Future and Past Semesters

• Spring 2021

  Advanced JD (2L & 3L), LLM & SJD Students - add to calendar 

  • Short Course Instruction (J-term) - January 4-15
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 25
     

  MLS Students & First Year JD Students - add to calendar 

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 25
     

  All Students - add to calendar 

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (administrative offices closed) - January 18
  • Presidents' Day Holiday (no classes meet) - February 15
  • Spring Break - March 22-26
  • Cesar Chavez Holiday (administrative offices closed) - March 26
  • Instruction Ends - May 3
  • Review Sessions / Reading Period - May 4-7 and 14
  • Final Examinations - May 10-20
  • Semester Ends - May 20
  • Commencement - May 21
• Fall 2019

  LLM Students

  • Short Course Instruction (American Law in a Global Context) - August 14-23
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 26
     

  First Year JD Students

  • Orientation / Short Course Instruction (Introduction to Legal Analysis) - August 15-23
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 26
     

  Advanced JD (2L & 3L) & SJD Students

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 26
     

  All Students

  • Labor Day Holiday (no classes meet) - September 02
  • Veteran's Day Holiday (no classes meet) - November 11
  • Administrative Makeup Monday (Monday classes meet) - November 12
  • Instruction Ends - November 26
  • Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes meet) - November 28-29
  • Review Sessions / Reading Period - November 27, December 02-04 and December 13
  • Final Examinations - December 5-19
  • Semester Ends - December 19
  • Winter Campus Closure - December 24-January 1
• Spring 2020

  Advanced JD (2L & 3L), LLM & SJD Students

  • Short Course Instruction (J-term) - January 6-17
  • Course Instruction Begins - January 21
     

  First Year JD Students

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 21
     

  All Students

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no classes meet) - January 20
  • Presidents' Day Holiday (no classes meet) - February 17
  • Spring Break - March 23-27
  • Cesar Chavez Holiday (administrative offices closed) - March 27
  • Administrative Makeup Monday (Monday Classes Meet) -April 7
  • Instruction Ends - April 28
  • Review Sessions / Reading Period - April 29-May 1 and May 8
  • Final Examinations - May 4-14
  • Semester Ends - May 14
  • Commencement - May 15