Future and Past Semesters

• Spring 2022

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

  • Short Course Instruction (January courses) - January 3-14
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 18

  First Year JD Students - add to calendar

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 18

  All Students - add to calendar

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (administrative offices closed) - January 17
  • Presidents’ Day Holiday (no classes meet) - February 21
  • Spring Break - March 21-25
  • Cesar Chavez Holiday (administrative offices closed) - March 25
  • Administrative Makeup Monday (Monday classes meet) - April 26
  • Instruction Ends - April 26
  • Review Session/Reading Period - April 27-29 and May 6                            
  • Final Examinations - May 2 - 12
  • Semester Ends - May 12
  • Commencement - May 13
• Fall 2020

  LLM Students

  • Short Course Instruction (American Law in a Global Context) - August 12-21
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 24

  MLS Students

  • Short Course Instruction (Introduction to Law) - August 17-21
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 24

  First Year JD Students

  • Orientation - August 13-14
  • Short Course Instruction (Introduction to Legal Analysis) - August 17-21
  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 24

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

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - August 24

  All Students

  • Labor Day Holiday (no classes meet) - September 7
  • Election Day (no classes meet) - November 3
  • Veteran's Day Holiday (no classes meet) - November 11
  • Instruction Ends - November 25
  • Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes meet) - November 26-27
  • Review Sessions / Reading Period - November 30-December 3 and December 11
  • Final Examinations - December 4-18
  • Semester Ends - December 18
  • Winter Campus Closure - December 19-January 3
• Spring 2021

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

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

  First Year JD Students

  • Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 25

  All Students

  • 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