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 2021
Advanced JD (2L & 3L), LLM, MLS & SJD Students - add to calendar
- MLS Program Begins - January 4
- Short Course Instruction (J-term) - January 4-15
- Semester Course Instruction Begins - January 25
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