2026-2027 Registration Calendar
Please note these important dates and deadlines for accomplishing registration-related tasks. Use the COURSES SITE, the Law School's web-based registration system.
Permissions and Waivers Requests
Please adhere to the deadlines to submit permissions or waivers (including waivers of prerequisites taken at other law schools). Waiver Requests must be submitted with sufficient advance notice to be approved before the end of the bidding cycle. Bids for applicable courses will not be accepted without waiver, permission, or satisfied requisites. Some Waivers must be approved before you may place a bid.
Note on Daily Cycles
Each BUSINESS DAY during the daily cycle, students may enter bids from 1:30 pm through 9:30 am the next BUSINESS DAY. (During weekends and holidays COURSES will be open to accept bids but bids will NOT be processed until the next business day at 9:30am.) The results from the bids processed at 9:30 am will be posted each BUSINESS DAY at 1:30 pm.
All times are based on Eastern Standard Time (EST)
| Date | Event |
| June 22 at 1:30 pm – June 24 at 9:30 am | JD Ranked Bidding |
| June 24 at 1:30 pm | JD Ranked Bidding results published. |
| June 24 at 1:30 pm – June 29 at 9:30 am | LLM Ranked Bidding |
| June 29 at 1:30 pm | LLM Ranked Bidding results published. |
| June 29 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2026 Bidding Cycle Opens: COURSES SITE is available to register bids. |
| July 2 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| July 7 at 9:30 am | Fall 2026 Bidding Cycle Closes |
| July 9 at 1:30 pm | Results of Fall 2026 Bidding Cycle published. |
| July 9 at 1:30 pm | Fall 2026 Daily Cycles #1 Opens |
| July 15 at 9:30 am | Fall 2026 Daily Cycles #1 Closes |
| July 15 at 1:30 pm | Requisites are checked for Fall 2026 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| July 27 at 1:30 pm | Spring 2027 Bidding Cycle Opens |
| August 3 at 5:00 pm | Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| August 3 at 9:30 am | Spring 2027 Bidding Cycle Closes |
| August 8 | Transfer and Visiting students only. Waivers and permissions must be submitted in COURSES. |
| August 10 at 1:30 pm | Results of Spring 2027 Bidding Cycle published. |
| August 10 at 1:30 pm – August 11 at 9:30 am | Transfers and Visitors Fall 2026 Bidding Cycle: COURSES SITE is available to register bids for Fall 2026 courses *Transfer and Visiting students only |
| August 11 at 1:30 pm | Results of Transfers and Visitors Fall 2026 Bidding Cycle published. |
| August 12 at 1:30 pm – August 13 at 9:30 am | Transfers and Visitors Spring 2027 Bidding Cycle: COURSES SITE is available to register bids for Fall 2026 courses *Transfer and Visiting students only |
| August 13 at 1:30 pm | Results of Transfers and Visitors Spring 2027 Bidding Cycle published. |
| August 17 at 1:30 pm – August 19 at 9:30 am | 1Ls can register bids for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 Reading Groups at https://its.law.nyu.edu/classregistration. Registration closes on August 19 at 9:30 am. |
| August 19 at 1:30 pm – September 3 at 9:30 am | Fall 2026 Daily Cycles #2 *All upper-class students including Transfers and Visitors |
| August 21 | Results of Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 1L Reading Groups published. |
| August 28 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in September 2026. |
| Through September 3 | Requisites are checked daily for Fall 2026 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| September 2 at 1:30pm – September 3 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Fall 2026 via COURSES. |
| September TBA | Last day to add a Stern Fall 2026 course; please see https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/course-syllabi NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| September 4 at 10 am – November 30 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Fall 2026 via Albert (JD students only). |
| September 11 | Last day to add an online course (LL.M. only). |
| September TBA | Last day to add a Fall 2026 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). Last day to submit requests for Fall 2026 (College of Arts and Science) language course. See https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/registration-records-and-graduation/academic-calendar.html NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| September 28 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Fall 2026. |
| October 9 at 1:30 pm – October 16 at 9:30 am | Spring 2027 Daily Cycles #1 (Only Upper-class Students) |
| October 9 (tentative) | Last day to pay arrears. |
| October 16 | Requisites are checked for Spring 2027 courses won to date. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| October 26 at 1:30 pm – October 28 at 9:30 am | JD 1L Elective Cycle: COURSES SITE available to register bids for Spring 2027 electives. Registration opens on October 26 at 1:30 pm and closes on October 28 at 9:30 am. Results will be published on October 29 at 1:30 pm. |
| October 29 at 1:30 pm – October 30 at 9:30 am | JD 1L Elective Add/Drop Cycle - ONE DAY: Students may enter bids from 1:30 pm through 9:30 am the next business day. The results from the bids processed at 9:30 am will be posted at 1:30 pm. |
| November 30 | Last day to drop Fall 2026 courses. Last day of Fall 2026 classes. |
| January 4 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in January 2027. |
| January 8 at 1:30 pm – January 26 at 9:30 am | Spring 2027 Daily Cycles #2 (COURSES SITE available to all eligible students, including JD 1L). |
| January 13 – January 26 | Requisites are checked daily for Spring 2027 courses. Students not in compliance are dropped. |
| January 25 at 1:30 pm – January 26 at 9:30 am | Last day to add courses for Spring 2027. |
| January 27 at 10 am – April 27 at 11:59 pm | Credit/Fail Option available for Spring 2027 via Albert (J.D. students only). |
| February TBA | Last day to add a Stern Spring 2027 course: See: https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/registrar/course-information/course-syllabi NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| February TBA | Last day to add a Spring 2027 graduate-level non-Law course (except for Stern courses). Last day to submit requests for Spring 2027 (College of Arts and Science) language course. See https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/registration-records-and-graduation/academic-calendar.html NOTE: The deadlines posted are the dates by which the University Registrar must receive the registration request. For all Non-Law Requests, including Stern and Non-Stern, students should build in 7 business days to submit the form to the Office of Academic Services. |
| February 1 | Last day to add Directed Research and Writing Credit for Spring 2027. |
| February 5 | Last day to add a Spring 2027 tax online course (LLMs only). |
| February TBA | January graduating students must satisfy all financial obligations to the law school in order to graduate and be certified to sit for the bar exam by this date. |
| March 15 | Deadline for GRADUATING STUDENTS WITH EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES to add a Directed Research with the permission of their program office. After this date, permission of the Vice Dean is required. (This date is not applicable to continuing students.) |
| April 27 | Last day to drop Spring 2027 courses. Last day of Spring 2027 classes. |
| May 3 | Last day to submit work from prior semesters for students graduating in May 2027. Note: May 1st is the standard deadline each year, but this year May 1st is a Saturday. |
| May 14 (tentative) | Last day to submit work for Spring 2027 semester. |
| June TBA | May graduating students must satisfy all financial obligations to the law school in order to graduate and be certified to sit for the bar exam by this date. |
| August 17 | Last day of Summer 2027 Classes, all sessions |