| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | Fall 2025 Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic Drop Deadline |
| August 1, 2025 | Fall 2025 Education Law Clinics Drop Deadline |
| August 11, 2025 | Fall 2025 Externship Clinic Drop Deadline |
| August 18, 2025 (midnight) | Fall 2025 Independent Clinical Application Deadline Fall 2025 Advanced Clinical Application Deadline |
| August 22, 2025 | Fall 2025 In-House Clinic Drop Deadline |
| September 1, 2025 | Labor Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed |
| September 2, 2025 | Fall Term Classes and Clinical Work begin for all students |
| September 5, 2025 | Early Clinical Drop Deadlines: (Capital Punishment Clinic-Winter-Spring; Crimmigration Clinic-Spring; Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic-Winter and Spring; Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney Clinic – Spring; LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic – Spring) |
| TBD | Student Practice Organizations Panel |
| October 3, 2025 | Last day to change credits for Fall 2024 Winter 2026 Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic Application Deadline Winter 2026 and Spring 2026 Sports Law Clinic Application Deadline Spring 2026 Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic Application Deadline |
| October 10, 2025 | Fall 2025 Externship Supervisors’ Mid-Semester Check-In Deadline |
| October 13, 2025 | Columbus Day (Federal)/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (City of Cambridge) – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed. Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placements. |
| October 20, 2025 (midnight) | Winter 2026 Independent Clinical Application Deadline Winter 2026 Advanced Clinical Application Deadline |
| October 24, 2025 | Winter 2026 and Winter-Spring 2026 Clinics Add/Drop Deadline Child Advocacy Clinic Winter-Spring 2026 Early Drop Deadline |
| November 11, 2025 | Veteran’s Day – All classes meet on regular schedule; University administrative offices will be closed. If clinical placement is closed, students must make up hours missed. |
| November 14, 2025 | Spring 2026 Education Law Clinics: Individual Representation and Strategic Litigation Drop Deadline |
| November 26-28, 2025 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| December 5, 2025 | Spring 2026 Externship Clinics Drop Deadline |
| November 25, 2025 | Fall Term Classes End Fall 2025 Externship Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline Final Paper for Fall 2025 Clinical Work Due |
| December 12, 2025 | Spring 2026 In-House Clinics Drop Deadline |
| December 17, 2025 – January 4, 2026 | Winter Break |
| January 5, 2026 | Winter Term Classes and Clinical Work Begins |
| January 9, 2026 | 1st Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 12, 2026 | Spring 2026 Advanced Clinical Program Application Deadline Spring 2026 Independent Clinical Application Deadline |
| January 16, 2026 | 2nd Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 19, 2026 | Martin Luther King Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed. Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| January 23, 2026 | Upper -level Winter Term Exams; Winter Term Clinical Work Ends; Final Day for all Winter Term Academic Programming 3rd Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) Winter Term Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline |
| January 26, 2026 | All Spring Term Classes and Clinical Work Begin |
| February 13, 2026 | Last day to change clinical credits for Spring 2026 |
| February 16, 2026 | Presidents Day – All classes meet on regular schedule; University administrative offices will be closed. If clinical placement is closed, students must make up hours missed. |
| March 6, 2026 | Spring 2026 Externship Supervisors’ Mid-Semester Check-In Deadline |
| March 14-22, 2026 | Spring Break; Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| April 24, 2026 | Spring Term Classes and Clinical Work End for All Students Spring 2026 Final Externship Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline |
| May 25, 2026 | Memorial Day; University administrative offices will be closed |
| May 28, 2026 | Harvard University Commencement |