Academic Calendar
Download a PDF of the 2020-2021 calendar.
The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
Fall 2020
September 7th, 2020
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September 7 Labor Day: No Classes
All Day
September 8th, 2020
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September 8 Fall Law Classes Begin- In Person and Remote Instruction
All Day
October 23rd, 2020
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October 23 Q-1 Classes End
All Day
October 26th, 2020
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October 26 Q-ll Classes Begin
All Day
November 26th, 2020
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November 26
until November 27Thanksgiving Recess: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
November 30th, 2020
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November 30 All Classes Resume with Remote Instruction
All Day
December 9th, 2020
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December 9 First-Year Classes End (Reading Period: Thurs, Dec 10-Sun, Dec 13)
All Day
December 11th, 2020
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December 11 Upper-Level Classes End (Reading Period: Sat, Dec 12 & Sun, Dec 13)
All Day
December 14th, 2020
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December 14
until December 22Fall Exams
All Day
December 23rd, 2020
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December 23 Make-up Exams
All Day
December 24th, 2020
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December 24 Winter Recess Begins
All Day
Spring 2021
January 11th, 2021
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January 11 First-Year Spring Law Classes Begin
All Day
January 18th, 2021
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January 18 Martin Luther King Day: Classes Will Not Meet
All Day
January 19th, 2021
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January 19 Upper-Level Spring Law Classes Begin
All Day
February 1st, 2021
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February 1
until February 5Public Interest Week
All Day
March 5th, 2021
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March 5 Spring Recess Begins at the end of classes/ Q-lll Classes End
All Day
March 15th, 2021
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March 15 All Classes Resume/ Q-lV Classes Begin
All Day
April 23rd, 2021
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April 23 Classes End
All Day
April 24th, 2021
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April 24
until April 26Reading Period
All Day
April 27th, 2021
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April 27
until May 7Spring Examinations
All Day
May 16th, 2021
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May 16 Penn Law School Graduation Ceremony, Verizon Hall
All Day
May 17th, 2021
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May 17 University-Wide Graduation Ceremony in the Morning
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.