Academic Calendar
2020–21
| Intensive Trial Advocacy (intersession) | Saturday, August 15 – Saturday, August 22, 2020 |
| Orientation begins | Monday, August 17 |
| First day of classes | Monday, August 24 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 7 (no classes) |
| Administrative Cancellation (Yom Kippur) | Monday, September 28 (no classes) |
| Thanksgiving vacation | Thursday, November 26 – Sunday, November 29 (no classes) |
| Monday classes meet (Labor Day make-up) | Monday, November 30 |
| Monday classes meet (Yom Kippur make-up) | Tuesday, December 1 |
| Make-Up Day | Wednesday, December 2 |
| Thursday classes meet (Thanksgiving make-up) | Thursday, December 3 |
| Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Thanksgiving vacation make-up) | Friday, December 4 |
| Read period | Saturday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 8 |
| Final exams | Wednesday, December 9 – Friday, December 18 |
| Intensive Trial Advocacy (intersession) | Saturday, January 9 – Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
| Dr. King’s Birthday | Monday, January 18 (no classes) |
| First day of classes | Tuesday, January 19 |
| Study Days | Monday, February 22 - Tuesday, February 23 |
| Study Days | Thursday, March 18 - Friday, March 19 |
| Monday classes meet (Dr. King’s Birthday make-up) | Monday, April 26 |
| Tuesday classes meet (Study Day make-up) | Tuesday, April 27 |
| Monday classes meet (Study Day make-up) | Wednesday, April 28 |
| Thursday classes meet (Study Day make-up) | Thursday, April 29 |
| *Last day of classes: Friday classes meet (Study Day make-up) | Friday, April 30 |
| Read period | Saturday, May 1 – Tuesday, May 4 |
| Final exams | Wednesday, May 5 – Friday, May 14 |
| Commencement | Sunday, May 16 |
| *Friday classes will not meet on Friday, April 30. Friday classes will meet only 13 times in the Spring 2021 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 24, 2021 |
| Memorial Day (no classes) | Monday, May 31 |
| Monday classes meet (Memorial Day make-up) | Friday, June 4 |
| Last day of classes (upper-level) | Thursday, July 15 |
| Final exams (upper-level) | Monday, July 19 – Wednesday, July 21 |
| Last day of classes (first-year summer-start) | Wednesday, July 28 |
| Final exam (first-year summer-start) | Monday, August 2 |
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.