Faculty & Staff Email Accounts
Full-time Faculty and Staff receive a full Outlook Exchange account for email, calendar, and contacts. Your address was created at the same time as your LawKey account and was included in the activation email message you received. Your address is in the following format: lawkey@law.upenn.edu.
Accessing your Email
Faculty/staff can access their email from the Outlook desktop application installed on their Law School computer, via Outlook Web Access (OWA), or Outlook mobile.
To access Outlook Web Access (OWA), visit https://email.law.upenn.edu (login with your full email address and LawKey password).
NOTE: Outlook is the supported email client for Penn Carey Law email. ITS will not be able to provide full service support if you choose to manage your email with a non-Outlook tool or forward your email to an external mailbox.
Sensitive Data Should Never Be Sent/Received Via Email
This includes:
- SSN
- Driver’s license number or state identification card number issued in lieu of a driver license;
- Financial Information (Credit Card/Debit Numbers, Bank Account Numbers, Wiring information)
- Healthcare/Medical Insurance information
- Passwords
Automatic Online Archiving
Large email accounts cause Outlook to slow down, take longer to search, and crash more often. Online archiving will automatically move emails older than two years into an online archive.
The archive folders appear in a section named Archive located below your normal folders and are searchable just like regular emails. The archive is available whenever you are connected to the Internet through Outlook for Windows and Outlook Web App
Turn on Out of Office
You can schedule your out of office message in advance using Outlook or Outlook Web Access.
Schedule Using Outlook
- Click File and choose Automatic Replies (Out of Office).
- Select Send automatic replies, set your message, and click OK.
Schedule Using Outlook Web App for Office 365
- Log into Outlook Web App.
- Click Options in the top-right corner and choose Set Automatic Replies….
- Choose Send automatic replies, set your dates and messages, then click Save.
Prefer to forward your Penn Carey Law email to an existing account?
You will be able to manage mail forwarding using the Outlook Web App (https://outlook.office365.com). Full instructions are available in this Support Article.
