Please check back often as dates will be added.
Note: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Alcoa Room will be held for Faculty Enrichment, with specific programs to be announced.
Fall 2019 Semester
Dates | Days | Event |
August 20-23 | Tuesday-Friday | First-year student orientation |
August 26 | Monday | Fall Semester classes begin |
August 26-30 | Monday-Friday | Final Add/Drop for Fall Semester |
September 2 | Monday | Labor Day (no classes) |
September 5 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting (Lunch Served) 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
September 12 | Thursday | Tenured Faculty Meeting (Lunch Served) 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
September 17 | Tuesday | Constitution Day Program 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
September 19 | Thursday | Pitt Law Academy 3:30 PM, Courtroom |
September 26 | Thursday | Faculty Workshop (Lunch Served) 12:30 PM, Alcoa Room |
October 1 | Tuesday | Joint Degree Informational Session 12:30 pm (Various Rooms) |
October 3 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting (Lunch Served) 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
October 3-5 | Thursday-Saturday | AALS Recruitment Conference Washington, DC |
October 8 | Tuesday | Faculty Workshop (Lunch Served) Joshua Galperin 12:30 PM, Alcoa Room |
October 16 | Wednesday | Alumni Mentoring Program Reception 5:30 PM, First Floor Lobby |
October 17 | Thursday | Pitt Law Academy 3:30 PM, Courtroom |
October 25-26 | Friday-Saturday | Pitt Law Alumni Reunion Weekend Time/Location of Events TBD |
October 25 – November 8 | Friday – Friday | Spring Term Enrollment appointments |
October 28 | Monday | Board of Visitors Meeting |
November 5 | Tuesday | Nordenberg Lecture 12:30 PM, Courtroom |
November 7 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting (Lunch Served) 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
November 9 | Saturday | Spring Term Open Enrollment Begin |
November 14 | Thursday | Annual Judicial Government and Public Interest Law Reception 5 PM, Power Center Ballroom Duquesne University |
November 21 | Thursday | Pitt Law Academy 3:30 PM, Courtroom |
November 25-26 | Monday-Tuesday | University fall break (through Friday) Law School classes in session |
November 27-29 | Wednesday-Friday | Thanksgiving Recess (no classes) |
December 3 | Tuesday | Friday Class Schedule |
December 5 | Thursday | Last Day of Classes Faculty Meeting (Lunch Served) 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
December 9-19 | Monday-Thursday | Fall Semester Examinations |
December 10 | Tuesday | Faculty Appointments Meeting 11 AM – 3 PM, Alcoa Room (Lunch Served) |
2019-2020 Academic Calendar Download
View Pitt Law Calendars on the University Calendars (work in progress)
Pitt Law Academy will be held on the following dates. Programmatic details for each Pitt Law Academy will be amended when available.
Fall 2019 semester
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September 19, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Thoughts from Prominent Lawyers on What They Should Have Done (and Not Done) when They Were in Law School
Speakers:
- Hon. Hugh Fitzpatrick McGough,, Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas;
- Geovette Washington, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh
- David J. Kalson, Director, Cohen & Grisgby -
October 17, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Legislation and Regulation
Speakers:
- Josh Hodges, Associate, Horty, Springer, & Mattern, P.C.
- Bryan Marco, Deputy Counsel, New Jersey Legislature, Office of Legislative Services
- Melissa Marshall, Esq., Community Advocate, Mountain Watershed Association
- Bethany E. Miller, Managing Senior Counsel, Business Credit & Corporate Banking, PNC Bank -
November 21, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
Diversity, Inclusion, and Empathy: Working with Clients, Fellow Lawyers, and Others from Different Backgrounds and Cultures
Speakers:
- Hon. Cathy Bissoon, District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Blair Douglass, Administrator, University of Pittsburgh Physician Scientist Training Program
- Morgan Moody, Staff Attorney, KidsVoice
- Mark T. Phillis, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Spring 2020 semester (speakers TBD)
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January 16, 2020, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Torts and Contracts -
February 20, 2020, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the "Real World": Legal Analysis & Writing -
March 19, 2020, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
Mental Health and Substance ABuse in Law School and the Legal Profession: Good Advice and Cautionary Tales
Fall 2018 Semester
Note: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Alcoa Room will be held for Faculty Enrichment, with specific programs to be announced.
