| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Fall 2026 Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic Drop Deadline; Fall 2026 Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic Drop Deadline |
| August 7, 2026 | Fall 2026 Externship Clinic Drop Deadline |
| August 17, 2026 (11:59 pm) | Fall 2026 Independent Clinical Application Deadline |
| August 21, 2026 | Fall 2026 In-House Clinic Drop Deadline Fall 2026 Advanced Clinical Application Deadline |
| September 4, 2026 | 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; Sports Law Clinic-Winter and Spring) |
| September 7, 2026 | Labor Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed |
| September 8, 2026 | Fall Term Classes and Clinical Work begin for all students Winter 2026 Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic Application Deadline |
| TBD | Student Practice Organizations Panel |
| October 2, 2026 | Last day to change credits for Fall 2026 Spring 2026 Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic Application Deadline |
| October 9, 2026 | Fall 2026 Externship Supervisors’ Mid-Semester Check-In Deadline |
| October 12, 2026 | 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 13, 2026 | Monday class schedule. Students must make up any clinical hours that conflict with Monday classes. |
| October 19, 2026 (11:59 pm) | Winter 2027 Independent Clinical Application Deadline Winter 2027 Advanced Clinical Application Deadline |
| October 23, 2026 | Winter 2027 and Winter-Spring 2027 Clinics Add/Drop Deadline |
| November 11, 2026 | 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 25-27, 2026 | Thanksgiving Recess |
| December 2, 2026 | Fall Term Classes End Fall 2026 Externship Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline Final Paper for Fall 2026 Independent Clinical Work Due |
| December 4, 2026 | Spring 2027 Externship Clinics Drop Deadline |
| December 11, 2026 | Spring 2027 In-House Clinics Drop Deadline |
| December 19, 2026 – January 3, 2027 | Winter Break |
| January 4, 2027 | Winter Term Classes and Clinical Work Begins |
| January 8, 2027 | 1st Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 11, 2027 | Spring 2027 Advanced Clinical Program Application Deadline Spring 2027 Independent Clinical Application Deadline |
| January 15, 2027 | 2nd Weekly Reflection Email Due (Independent Clinical Students) |
| January 18, 2027 | Martin Luther King Day – No Classes; University administrative offices will be closed. Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| January 22, 2027 | 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 25, 2027 | All Spring Term Classes and Clinical Work Begin |
| February 12, 2027 | Last day to change clinical credits for Spring 2027 |
| February 15, 2027 | 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 5, 2027 | Spring 2027 Externship Supervisors’ Mid-Semester Check-In Deadline |
| March 13-21, 2027 | Spring Break; Students are excused from clinical work and must notify placement. |
| April 23, 2027 | Spring Term Classes and Clinical Work End for All Students Spring 2027 Final Externship Supervisors’ Student Evaluation Deadline |
| May 27, 2027 | Harvard University Commencement |