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Fall 2026 Class and Exam Schedules

A detailed breakdown of the UMass Law Fall Academic Calendar by week, schedule for day classes, evening classes, proctored exams, and take-home exams.

Week Dates Notes
Orientation Aug. 18-21 No classes scheduled
Week 1 Aug. 24-28 Mon. Aug. 24: First day of classes
Week 2 Aug. 31-Sept. 4

Mon. Aug 31: Last day of Add/drop

Week 3 Sept. 7-11

Mon. Sept. 7: No classes scheduled

Week 4 Sept. 14-18 Regular class schedule
Week 5 Sept. 21-25 Regular class schedule
Week 6 Sept. 28-Oct. 2 Regular class schedule
Week 7 Oct. 5-9 Regular class schedule
Week 8 Oct. 12-16 Mon. Oct. 12: No classes
Week 9 Oct. 19-23 Regular class schedule
Week 10 Oct. 26-30
  • Tue. Oct. 27: Wednesday class schedule
  • Wed. Oct. 28: No classes scheduled, Mental Health Day
Week 11 Nov. 2-6 Regular class schedule
Week 12 Nov. 9-13 Wed. Nov. 11: No classes
Week 13 Nov. 16-20 Regular class schedule
Week 14 Nov. 23-24 Regular class schedule
Thanksgiving recess Nov. 25-27 No classes scheduled
Week 15 Nov. 30-Dec. 1
  • Tue. Dec 1: Reserved for make-up day*
  • Wed. Dec. 2: Last day of classes
Reading period Dec. 3-4 No classes scheduled
Exams Dec. 7-17 Follow exam schedule
Make-up exams Dec. 18 Follow make-up exam schedule, if applicable

*On days reserved as make-up days, regularly scheduled classes will not meet unless you are notified otherwise by the LEC. Professors may schedule makeup sessions on these days, but they may be overridden in the event that weather cancellation forces us to move the cancelled classes to a makeup day.

UMass Law Fall class schedule

Day classes

Fall day class schedule - Monday

9–11:50am
  • Law 610 Intellectual Property
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Cohen
  • Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
10–11:55am
  • Law 504-02 Property
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Chaudhry
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
10:35am–12pm
  • Law 510-01 Legal Skills I
    Room: 015
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-02 Legal Skills I
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Freeley
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-03 Legal Skills I
    Room: 117
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 525-01 Professional Responsibility
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Drew
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-04 Legal Skills I
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Sylvia
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15–2:40pm
  • Law 510-05 Legal Skills I
    Room: 015
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-06 Legal Skills I
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Davis
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-07 Legal Skills I
    Room: 117
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-08 Legal Skills I
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Sylvia
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 585-01 Business Organizations
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Freeley
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
1:15–3:10pm
  • Law 743 Fair Housing-Access to Housing
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Chaudhry
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 2
1:15–4:05pm
  • Law 738 Mental Health Litigation
    Room: 123
    Instructor: August & Villanueva-Simms
    Type: Practice
    Credits: 3
2:50–4:15pm
  • Law 714-01 Health Law
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Ungerbuehler
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 560-01 Administrative Law
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Clough
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
4:25–5:50pm
  • Law 512-03 Legal Skills III
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Summa
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-04 Legal Skills III
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Silva
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-05 Legal Skills III
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Corso
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-06 Legal Skills III
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Cielinski
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-07 Legal Skills III
    Room: 234
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
4:25–6:20pm
  • Law 613 Federal Income Tax
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Hogan
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 4

Fall day class schedule - Tuesday

9–9:50am
  • Law 500-01 Academic Skills Lab
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Flanagan
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 1
9–10:25am
  • Law 642-01 Federal Courts
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Tabor
    Requirement: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 726 Intro to Business Finance
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Mullaney
    Requirement: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-02 Legal Skills III
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Callanan
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 525-02 Professional Responsibility
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Yu
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
9–11:50am
  • Law 745 Modern Prosecution
    Room: 123
    Instructor: Johnson
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 3
10–11:55am
  • Law 503-02 Torts
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Cleary
    Requirement: Required, Bar-Tested
    Credits: 4
  • Law 504-01 Property
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Flanagan
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 4
10:35am–Noon
  • Law 512-01 Legal Skills III
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Spencer
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 555-01 Constitutional Law I
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Tabor
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15–2:40pm
  • Law 576-01 Evidence
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Johnson
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15–3:10pm
  • Law 505-02 Civil Procedure
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Lyness
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 4
  • Law 505-01 Civil Procedure
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Yu
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 4
2:50-4:15pm
  • Law 521 Criminal Procedure
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Farber
    Requirement: Foundation
    Credits: 3
2:50-4:45pm
  • Law 731-01 State Attorney General Clinic
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Drew
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 5
  • Law 606-01 Immigration Law Clinic
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Amit
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 4
  • Law 730-01 Housing and Eviction Defense
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Schoos
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 3
  • Law 580-01 Trusts & Estates
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Rudko
    Requirement: Foundation
    Credits: 4
3:20-4:45pm
  • Law 555-02 Constitutional Law I
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Mitnick
    Requirement: Required
    Credits: 3
4:25-5:50pm
  • Law 639-02 Field Placement
    Online Synchronous
    Instructor: Pendleton
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 3-4
4:25-6:20pm
  • Law 703 Criminal Prosecution Clinic
    Room: 234
    Instructor: St. Laurent Sowa
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 3
4:55-6:20pm
  • Law 639-01 Field Placement
    Online Synchronous
    Instructor: Blanchard
    Requirement: Practice
    Credits: 3

