Editing Michaelmas (section)

==Use by legal profession==
The [[Inns of Court]] of the English Bar and the [[Honorable Society of King's Inns]] in Ireland also have a Michaelmas term as one of their dining terms. It begins in September and ends towards the end of December.<ref>{{cite web |title=Innerview Michaelmas Term |url=https://d17g388r7gqnd8.cloudfront.net/2017/01/michaelmas2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929175029/https://d17g388r7gqnd8.cloudfront.net/2017/01/michaelmas2013.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-29 |url-status=live |website=Inner Temple |access-date=29 September 2020 |pages=26–27}}</ref>

The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year is divided by the courts of Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/16c93c36d3635d5180256e3f003a4580/ab69fb8f78e2b4c9802580a50056dcf7?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607180505/http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/16c93c36d3635d5180256e3f003a4580/ab69fb8f78e2b4c9802580a50056dcf7?OpenDocument |archive-date=7 June 2017 |title= High Court Sittings: Law Terms |date=8 May 2017 |website=The Courts Service of Ireland |access-date=30 March 2018}} [https://www.courts.ie/content/high-court-law-terms Also here]</ref> and England and Wales.<ref>{{citation|author1=The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|author2=Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|title=Judicial Sitting for the Michaelmas Term, Monday 4th October –Tuesday 21st December 2010|url=https://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/michaelmas_term_2010_v03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408221228/http://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/michaelmas_term_2010_v03.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-08 |url-status=live |access-date=8 November 2010}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, the United States and Ireland, a [[Red Mass]] is traditionally convened on the Sunday closest to Michaelmas, in honor of and to bless lawyers and judges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabriel the Archangel: March 24 |url=https://www.saintsfeastfamily.com/copy-of-gabriel-the-archangel-march-1 |website=saints-feast-family |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>

While terms are not used by most courts in the United States, where court calendars are usually continuous and year-round, the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]] operates on an annual term and roughly follows the English custom by beginning that term on the first Monday in October, a few days after Michaelmas.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Court and Its Procedures |work=Supreme Court of the United States |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/procedures.aspx |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626000156/https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/procedures.aspx |archive-date=26 June 2022 |url-status=live |ref=none}}</ref>