Dates | Days | Event |
August 21-24 | Tuesday - Friday | First-year student orientation |
August 27 | Monday | Fall Semester classes begin |
August 27-31 | Monday - Friday | Final Add/Drop for Fall Semester |
September 3 | Monday | Labor Day (no classes) |
September 6 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Room 107 |
September 11 | Tuesday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Erin Sheley Commenter: Vivian Curran 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
September 13 | Thursday | Tenured Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
September 17 | Monday | Constitution Day Program |
September 20 | Thursday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Alfred Yen, Boston College Commenter: Pat Chew 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Courtroom |
September 25 | Tuesday | Learn, Eat, Chat: Dean Wildermuth's Environmental Law Career 12:30 p.m., Room 107 |
September 27 | Thursday | Distinguished Presentation, Janet Bell 4 PM, Courtroom Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30p.m. |
October 4 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room McLean Lecture Peter Trooboff, Covington & Burling 5:30 p.m., Courtroom and Alcoa Room |
October 5-6 | Friday-Saturday | Pitt Law Alumni Reunion Weekend Alumni Reunion Reception Distinguished Alumni Dinner & Reunion (All Friday) 5 - 9 p.m., Location TBD |
October 11-13 | Thursday-Saturday | AALS Recruitment Conference Marriott Wardman Park, Washington D.C. |
October 15 | Monday | Classes in session No Fall Break |
October 18 | Thursday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Ben Johnson, Penn State Commenter: Amy Wildermuth 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room Joint Degree Informational Session 12:30 p.m. (Various Rooms) Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
October 19 | Friday | Mentoring Day |
October 23 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30p.m. |
October 25 | Thursday | Provost's Inaugural Lecture Prof. David Harris 4 p.m. |
October 26 - November 9 | Friday - Friday | Spring Term Enrollment appointments |
October 30 | Tuesday | Nordenberg Lecture Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard Law School 12:30 p.m., Courtroom |
November 1 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room |
November 8 | Thursday | Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Courtroom |
November 10 | Saturday | Spring Term Open Enrollment Begins |
November 13 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30p.m. |
November 15 | Thursday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Russell Pearce, Fordham Law School Commenter: Jessie Allen 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
November 21-23 | Wednesday - Friday | Thanksgiving Recess (no classes) (Univ. Closed Thursday and Friday) |
November 29 - December 10 | Thursday - Monday | Final exams due to be submitted seven working days before exam date |
December 4 | Tuesday | Friday Class Schedule |
December 6 | Thursday | Last Day of Classes |
December 7 | Friday | Faculty Appointments Meeting 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Alcoa Room |
December 10-20 | Monday - Thursday | Fall Semester Examinations |
December 11 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 1p.m. |
Spring 2019 Semester
Note: Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Alcoa Room will be held for Faculty Enrichment, with specific programs to be announced.
Dates | Days | Event |
January 2 | Wednesday | Grades due for December 2018 graduates 10 a.m., Registrar's Office |
January 2-6 | Wednesday - Sunday | Annual AALS Meeting, New Orleans, LA |
January 7 | Monday | Frist day of Spring Semester Classes Grades due for courses in which all graded work was completed before the exam period and in which exams were given Dec. 10-14 5 PM, Registrar’s Office |
January 7-11 | Monday - Friday | Final Wee of Add/Drop for Spring Semester |
January 10 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room Grades due for paper courses and courses in which exams were given December 17-20, and those with self-scheduled take-home exams 5 PM, Registrar’s Office |
January 17 | Thursday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: William Moon, University of Maryland Commenter: Doug Branson 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Courtroom |
January 21 | Monday | Dr. Martin Luther King Day (no classes) University closed |
January 24 | Thursday | Tenured Professors Meeting 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
January 28 | Monday | Rubash Lecture Valarie Kinloch, Dean Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Education 12 p.m., Alcoa Room |
January 31 | Thursday | Faculty Book Event Professor Anthony Infanti “Our Selfish Tax Laws” 4:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
February 5 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30p.m. |
February 7 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12:00 Noon, Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Courtroom |
February 11 | Monday | Lawyering for Social Change Lecture Martha Chamallas, Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law, Ohio State University 5 PM, Courtroom |
February 18 | Monday | Faculty Book Event Professor Anthony Infanti “Our Selfish Tax Laws” 4:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
February 21 | Thursday | Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
February 26 | Tuesday | Faculty Scholarship Lunch & Learn: Prof. Michael Madison 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
February 26 - 27 | Tuesday - Wednesday | Bar Exam Convention Center |
February 28 | Thursday | Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30p.m. |
March 5 | Tuesday | ELPI Conference 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Courtroom |
March 6 | Wednesday | Faculty Book Event Linda Tashbook “Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law” 4:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
March 7 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12 p.m.m, Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m., Courtroom |
March 11-15 | Monday - Friday | Spring Recess (no classes) |
March 15 | Friday | Spring Holiday University closed |
