Download a PDF of the 2023-2024 calendar.
The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 10 | 2L JD/MBA Summer Classes begin All Day |
| May 15 | University-Wide Graduation Ceremony in the a.m. Penn Carey Law School Graduation Ceremony at 3:00 p.m. All Day |
| May 15 | CANCELED: ML Orientation All Day |
| June 5 | ML Summer Classes begin All Day |
| June 12 | Penn Early Recruiting Program (PEP) – applications due All Day |
| June 19 | Juneteenth Holiday: Law School Closed All Day |
| July 4 | July Fourth - Independence Day: Law School Closed All Day |
| July 21 | Transfer Student Orientation All Day |
| July 31 | LLM Orientation All Day |
| August 28 | ML Orientation All Day |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 4 | Labor Day Holiday: No Classes All Day |
| September 5 | Fall Law Classes Begin All Day |
| September 22 | Faculty Retreat – Classes Will Not Meet All Day |
| October 20 | Q-I Classes End All Day |
| October 23 | Q-II Classes Begin All Day |
| October 30 until November 3 | Public Interest Week All Day |
| November 23 until November 24 | Thanksgiving Recess: Classes Will Not Meet All Day |
| December 8 | Classes End All Day |
| December 9 until December 10 | Reading Period All Day |
| December 11 until December 20 | Fall Exams (1L exams begin Tuesday, December 12) All Day |
| December 21 | Make-up Exams All Day |
| December 22 | Winter Recess Begins All Day |
Notes
*First-year students are advised that membership on the Law Review, and many of the Journals is determined through participation in a writing competition, tentatively scheduled from May 10 to May 20. Details will be announced in March 2021.
**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 10, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 14. Other grades are due one month after the exam.
*** In some years, special credit-bearing programs are scheduled across spring break. Details on any such programs will be announced in Fall.
Law School Graduation and Reception dates are tentative and subject to change.