Academic Calendar
2021–22
| Intensive Trial Advocacy (intersession) | Saturday, August 14 – Saturday, August 21, 2021 |
| Orientation begins | Monday, August 16 |
| First day of classes | Monday, August 23 |
| Labor Day |
Monday, September 6 (no classes) |
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Administrative Cancellation (Rosh Hashanah) Administrative Cancellation (Yom Kippur) |
Tuesday, September 7 (no classes) Wednesday, September 15 (no classes 4:00 and after) and Thursday, September 16 (no classes) |
| Thanksgiving vacation | Thursday, November 25 – Sunday, November 28 (no classes) |
| Monday classes meet (Labor Day make-up) | Monday, November 29 |
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Tuesday classes meet (Rosh Hashanah make-up) |
Tuesday, November 30 |
| Thursday classes meet (Yom Kippur make-up) | Wednesday, December 1 |
| Thursday classes meet (Thanksgiving make-up) | Thursday, December 2 |
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Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Thanksgiving vacation make-up) and Wednesday classes starting at 4:00 and after meet (Yom Kippur eve. make-up) |
Friday, December 3 |
| Read period | Saturday, December 4 – Tuesday, December 7 |
| Final exams | Wednesday, December 8 – Friday, December 17 |
| Intensive Trial Advocacy (intersession) | Saturday, January 8 – Saturday, January 15, 2022 |
| Dr. King’s Birthday | Monday, January 17 (no classes) |
| First day of classes | Tuesday, January 18 |
| Spring Break | Saturday, March 12 - Sunday, March 20 |
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*Last day of classes: Monday classes meet Dr. King's Birthday make-up |
Friday, April 29 |
| Read period | Saturday, April 30 – Tuesday, May 3 |
| Final exams | Wednesday, May 4 – Friday, May 13 |
| Commencement | Sunday, May 15 |
| *Friday classes will not meet on Friday, April 29. Friday classes will meet only 13 times in the Spring 2022 semester. Instructors who teach Friday classes should arrange for a make-up class in one of the slots available for make-ups (see below). | |
| First day of classes | Monday, May 23, 2022 |
| Memorial Day (no classes) | Monday, May 30 |
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Monday classes meet (Memorial Day make-up) |
Friday, June 3 |
| Independence Day (no classes) | Monday, July 4 |
| Monday classes meet (independence Day make-up) | Friday, July 8 |
| Last day of classes (upper-level) | Thursday, July 14 |
| Final exams (upper-level) | Monday, July 18 – Wednesday, July 20 |
| Last day of classes (first-year summer-start) | Wednesday, July 27 |
| Final exam (first-year summer-start) | Monday, August 1 |
Make-up classes: Day Division make-up classes during Fall and Spring semesters may be scheduled Tuesdays, 11:45 a.m.–1:45 p.m., or Wednesdays, 3:00–3:55 p.m.; Evening Division and Summer Session make-up classes may be scheduled Friday evenings.