Fall day class schedule - Wednesday

9:30-Noon
  • Law 588 Comparative Law
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Peltz-Steele
    Type: Upper-Level Writing
    Credits: 2
10-11:55am
  • Law 504-02 Property
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Chaudry
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
10:35am–Noon
  • Law 510-01 Legal Skills I
    Room: 015
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-02 Legal Skills I
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Freeley
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-03 Legal Skills I
    Room: 117
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 525-01 Professional Responsibility
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Drew
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-04 Legal Skills I
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Sylvia
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15–2:40pm
  • Law 510-05 Legal Skills I
    Room: 015
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-06 Legal Skills I
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Davis
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-07 Legal Skills I
    Room: 117
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 510-08 Legal Skills I
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Sylvia
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 585-01 Business Organizations
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Freeley
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
1:15–3:10pm
  • Law 503-01 Torts
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Cleary
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
2:50–4:15pm
  • Law 714-01 Health Law
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Ungerbuehler
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 560-01 Administrative Law
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Clough
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
4:25–5:50pm
  • Law 512-03 Legal Skills III
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Summa
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-04 Legal Skills III
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Silva
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-05 Legal Skills III
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Corso
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-06 Legal Skills III
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Cielinski
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-07 Legal Skills III
    Room: 234
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
4:25–6:20pm
  • Law 613-01 Federal Income Tax
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Hogan
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
5–6:25pm
  • Law 696-01 Law Review Note Writing
    Room: 015
    Instructor: Owens
    Type: Upper-Level Writing
    Credits: 2
  • Law 594-01 Intro to Bar Preparation
    Room: 123
    Instructor: Baker
    Type: Additional Graduation Requirement
    Credits: 3

Fall day class schedule - Thursday

9-10:25am
  • Law 642-01 Federal Courts
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Tabor
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 726-01 Intro to Business Finance
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Mullaney
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-02 Legal skills III
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Callanan
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 525-02 Professional Responsibility
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Yu
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
10:35am-noon
  • Law 512-01 Legal Skills III
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Spencer
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 555-01 Constitutional Law I
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Tabor
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15-2:40pm
  • Law 576-01 Evidence
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Johnson
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
1:15-3:10pm
  • Law 505-01 Civil Procedure
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Yu
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
  • Law 505-02 Civil Procedure
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Lyness
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
2:50-4:15pm
  • Law 521-01 Criminal Procedure
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Farber
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
2:50-4:45am
  • Law 606-01 Immigration law Clinic
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Amit
    Type: Practice
    Credits: 4
  • Law 668-01 Jurisprudence
    Room: 207
    Instructor: McDonald
    Type: Upper-Level Writing
    Credits: 3
  • Law 580-01 Trusts & Estates
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Rudko
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 4
3:20–4:45pm
  • Law 555-02 Constitutional Law I
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Mitnick
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3

Fall day class schedule - Friday

9-9:55am
  • Law 500-02 Academic Skills Lab
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Flanagan
    Type: Required
    Credits: 1
10-11:55am
  • Law 503-02 Torts
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Cleary
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
  • Law 504-01 Property
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Flanagan
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
1:15-2:40pm
  • Law 697-01 Law Review I
    Room: 207
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 2
1:15-3:10pm
  • Law 503-01 Torts
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Cleary
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4

Evening classes

Fall evening class schedule - Monday

6pm-7:55pm
  • Law 535-01 Advanced Legal Analysis
    Room: 116
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Additional Graduation Requirement
    Credits: 2
6:30-7:55pm
  • Law 504-03 Property
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Owens
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
  • Law 555-03 Constitutional law I
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Vyas
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
6:30-9pm
  • Law 694-01 Bar Preparation
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Baker
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
6:30-9:20pm
  • Law 681-01 Real Estate Transactions
    Room: 117
    Instructor: Vieira
    Type: Practice
    Credits: 3
8:05-9:30pm
  • Law 510-09 Legal Skills I
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Davis
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
8:05-10pm
  • Law 503-03 Torts
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Peltz-Steel
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4

