2013 - 2014 Academic Calendar

The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.

FALL 2013
August 6	OCR Kick-Off meeting (mandatory for 2Ls, suggested for 3Ls)
August 7-14	On-Campus Recruiting
August 15-30	Upper-level Call back Period
August 28 - 30	1st Year Registration and Orientation
Sept. 2	Labor Day: No Classes
Sept. 3	Fall Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LLM
Sept. 23	Faculty Retreat: Upper-level Classes Will Not Meet
Sept. 23	1L Professionalism Program Classes
Oct. 18	Q-I Classes End: 2L, 3L & LLM
Oct. 21	Q-II Classes Begin: 2L, 3L & LLM
Nov. 28-29	Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes
Dec. 6	Classes End
Dec. 7-9	Reading Period
Dec. 10-20	Fall Examinations
Dec. 21	Winter Recess Begins
SPRING 2014
Jan. 13	Spring Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LLM
Jan. 20	Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet
February 28	Q-III Classes End: 2L, 3L & LLM
March 3	QIV Classes Begin: 2L, 3L, LLM
March 8	Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes***
March 17	All Classes Resume
April 25	Classes End
April 26-28	Reading Period
April 29-May 9	Spring Examinations
May 18	Law School Graduation: The Academy of Music:  Noon to 2:15 pm
May 19	University-Wide Graduation Ceremony, Franklin Field: 9:00 am
SUMMER 2014 PROGRAM FOR LLMs
July 25	LLM Registration and Orientation
July 28	LLM Summer Program Begins
JULY/AUGUST 2014 REGIONAL INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
July 28	Los Angeles (Downtown); Atlanta
July 29	Los Angeles – (Century City); Dallas; Chicago
July 30	Houston; Miami
July 31	San Francisco
August 1	Menlo Park/Palo Alto
FALL 2014
August 5	OCR Kick-Off meeting (mandatory for 2Ls, suggested for 3Ls)
August 6-13	On-Campus Recruiting
August 14-29	Upper-level Call back Period
August 27 - 29	1st Year Registration and Orientation
Sept. 1	Labor Day: No Classes
Sept. 2	Fall Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LLM
Sept. 22	Faculty Retreat: Upper-level Classes Will Not Meet
Sept. 22	1L Professionalism Program Classes
Oct. 17	Q-I Classes End: 2L, 3L & LLM
Oct. 20	Q-II Classes Begin: 2L, 3L & LLM
Nov. 27-28	Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes
Dec. 5	Classes End
Dec. 6-8	Reading Period
Dec. 9-19	Fall Examinations
Dec. 20	Winter Recess Begins
SPRING 2015
Jan. 12	Spring Term Classes Begin: 1L, 2L, 3L & LLM
Jan. 19	Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet
February 27	Q-III Classes End: 2L, 3L & LLM
March 2	QIV Classes Begin: 2L, 3L, LLM
March 6	Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes***
March 16	All Classes Resume
April 24	Classes End
April 25-27	Reading Period
April 28-May 8	Spring Examinations
May 17	Penn Law Graduation, Verizon Hall: 9:00-11:15 Graduation Reception, The Law School: 1:00-3:00-pm****
May 18	University-Wide Graduation Ceremony, Franklin Field: 9:00am

 

*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 12 to May 22.  Details will be announced in March 2014.

**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 12, and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 16.  Other grades are due one month after the exam.

***There may be an optional, intensive litigation training program for upper-level students during Spring Break.  Details will be announced in Fall.

****Law School Graduation and Reception Dates are Tentative and Subject to Change