July 2026
Thursday, July 2
- Friday classes meet instead of Thursday classes
Friday, July 3
- Independence Day Holiday: No classes meet
Tuesday, July 7
- Registration opens at 5:15 PM ET for 3L, 4L, and 4E students
Thursday, July 9
Tuesday, July 14
- Registration opens at 5:15 PM ET for 2E students (including 2E transfer students)
- Registration opens at 5:15 PM ET for 2L students (including incoming 2L transfers)
Thursday, July 16
- Registration opens at 5:15 PM ET for continuing Graduate students, including continuing students in the 2-year program
Friday, July 17
- Last Day of Summer 2026 Classes
Tuesday, July 21
- Registration opens at 9:00 AM ET for all incoming graduate and certificate students (specialized and general)
Tuesday, July 21 – Tuesday, July 28
Wednesday, July 22
- Tuition due for first-year J.D. students and incoming graduate students
Monday, July 27
- Registration opens at 9:00 AM ET for incoming Non-Degree & J.D. Visitors (includes visiting exchange students)
- Summer Seminar Papers Due at 5:00 PM ET unless other date set by professor
August 2026
Monday, August 17
- Tuition due for all continuing, transfer and visiting students
- Orientation for incoming J.D. transfer students
- Deadline to submit Fall 2026 Non-Degree J.D. and Non-Degree Graduate Program applications at 3:00 p.m. ET
Monday, Aug. 17 – Friday, Aug. 21
- Orientation for first-year J.D. students
- Orientation for incoming graduate students
Monday, Aug. 24
- Fall 2026 Classes begin for all students
- Upperclass J.D. Students: Fall 2026 Pass/Fail course selection begins
- Fall 2026 J.D. Supervised Research and Graduate Independent Research (GIR) applications due by 5:00 PM ET