Fall evening class schedule - Tuesday

6-7:55pm
  • Law 745-01 Water Law
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Lyness
    Type: Upper-Level Writing
    Credits: 2
6:30-7:55pm
  • Law 576-02 Evidence
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Georges
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 611-01 Consumer Bankruptcy
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: McDonald
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
8:05-9:30pm
  • Law 602-01 Employment Law
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Gomes
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 512-08 Legal Skills III
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Mangianello
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3

Fall evening class schedule - Wednesday

6-7:55pm
  • Law 640-01 Community Development Clinic
    Room: 207
    Instructor: Vyas
    Type: Practice
    Credits: 3
6:30-7:25pm
  • Law 500-03 Academic Skills Lab
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Flanagan
    Type: Required
    Credits: 1
6:30-7:55pm
  • Law 510-09 Legal Skills I
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Davis
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
6:30-9:20pm
  • Law 658-01 Family Law
    Room: 234
    Instructor: DeRossi
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
7:35-9pm
  • Law 504-03 Property
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Owens
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
8:05-9:30pm
  • Law 521-02 Criminal Procedure
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Sandel
    Type: Foundation (PT2L)
    Credits: 3
  • Law 532-01 Fair Housing - Writing Intensive
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Additional Graduation Requirement
    Credits: 3
  • Law 665-01 International Law
    Room: Synchronous Online
    Instructor: Rudko
    Type: Elective (PT2L)
    Credits: 3

Fall evening class schedule - Thursday

6-7:55pm
  • Law 737-01 Wage and Hour Law Survey
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Murphy
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 2
6:30-7:55pm
  • Law 532-01 Fair Housing - Writing Intensive
    Room: 117
    Instructor: TBD
    Type: Additional Graduation Requirement
    Credits: 2
  • Law 521-02 Criminal Procedure
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Sandel
    Type: Foundation
    Credits: 3
  • Law 665-01 International Law
    Room: 233
    Instructor: Rudko
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3
  • Law 567-02 Evidence
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Georges
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
6:30-8:25pm
  • Law 503-03 Torts
    Room: 231
    Instructor: Peltz-Steele
    Type: Required
    Credits: 4
8:05-9:30pm
  • Law 512-08 Legal Skills III
    Room: 116
    Instructor: Mangianielle
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 555-03 Constitutional Law I
    Room: 232
    Instructor: Vyas
    Type: Required
    Credits: 3
  • Law 602-01 Employment Law
    Room: 234
    Instructor: Gomes
    Type: Elective
    Credits: 3

UMass Law Fall exam schedule for proctored exams

Students must arrive at the exam room 15 minutes early to ensure they have properly set up their laptop. Final papers are due by the last day of classes. Take-home exams due by 5pm 12/18 unless your professor specifies an earlier date.

Monday, December 7

Exam schedule for Monday, December 7
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 521 Constitutional Law I Tabor 9:30am-12:30pm 231-232
Law 555-02 Constitutional Law I Mitnick 1:30pm-4:30pm 231-232
Law 594 Intro. to Bar Preparation Baker 1:30pm-4:30pm 234
Law 503-03 Torts Peltz-Steele 6-10pm 231-232

Tuesday, December 8

Exam schedule for Tuesday, December 8
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 504-01 Property Flanagan 9am-1pm 231-232
Law 504-02 Property Chaudhry 1:30pm-5:30pm 231-232
Law 576-02 Evidence Georges 6:30pm-9:30pm 231-232
Law 611 Consumer Bankruptcy McDonald 6:30pm-9:30pm 234

Wednesday, December 9

Exam schedule for Wednesday, December 10
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 555-01 Criminal Procedure Farber 1:30pm-4:30pm 231-232
Law 658 Family Law Derossi 6:30pm-9:30pm 231-232

Thursday, December 10

Exam schedule for Thursday, December 10
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 576-01 Evidence Johnson 1:30pm-4:30pm 231-232
Law 532 Fair Housing-Wr. Intensive TBD 6:30pm-9:30pm 233
Law 665 International Law Rudko 6:30pm-9:30pm 234
Law 521 Criminal Procedure Sandel 6:30pm-9:30pm 231-232

