Academic Calendar
Note: due to the COVID-19 outbreak and Massachusetts state health guidelines, our academic calendar for 2020-2021 may be significantly revised. We will continue to update this page as decisions are made about the coming year.
Fall Semester, 2020
| Classes Begin | Monday | August 31 |
| No Classes (Labor Day) | Monday | September 7 |
| Drop/Add Period Ends; Pass/Fail, Variable Credit, Audit Forms Due | Wednesday | September 9 |
| Rosh Hashanah - Absences for Religious Observance Excused | Saturday and Sunday | September 19-September 20 |
| Yom Kippur - Absences for Religious Observance Excused | Monday | September 28 |
| Independent Study Forms Due | Thursday | October 1 |
| 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 |
| No Classes (Thanksgiving Recess) | Wednesday to Friday | November 25-27 |
| Classes End | Friday | December 4 |
| Reading Days | Monday and Tuesday | December 7-8 |
| Exams | Wednesday to Monday | December 9-21 |
| Confilicts and Make-Up Day for Exams | Tuesday | December 22 |
| Faculty Deadline: Reporting Grades for Classes with 20 or Fewer Students | Thursday | January 4 |
| Faculty Deadline: Reporting Grades for Classes with more than 20 Students | Thursday | January 11 |
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 |
*Tuesday classes are cancelled and Monday classes substituted
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