March 19 | Tuesday | Curricular Planning Workshop Events for First-year students 12 p.m. - 2 p.m., Courtroom Faculty Workshop Speaker: Michael Selmi, GW Law School Commenter: Deborah Brake 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
March 20 - 22 | Wednesday - Friday | Mentoring Days |
March 21 - 23 | Thursday - Saturday | CISG Conference, Courtroom |
March 21 | Thursday | OPCD's Preparing for the 2L Job Search 12:30 p.m., Courtroom |
March 22 - April 5 | Friday - Friday | Fall Term Enrollment appointments |
March 26 | Tuesday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Waverly Duck Commenter: Lu-in Wang 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
March 28 | Thursday | Meeting of Tenured and Non-Tenure Stream Full and Associate Professors (Renewal Meeting) 12 p.m., Alcoa Room Pitt Law Academy 3:30 p.m, Courtroom |
March 29 | Friday | Admissions Open House Annual Mon River Tri-School Colloquium Time/Location TBD |
April 1 | Monday | 26th Annual McLean Lecture 5:15 p.m., Courtroom |
April 2 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 12:30 p.m. |
April 4 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12 p.m., Alcoa Room |
April 6 | Saturday | Fall Open Enrollment begins |
April 9 | Tuesday | Election of Steering and Budget Committees 12:30 p.m., Alcoa Room |
April 16 - 25 | Tuesday - Thursday | Final exams due to be submitted seven working days before exam date |
April 16 | Tuesday | 3L Tech Exit Session 12:30 p.m., Courtroom |
April 18 | Thursday | Soup's On 12 p.m. - 2 p.m., Alcoa Room |
April 22 | Monday | Last Day of Classes AND Monday Class Schedule |
April 23 | Tuesday | Faculty Brown Bag Lunch Book Publishing 12:30-1:30 PM, Alcoa Room |
April 25 - May 7 | Thursday - Tuesday | Spring Semester Examinations |
April 30 | Tuesday | Faculty Workshop Speaker: Nina Mendelson, University of Michigan Commenter: Grant MacIntyre |
May 2 | Thursday | Faculty Meeting 12 p.m., Alcoa Room |
May 7 | Tuesday | Junior Faculty Meeting 4p.m. |
May 8 | Wednesday | 2019 Graduates Luncheon 11 a.m., O'Hara Student Center Ballroom |
May 10 | Friday | Law School Graduation, 3 p.m. |
May 13 | Monday | Grades due for May graduates, and for courses in which all graded work was completed before the exam period, and in which exams were given April 25 - May 2 5 p.m., Registrar's Office |
May 17 | Friday | Grades due for paper courses and courses in which exams were given May 3 - May 7, and those with self-scheduled take-home exams 5 p.m., Registrar's Office |
July 30-31 | Tuesday - Wednesday | Bar Exam Convention Center |
Pitt Law Academy will be held on the following dates. Programmatic details for each Pitt Law Academy will be amended when available.
Fall 2018 semester
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September 6, 2018, 3:30 p.m., Room 107
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Thoughts from Prominent Lawyers on What They Should Have Done (and Not Done) when They Were in Law School
Speakers:
- Jeanne Marie Marquette, Partner, Olds Russ Marquette & Peace LLC
- Hon. Hugh Fitzpatrick McGough, Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
- Tony J. Thompson, Partner, Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP -
September 20, 2018, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Legislation and Regulation
Speakers:
- Vanessa N. Griffith, Staff Attorney, Western PA Justice at Work
- Bryan Marco, Deputy Counsel, New Jersey Legislature, Office of Legislative Services
- Laura Mullen, Senior Attorney, Argo AI
- Endia J. Vereen, Associate, Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C. -
October 18, 2018, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
Stress, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse in Law School and the Legal Profession: Good Advice and Cautionary Tales
Speakers:
- Laurie J. Besden, Esq., Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc.
- Iru Brodie-Mends, LCSW, Interim Clinical Director and Senior Staff Counselor, University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center -
November 8, 2018, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
Practicing and Promoting Civility: The Role of Lawyers and the Legal Profession
Speakers:
- Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- Edwin L. Edwards Jr., Of Counsel, Blank Rome LLP
- Colleen Ramage Johnston, Founding Member, Johnston Lykos
Spring 2019 semester
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January 17, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Torts and Criminal Law
Speakers:
- Katie M. Charlton, District Attorney, Armstrong County
- Jennifer L. Webster, Attorney, SPK, Swensen Perer Law Firm
- Jason E. Hazlewood, Partner, Reed Smith
- Frank Walker, Frank Walker Law -
February 7, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
Empathy and Diversity: Working with Clients and Others from Different Backgrounds and Cultures
Speakers:
- Stefan Dann, Associate, Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe LLC
- Noah R. Jordan, Associate, Rothman Gordon
- Shanicka L. Kennedy, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Charles T. Kotuby, Jr., Partner, Jones Day
- Summer Lee, Representative, 34th District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives -
February 21, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Contracts and Property
Speakers:
- Erin McCurdy, Associate General Counsel, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
- Kevin L. Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Sifter
- Kevin Quisenberry, Staff Attorney, Community Justice Project
- Richard T. Ting, Partner, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP -
March 7, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure
Speakers:
- Jennifer R. Andrade, Assistant United States Attorney and Chief, Civil Division, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Margaret S. Coleman, Attorney, Law Offices of Timothy P. O’Brien
- Kezia O. L. Taylor, Assistant City Solicitor, Department of Law, City of Pittsburgh -
March 28, 2019, 3:30 p.m., Courtroom
First-Year Law School Subjects in the “Real World”: Legal Analysis & WritingSpeakers:
- Amanda R. Gerstnecker, Corporate Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby
- Stephen R. Kaufman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Marie I. Rivera-Johnson, Director, Labor & Employment Group, Cohen & Grigsby