Friday, December 11

Exam schedule for Friday, December 11
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 505 Civil Procedure Lyness 9am-1pm 231-232
Law 585 Trusts & Estates Rudko 9am-1pm 234
Law 505-01 Civil Procedure Yu 1:30pm-5:30pm 231-232
Law 560 Administrative Law Clough 1:30pm-4:30pm 233

Monday, December 14

Exam schedule for Monday, December 14
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 585 Business Organizations Freeley 1:30pm-4:30pm 231-232
Law 610 Intellectual Property Cohen 1:30pm-4:30pm 234
Law 555-03 Constitutional Law I Vyas 6:30pm-9:30pm 231-232
Law 535 Advanced Legal Analysis TBD 6:30pm-8:30pm 233
Law 694 Bar Preparation Baker 6:30pm-9:30pm 234

Tuesday, December 15

Exam schedule for Tuesday, December 15
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 503-02 Torts Cleary 9am-1pm 231-232
Law 726 Intro to Business Finance Mullaney 9am-1pm 233
Law 642 Federal Courts Tabor 9:30am-12:30pm 234
Law 503-01 Torts Mitnick 1:30pm-5:30pm 231-232
Law 504-03 Property Law Owens 6pm-10pm 231-232
Law 602 Employment Law Gomes 6:30pm-9:30pm 234
Law 737 Wage & Hour Law Murphy 6:30pm-8:30pm 233

Wednesday, December 16

Exam schedule for Wednesday, December 16
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 613 Federal Income Taxation Hogan 12:30pm-4:30pm 231-232
Law 714 Health Law Ungerbuehler 1:30pm-4:30pm 234

Thursday, December 17

Exam schedule for Thursday, December 17
Course # Course title Professor Time Room #
Law 525-01 Professional Responsibility Drew 9:30am-12:30pm 231-232
Law 525-02 Professional Responsibility Yu 1:30pm-4:30pm 231-232

Friday, December 18

Makeup Day (most exam conflicts will be rescheduled during the exam period above rather than on this makeup day)

Disabilities & accommodations

The law school is committed to providing equal access to a quality legal education for all students. Any students who feel they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a documented disability should set up a meeting with UMass Dartmouth’s Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS), 508-999- 8711 or access_success@umassd.edu.

Laptop exam administration

All exams must be taken on your own laptop using the law school’s designated exam platform. You will receive instructions during the semester on registration and minimum laptop requirements to use the platform. Students must report to the exam room 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the exam in order to perform the required set up. Software must be opened within 10 minutes prior to the start of the exam. If the software cannot be opened at least 10 minutes before the start of the exam, the starting time of the exam will not be delayed, nor will the ending time be extended. Ear plugs are available upon request.

Examination conflicts

A student who has an “examination conflict,” as defined in the UMass Law Student Handbook § 16(d) (iii), is entitled to have one of the examinations rescheduled. There is an examination conflict when a student has two or more final examinations scheduled to start fewer than sixteen hours apart. For example, if you have final exams scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Monday and 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, you have an examination conflict. If you have exams scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Monday and 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, you do not have an examination conflict. Exams that specify a window of time in which to start and complete the exam do not create exam conflicts if there is any way to avoid a conflict within the assigned window. If you have an examination conflict, you must submit a petition within two weeks of the close of the published add and drop period. If you do not file a timely petition, you will be deemed to have waived your right to object to the conflict.

UMass Law Fall 2026 exam schedule for take-home exams, papers and no exams

Final exam format by course: Indicates whether a course has a paper, take-home exam, or no exam.
Course # Course title Professor No exam Paper Take-home
Law 500 Acad. Skills Lab All yes no no
Law 510 Legal Skills I All yes no no
Law 512 Legal Skills III All yes no no
Law 588 Comparative Law Peltz-Steele no yes no
Law 606 Immigration Law Clinic Amit yes no no
Law 639 Field Placement All yes no no
Law 640 Community Dev. Clinic Vyas yes no no
Law 668 Jurisprudence McDonald no yes no
Law 681 Real Estate Transactions Vieira yes no no
Law 696 Law Review Note Writing Owens no yes no
Law 697 Law Review TBD yes no no
Law 702 Criminal Motion Practice Farber yes no no
Law 703 Crim. Prosec. Clinic Sowa yes no no
Law 730 Housing/Evic. Def. Clinic Schoos yes no no
Law 731 State AG Clinic Drew yes no no
Law 738 Mental Health Lit. August/Villanueva yes no no
Law 743 Access to Housing Chaudhry no no yes
Law 745 Water Law Lyness no yes no
Law 746 Modern Prosecution Practice Johnson yes no no

Final papers are due by the last day of classes. Take-home exams are due by 5pm 12/17 unless your professor specifies an earlier date.

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