Download a PDF of the 2023-2024 calendar.
The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 9 | Spring Law Classes Begin All Day |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Day Holiday: Classes Will Not Meet All Day |
| February 24 | Q-III Classes End All Day |
| February 27 | Q-IV Classes Begin All Day |
| March 3 | Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes All Day |
| March 13 | All Law Classes Resume All Day |
| April 21 | Law Classes End All Day |
| April 22 until April 24 | Reading Period 6:00am |
| April 25 until May 5 | Spring Examinations 6:00am |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| July 21 | Transfer Student Orientation All Day |
| July 25 until July 26 | On-Campus Interview Program All Day |
| July 31 | LLM Orientation All Day |
| August 1 until August 2 | On-Campus Interview Program All Day |
| August 1 until September 1 | LLM Pre-Term Program All Day |
| August 28 | ML Orientation All Day |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 25 until July 26 | On-Campus Interview Program All Day |
| August 1 until August 2 | On-Campus Interview Program All Day |
| August 1 until September 1 | LLM Pre-Term Program All Day |
| 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 (15th Annual) 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.