Academic Calendar
Note: due to the COVID-19 outbreak and Massachusetts state health guidelines, our Fall 2020 academic calendar has been significantly revised. No changes have been made at this time for Spring 2021. We will update this page if changes become necessary.
Fall Semester, 2020
| Upper-Level Classes Begin | Monday | August 24 |
| 1L Classes Begin | Monday | August 31 |
| No Classes (Labor Day) | Monday | September 7 |
| Drop/Add Period Ends; Variable Credit, Audit Forms Due | Wednesday | September 9 |
| Rosh Hashanah - Absences for Religious Observance Excused | Saturday and Sunday | September 19-September 20 |
| Pass/Fail deadline and Independent Study Forms Due | Wednesday | September 23 |
| Yom Kippur - Absences for Religious Observance Excused | Monday | September 28 |
| No Classes (Fall Break) | Monday | October 12 |
| Administrative Monday* | Tuesday | October 13 |
| 1L/Class of 2023 Registration for Spring 2021 | Wednesday | November 18 |
| 3L/Class of 2021 Registration for Spring 2021 | Thursday | November 19 |
| 2L/Class of 2022 Registration for Spring 2021 | Friday | November 20 |
| Classes End for Upper-Level Students (all 1L classes resume remotely after Thanksgiving recess) | Tuesday | November 24 |
| No Classes (Thanksgiving Recess) | Wednesday to Friday | November 25-27 |
| 1L Classes Resume Remotely | Monday to Friday | November 30 - December 4 |
| Upper-Level Reading Days | Monday and Tuesday | November 30 - December 1 |
| Classes End for 1Ls | Friday | December 4 |
| Exams for Upper-Level Classes | Wednesday to Friday | December 2-12 |
| Reading Days for 1Ls | Monday and Tuesday | December 7 - 8 |
| Exams for 1Ls | Wednesday to Friday | December 9 - 18 |
Spring Semester, 2021*
| No Classes (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) | Monday | January 18 |
| Classes Begin | Tuesday | January 19 |
| Drop/Add Period Ends; Pass/Fail, Variable Credit, Audit Forms Due | Wednesday | January 27 |
| Independent Study Forms Due | Monday | February 1 |
| No Classes (Spring Recess) | Monday to Friday | March 1-5 |
| No Classses (Easter Recess) | Thursday to Monday | April 1-5 |
| 2L/Class of 2022 Registration for Fall 2021 | Friday | April 16 |
| No Classes (Patriot's Day) | Monday | April 19 |
| Administrative Monday* | Tuesday | April 20 |
| 1L/Class of 2023 Registration for Fall 2021 | Wednesday | April 22 |
| Classes End | Monday | May 3 |
| Reading Days | Tuesday to Wednesday | May 4-5 |
| Exams | Thursday to Monday | May 6-May 17 |
| Conflicts and Make-Up Day for Exams | Tuesday | May 18 |
| Faculty Deadline - Reporting Grades for Graduating Students (by Noon) | Friday | May 21 |
| University Commencement (Official Graduation Date) | Monday | May 24 |
| Law School Commencement | Friday | May 28 |
| Faculty Deadline - Reporting Grades for Classes with 20 or Fewer Students | Tuesday | June 1 |
| Faculty Deadline - Reporting Grades for Classes with more than 20 Students | Tuesday | June 7 |
*Spring 2021 calendar subject to change due to COVID-19 conditions at the time. Administrative Monday: Tuesday classes are cancelled and Monday classes substituted
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