Academic Calendar
Spring 2019
| November 7 (W) – November 8 (Th) | Priority registration |
| November 13 (T) | 3L/LLM/MSL registration |
| November 14 (W) | 1L statutory/Con Law course registration |
| November 15 (Th) | 2L registration |
| November 16 (F) – November 18 (Su) | FX registration |
| November 19 (M) | Add/Drop/Waitlisting begins |
| January 7 (M) | First day of instruction |
| January 13 (Su) | Spring add/drop ends |
| January 14 (M) | Waitlist Firesale |
| January 21 (M) | Martin Luther King Jr Holiday |
| February 18 (M) | Presidents’ Day Holiday |
| March 4 (M) – March 8 (F) | Spring Recess |
| March 13 (W) | Wednesday is treated as Monday |
| April 1 (M) | Cesar Chavez Holiday |
| April 2 (T) | Tuesday is treated as Monday |
| April 17 (W) | Last day of instruction |
| April 18 (Th) – April 22 (M) | Reading Period |
| April 23 (W) – May 8 (W) | Exams (NOTE: Take home exams are due on May 7 at 11:59pm) |
Summer 2019 |
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| March 25 (M) at 9 a.m. | Summer Registration & waitlisting |
| April 2 (T) | Summer 2019 Waitlist Processing Begins |
| May 12 (SU) at 11:59 PM | Last Day of Add/Drop (Full Session and Session 1) |
| May 13 (M) – June 21 (F) | Summer Session 1 |
| May 27 (M) | Memorial Day Holiday |
| June 24 (M) – June 28 (F) | Session 1 Exams |
| June 30 (SU) at 11:59 | Last Day of Add/Drop (Session 2) |
| July 1 (M) – August 9 (F) | Summer Session 2 |
| July 4 (TH) | Fourth of July Holiday |
| August 12 (M) – August 16 (F) | Session 2 Exams |
Fall 2019 |
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| June 13 (Th) 9:00 AM – June 14 (F) 11:59 PM | Priority Registration. |
| June 17 (M) 9:00 AM – June 19 (W) 11:59 PM | 3L, LL.M. & MSL Registration. |
| June 20 (Th) 9:00 AM – June 21 (F) 11:59 PM | 2L Registration. |
| June 24 (M) 9:00 AM – June 26 (W) 11:59 PM | Exchange Registration. |
| June 28 (F) 9:00 AM | Add/Drop Waitlisting begins |
| July 8 (M) | Waitlist seats offered weekly |
| August 4 (Su) – August 10 (S) (Tentative) | LEOP Orientation |
| August 5 (M) – August 16 (F) (Tentative) | LL.M. Orientation |
| August 12 (M) – August 16 (F) (Tentative) | MSL Orientation |
| August 12 (M) – August 16 (F) (Tentative) | JD Orientation |
| August 12 (M) | Fall waitlist seats offered daily |
| August 19 (M) | First day of instruction |
| August 25 (Su) | Add/Drop ends |
| August 26 (M) | Waitlist Firesale |
| September 2 (M) | Labor Day Holiday |
| September 20 (F) | Friday is treated as Monday |
| November 11 (M) | Veteran’s Day Holiday |
| November 19 (T) | Last day of instruction Tuesday is treated as Friday |
| November 20 (W) – December 2 (M) | Reading Period |
| November 28 (TH) – November 29 (F) | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| December 3 (T) – December 18 (W) | Exams (NOTE: Take home exams are due on Dec 17 (T) at 11:59 PM) |
Spring 2020 |
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| November 7 (TH) 9 AM – November 8 (F) 11:59 PM | Priority Registration. |
| November 12 (T) 9:00 AM – 11:59 PM | 3L, LL.M. & MSL Registration. |
| November 13 (W) 9:00 AM – 11:59 PM | 1L Con Law/Statutory Course Registration |
| November 14 (TH) 9:00 AM – 11:59 PM | 2L Registration |
| November 15 (F) 9 AM – November 16 (Sat) 11:59 PM | FX Registration |
| November 19 (T) 9:00 AM | Add/Drop/Waitlisting Begins |
| December 2 (M) | Waitlist seats offered weekly |
| January 2 (TH) | Waitlist seats offered daily |
| January 6 (M) | First Day of Instructions |
| January 12 (SU) 11:59 PM | Add/Drop Ends |
| January 13 (M) | Waitlist Firesale Processing |
| January 20 (M) | MLK Holiday |
| February 17 (M) | President’s Day Holiday |
| March 9 (M) – March 13 (F) | Spring Recess |
| March 20 (F) | Friday is treated as Monday |
| March 31 (T) | Cesar Chavez Holiday |
| April 15 (W) | Last day of Instruction Wednesday is treated as Friday |
| April 16 (TH) – April 21 (T) | Reading Period |
| April 22 (W) – May 6 (W) | Exams (NOTE: Take home exams are due on May 5 at 11:59 PM) |
*Dates subject to change