Master of Science in Law Academic Calendar

2025-2026 Academic Calendar

August 2025  

• Online Cohort Orientation
  August 11-22
  
  
• Residential Cohort Orientation
  August 11-17 online
  August 18-22 in Chicago

• Fall 1 Seven-Week Session Begins
  August 25

September 2025

• Labor Day Holiday: No Classes
  September 1

October 2025

• Fall Break/no classes
  October 9-10
  
  
• Fall 1 Seven-Week Session Ends
  October 11
  
  
• Fall 1 Power Week Session
  October 12-19
  
  
• Fall 2 Seven-Week Session Begins
  October 20

November 2025

• Thanksgiving Holiday: No Classes
  November 27-28

December 2025

• Fall 2 Seven-Week Session Ends
  December 6
  
  
• Fall 2 Power Week Session
  December 7-14
  
  
• Spring Online Cohort Orientation
  December 15-January 11

January 2026

• Spring Cohort Orientation Continued Through
  January 11
  
  
• Intersession
  Jan 5-11
  
  
• Spring 1 Seven-Week Session Begins
  January 12
  
  
• Martin Luther King, Holiday: No Classes
  January 19

March 2026

• Spring 1 Power Week Session
  March 1-8
  
  
• Spring 2 Seven-Week Session Begins
  March 9
  
  
• Spring Break: No Classes
  March 23-30

May 2026

• Spring 2 Seven-Week Session Ends
  May 2
  
  
• Spring 2 Power Week Session
  May 3-10
  
  
• Graduation Week
  May 11-15
  
  
• Convocation
  May 15

June 2026

• Summer Session Begins
  June 15
  
  
• Juneteenth Holiday: No Classes
  June 19

July 2026

• Independence Day Holiday: No Classes
  July 4

August 2026

• Summer Session Ends
  August 2