| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 1, 2023 | Harvard Legal Aid Bureau 2023-2024 Drop Deadline |
| May 19, 2023 | Fall 2023 Government Lawyer: United State Attorney Clinic Drop Deadline |
| June 1, 2023 | International Human Rights Clinic Advanced Options Drop Deadline |
| August 1, 2023 | Fall 2023 Child Advocacy Clinic Drop Deadline |
| August 4, 2023 | Fall 2023 Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation Drop Deadline |
| August 18, 2023 | Winter-Spring 2024 and Spring 2024 Semester in Washington Clinic Application Deadline Final day to add/drop Fall, Fall-Winter, Fall-Spring clinics Fall 2023 Independent Clinical and Advanced Clinical Application Deadline |
| September 1, 2023 | 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) Fall 2023 Independent Clinical Application Deadline |
| September 4, 2023 | Labor Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed |
| September 5, 2023 | Upper-level Fall Term Classes Begin |
| September 10, 2023 | Student Practice Organizations Panel |
| October 2, 2023 | Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Winter 2024 Application Deadline |
| October 6, 2023 | Last day to change credits for Fall 2023 |
| October 9, 2023 | 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 9, 2023 | Reflection Essay #1 Deadline (Externship Students) (Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) |
| October 11, 2023 | Sports Law Clinic Winter and Spring 2024 Application Deadline |
| October 13, 2023 | Institute to End Mass Incarceration Spring 2024 Clinic Application Deadline |
| October 20, 2023 | Winter 2024 Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic Application Deadline |
| October 23, 2023 | Fall 2023 Supervisors’ Mid-semester Student Evaluation Deadline |
| October 27, 2023 (midnight) | Winter 2024 Independent Clinical Application Deadline; Winter 2024 Advanced Clinical Application Deadline Child Advocacy Clinic: Child Welfare, Education, & Juvenile Justice Winter-Spring 2024 Early Drop Deadline |
| October 31, 2023 | Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Winter 2024 Application Deadline |
| November 6, 2023 | Reflection Essay #2 Deadline (Externship Students)(Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) |
| November 10, 2023 | 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 17, 2023 (midnight) | Winter 2024 and Winter-Spring 2024 Clinics Add/Drop Deadline Spring 2023 Education Law Clinics: Individual Representation and Legislative and Administrative Lawyering Drop Deadline |
| November 17, 2023 | Education Law Clinic: Legislative and Administrative Lawyering Spring 2024 Early Drop Deadline |
| November 22-24, 2023 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 27, 2023 | Child Advocacy Clinic: Child Welfare, Education, & Juvenile Justice Spring 2024 Early Drop Deadline |
| December 1, 2023 | Upper-Level Fall Term Classes End |
| December 1, 2023 | Final Paper for Fall 2023 Clinical Work Due Reflection Essay #3 Deadline (Externship Students) (Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) Fall 2023 Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline |
| December 8, 2023 (midnight) | Spring 2024 Clinic Add/Drop Deadline |
| December 17, 2023 – January 1, 2024 | Winter Break |
| January 2, 2024 | Winter Term Classes Begin |
| January 5, 2024 | 1st Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 10, 2024 | Spring 2024 Independent Clinical Application Deadline; Spring 2024 Advanced Clinical Program Application Deadline |
| January 12, 2024 | 2nd Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 15, 2024 | Martin Luther King Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed. Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| January 19, 2024 | 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 22, 2024 | All Spring Term Classes Begin |
| February 16, 2024 | Last day to change clinical credits for Spring 2024 |
| February 19, 2024 | 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. |
| February 19, 2024 | Reflection Essay #1 Due (Externship Students) (Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) |
| February 26, 2024 | Spring 2024 Supervisors’ Mid-semester Student Evaluation Deadline |
| March 9-17, 2024 | Spring Break; Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| March 25, 2024 | Reflection Essay #2 Due (Externship Students) (Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) |
| April 19, 2024 | Spring Term Classes End for All Students |
| April 19, 2024 | Reflection Essay #3 Due (Externship Students) (Applicable for students who received an email with essay requirements) Winter and Spring 2024 Independent Clinical Student Paper Deadline Spring 2024 Final Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline |
| May 23, 2024 | Commencement Day |
| May 27, 2024 | Memorial Day; University administrative offices will be closed |