Our academic year begins in mid-August, when we welcome first-year students for orientation and events, and closes with commencement in mid-May, when we hand hard-earned diplomas to our newest alumni.
Spring Semester 2023
Advanced JD (2L & 3L) LLM, MLS & SJD Students - add to calendar
- Short Course Instruction (January courses) - January 3 – 13 (Includes Saturday 1/7)
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 17
First Year JD Students - add to calendar
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 17
All Students - add to calendar
- Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (no classes meet) - January 16
- Presidents' Day Holiday (no classes meet) - February 20
- Spring Break - March 27 - 31
- Cesar Chavez Holiday (administrative offices closed) - March 31
- Administrative Makeup Monday (Monday classes meet) - April 25 (Tuesday)
- Instruction Ends - April 25
- Review Session/Reading Period - April 26 – 28 & May 5
- Final Examinations - May 1 - 11
- Semester Ends - May 11
- Commencement - May 12