Academic Calendar
Download a PDF version of the 2016-2017 Academic Calendar The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
Summer 2016
July 25th, 2016
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July 25
until July 29Regional Interview Program
All Day
August 2nd, 2016
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August 2 OCI Kick-Off Meeting
All Day
August 3rd, 2016
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August 3
until August 9On-Campus Recruiting
All Day
August 10th, 2016
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August 10
until August 30Upper-level Call Back Period
All Day
Fall 2016
August 31st, 2016
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August 31
until September 2Upper-level Call Back Period
All Day -
August 31 Formal Orientation for Incoming JD Students
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
September 1st, 2016
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September 1 Formal Orientation for Incoming JD Students
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
September 2nd, 2016
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September 2 Formal Orientation for Incoming JD Students
8:30 AM - 2:45 PM
September 5th, 2016
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September 5 Labor Day: No Classes
All Day
September 6th, 2016
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September 6 Fall LAW Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM, LLCM and ML
All Day
September 19th, 2016
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September 19 1L Professionalism Program Classes
All Day -
September 19 Faculty Retreat: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
October 26th, 2016
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October 26 Q-I Classes End
All Day
October 27th, 2016
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October 27 Q-II Classes Begin
All Day
November 24th, 2016
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November 24
until November 25Thanksgiving Recess: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
December 9th, 2016
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December 9 Law Classes End
All Day
December 10th, 2016
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December 10
until December 11Reading Period
12:00 AM
December 12th, 2016
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December 12
until December 22Fall Exams
All Day
December 23rd, 2016
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December 23 Make-up Exams
All Day
December 24th, 2016
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December 24 Winter Recess Begins
All Day
Spring 2017
January 9th, 2017
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January 9 Spring Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM, LLCM and ML
All Day
January 16th, 2017
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January 16 Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
February 24th, 2017
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February 24 Q-III Classes End
All Day
February 27th, 2017
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February 27 Q-IV Classes Begin
All Day
March 3rd, 2017
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March 3 Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes
All Day
March 13th, 2017
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March 13 All Classes Resume
All Day
April 21st, 2017
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April 21 Classes End
All Day
April 22nd, 2017
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April 22
until April 24Reading Period
All Day
April 25th, 2017
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April 25
until May 5Spring Examinations
12:00 AM
May 15th, 2017
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May 15 Penn Law Graduation Ceremony
3:00 PM
Notes
*First-year students are advised that membership on the Law Review, and some of the Journals is determined through participation in a writing competition, tentatively scheduled from May 9 to May 19. Details will be announced in March 2016.
**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 9, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 13. 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.