of classes (Friday classes only make up Study Day) Wednesday, Apr. 29Ìý | Wednesday, Apr. 29 |
Reading period | Thursday Apr. 30 – Sunday, May 3 |
Final examination period | Monday, May 4 – Friday, May 15 |
MAY | Ìý |
Commencement | Saturday, May 30 |
Summer Session
(Tentative: Dates Subject to Change)
Summer registration begins - Seniors and graduate students | Tuesday, Mar. 24 |
Summer registration begins - Non-Seniors | Wednesday, Mar. 25 |
Memorial Day (holiday - no classes) | Monday, May 25 |
Session 1 | Sunday, May 17 - Saturday, May 3 |
Juneteenth (holiday - no classes) | Friday, June 19 |
Session 2 | Sunday, May 31 - Saturday, July 4 |
Independence Day (holiday - no classes) | Friday, July 3 |
Session 3 | Sunday, July 5 - Saturday, Aug. 8 |
Session 4 | Sunday, Aug. 9 - Sunday, Aug. 16 |