Download a PDF of the 2024-2025 calendar.
The Law School reserves the right to alter this calendar.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 2 | Labor Day Holiday: Law School Closed All Day |
| September 3 | Fall Law Classes Begin All Day |
| September 19 | Faculty Retreat: Only Adjunct-Taught Classes & LPS Cohorts Will Meet (Thursday) All Day |
| September 20 | 1L Professionalism Day All Day |
| October 11 | LLM Legal Writing Bootcamp 10:00am - 3:00pm |
| October 18 | Q-I Classes End All Day |
| October 21 | Q-II Classes Begin All Day |
| November 5 | Election Day: Classes Will Not Meet All Day |
| November 8 | Classes follow Tuesday Schedule All Day |
| December 6 | Fall Law Classes End All Day |
| December 7 until December 8 | Reading Period All Day |
| December 9 until December 19 | Fall Exams (1L exams begin Tuesday, December 10) All Day |
| December 20 | Make-up Exams All Day |
| December 23 | Winter Recess Begins All Day |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 13 | Spring Law Classes Begin All Day |
| January 20 | Martin Luther King Day Holiday: Classes Will Not Meet & Law School Closed All Day |
| February 3 until February 7 | Public Interest Week (16th Annual) All Day |
| February 28 | Q-III Classes End All Day |
| March 3 | Q-IV Classes Begin All Day |
| March 7 | Spring Recess Begins at End of Classes All Day |
| March 17 | All Law Classes Resume All Day |
| April 24 | Spring Law Classes End All Day |
| April 25 until April 27 | Reading Period All Day |
| April 28 until May 8 | Spring Examinations All Day |
| May 9 | Make-up Exams All Day |
| May 14 | 2L JD/MBA Summer Classes Begin All Day |
| May 18 | Penn Carey Law School Graduation Ceremony - Time TBD 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 12, 2025. Details will be announced in March 2025.
**Faculty are reminded that grades for all graduating students are due by 9 a.m. on Monday, May 12, 2025 and that the faculty meeting to vote degrees will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025. Grades for 1Ls are due June 2 and grades for 2Ls are due June 9.
Law School Graduation and Reception dates are tentative and subject to change.