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2021-22 Academic Calendar

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Calendars are subject to change.

Fall 2021

Self-Registration for Fall Seminars (all 3Ls)

June 16 - June 17*

First Registration Appointment Window (all 3Ls)

June 21 - June 25*

OCI Begins

Week of July 27

Second Registration Appointment Window (all 2/3Ls)

June 28 - July 9*

Health Insurance Waiver Deadline

August 1

Open Enrollment Period (drop/add classes without a fee or a “W” on your transcript)

August 16 - August 27*

1L/LL.M Orientation & Life of the Law class

August 16 - 20 (Mon. - Fri.)

First Day of Fall Classes

August 23 (Mon.)

Labor Day (Classes in session)

September 6 (Mon.)

Exam Review (Spring Exams)

September 20 - 24 (Requests begin on September 16)

1L Mini-Break

October 1 - October 4

Self-Registration for Spring Seminars (3Ls)

October 6 - October 7*

First Registration Appointment Window (all 3Ls)

October 11 - October 15*

Deadline for Incompletes from Spring ’21

October 15

Second Registration Appointment Window (all 2/3Ls/LLMs)

October 18 - October 28*

Third Registration Appointment Window (all 1Ls)

November 2 - November 8*

Deadline for Course Status Changes (Change to Audit or Withdraw for Fall)

Novermber 12 (Fri.)

Last Day of Classes

November 19 (Fri.)

Fall Break

November 20 - November 26 (Sat. - Fri.)

Fall Semester Reading Days

November 27 - November 30 (Sat. - Tue.)

Fall Semester Exam Period

December 1 - December 10 (Wed. - Frid.; Mon. - Fri.)

 

Spring 2022

Open Enrollment Period (drop/add classes without a fee or a “W” on your transcript)

January 3 - January 21*

First Day of Spring Semester Classes

January 18 (Tues.)

Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)

January 17 (Mon.)

Exam Review (Fall Exams)

February 7 - February 18 (Requests begin February 3)

Deadline for Incompletes from Summer '21

February 15

Spring Break

March 5 - March 13

Deadline  for Course Status Changes (Change to Audit or Withdraw for Spring)

April 15 (Fri.)

Deadline for Incompletes from Fall '21

April 15 (Fri.)

Last Day of Classes

April 22 (Fri.)

Spring Semester Reading Days

April 23 - April 26 (Sat. - Tues.)

Spring Semester Exam Period

April 27 - May 6 (Wed. - Fri.; Mon. - Fri.)

Commencement

May 13 (Fri.)

Vanderbilt in Venice

May 19 - June 10 (Tentative)

 

Summer 2022

Summer Session

May 16 - July 8

Summer Term

June 6 - August 12

* YES opens at 12:01PM (Central Time) on the first day of registration and closes at 11:59PM (Central Time) on the last of of registration