Academic Calendar 2026–2027

Every class meeting, in-class exercise, and observance for Contracts I (Fall 2026) and Contracts II (Spring 2027).

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August 2026

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Class 1 Welcome + What Is Contract Law?
26
27
Class 2 Promises, Bargains, and Remedies
28
29
30
31

September 2026

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
Class 3 What Is a Contract?
2
3
Mass of the Holy Spirit (no classes 11:50am–2:00pm)
4
5
6
7
Labor Day
8
Class 4 Bargains
9
10
Class 5 Bargains cont. + Offers setup
11
12
Rosh Hashanah, Day 1
13
Rosh Hashanah, Day 2
14
15
Class 6 Offers
16
17
Class 7 Termination of the Offer
18
19
20
21
Yom Kippur
22
Class 8 Termination cont. + Acceptance setup
23
24
Class 9 Acceptance
25
26
Sukkot, Day 1
27
Sukkot, Day 2
28
29
Class 10 UCC 2-207 — Battle of the Forms
30

October 2026

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
Class 11 Module II Capstone: Mutual Assent
2
3
Shemini Atzeret
4
Simchat Torah
5
6
Class 12 Consideration
7
8
Class 13 Consideration cont. + Promissory Estoppel setup
9
10
11
12
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day
13
Administrative Monday (Monday classes meet)
14
Class 101 In-Class Exercise: Promissory Estoppel Drafting
15
Class 14 Promissory Estoppel & Promissory Restitution
16
17
18
19
20
Class 15 Module III Capstone: Consideration & Alternatives
21
22
Class 16 Statute of Frauds
23
24
25
26
27
Class 17 SoF cont. + Mistake setup
28
29
Class 18 Mistake
30
31

November 2026

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
All Saints' Day (Sunday)
2
All Souls Liturgy
3
Class 19 Improper Bargaining
4
5
Class 20 Improper Bargaining cont. + Incapacity setup
6
7
8
9
10
Class 21 Incapacity
11
Class 102 In-Class Exercise: Negotiation Simulation
Veterans Day (Skills Lab 2 due)
12
Class 22 Module IV Capstone: Defenses
13
14
15
16
17
Class 23 Mid-Year Review I — Formation + Consideration
18
19
Class 24 Mid-Year Review II — Defenses + Synthesis
20
21
22
23
24
Class 25 Buffer / Catch-up Day
25
Thanksgiving recess
26
Thanksgiving Day
27
Thanksgiving recess
28
29
30

December 2026

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
Class 26 Bridge to Spring
2
3
4
Last day of classes (Fall)
5
Hanukkah, Day 1
6
7
Reading day
8
Patronal Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Reading day)
9
Final exams begin
10
11
12
Hanukkah, Day 8
13
14
15
16
17
18
Final exams end
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Christmas Day
26
27
28
29
30
31

January 2027

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Classes resume (Spring)
12
Class 27 Welcome Back — Fall Review, Spring Preview
13
14
Class 28 Ambiguity — Patent vs. Latent; the Frigaliment Problem
15
16
17
18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
19
Class 29 Intrinsic Evidence
20
21
Class 30 Extrinsic Evidence
22
March for Life (no classes 11:00am–3:10pm)
23
24
25
26
Class 31 Parol Evidence Rule — Part I
27
28
Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (morning classes dismissed 11:50am; Law afternoon classes begin 2:00pm)
29
30
31

February 2027

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
Class 32 PER — Part II: Williston vs Corbin
Tu BiShvat
3
4
Class 33 Warranties
5
6
7
8
9
Class 34 Warranties cont. — disclaimers, Magnuson-Moss
10
Ash Wednesday (classes meet)
11
Class 35 Module V Capstone: Interpretation
12
13
14
15
Class 103 In-Class Exercise: Redline Challenge
Presidents Day (Skills Lab 3 due)
16
Class 36 Conditions
17
18
Class 37 Conditions cont. + Substantial Performance setup
19
20
21
22
23
Class 38 Substantial Performance & Material Breach
24
25
Class 39 Repudiation
26
27
28

March 2027

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
Class 40 Excuse — Impossibility & Impracticability
3
4
Class 41 Frustration of Purpose + Spring Break Reset
5
6
7
8
Spring recess begins
9
Spring recess
10
Spring recess
11
Spring recess
12
Spring recess
13
Purim
14
15
Classes resume
16
Class 42 Modification & Discharge
17
18
Class 43 Module VI Capstone: Performance & Breach
19
20
21
22
23
Class 44 Money Damages (Expectation)
24
25
Holy Thursday — Easter recess begins
26
Good Friday
27
Holy Saturday
28
Easter Sunday
29
Easter Monday
30
Administrative Monday (Monday classes meet)
31

April 2027

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
Class 45 Hadley v. Baxendale + foreseeability
2
3
4
5
6
Class 46 Defective Performance — cost-to-complete vs diminution in value
7
Class 104 In-Class Exercise: Damages Calculation
Skills Lab 4 due (no class)
8
Class 47 Limits on Damages I — Foreseeability + Mitigation
9
10
11
12
13
Class 48 Limits on Damages II — Certainty + Liquidated Damages
14
15
Class 49 Alternative Remedies — Specific Performance + Restitution
16
17
18
19
20
Class 50 Third-Party Beneficiaries
21
22
Class 51 Assignments & Delegations
Pesach, Day 1
23
Pesach, Day 2
24
25
26
27
Class 52 Module VII Capstone & Year Synthesis
28
Pesach, Day 7 (Reading day)
29
Pesach, Day 8
30
Last day of classes (Spring)

May 2027

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2
3
Reading day
4
Reading day
5
Final exams begin
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final exams end
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Commencement
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Notes on observances