Frequently Asked Questions

Friday, May 17, 2024

UMass Law Ceremony in the Main Campus Auditorium at 3:30 p.m.

Timing (Approximate)

• 2:30 p.m. - Graduate and guest arrival, check-in, and line up
• 3:30 p.m. - Ceremony begins
• 5:30 p.m. - Recession begins

The Law School Ceremony is in the Campus Center Auditorium on the Main Campus. Students and guests should park in Lots 4, 5, or 6 and walk towards the center of Campus. There will be signs and greeters to tell you where to go! You can review our campus map too!

Visit our Graduates List website to verify your name is in the Commencement program. Resources are available in the event your name is not on the list, or your degree name is not listed correctly.

Cap & Gown Info:

Caps and gowns will be delivered to the Law School for pick-up. We expect them to be delivered in early May. You will receive an email inviting you to pick them up at my office when they become available. Please be certain you have met all graduation requirements, including all career services requirements, in advance of picking up your cap and gown. 

To ensure everyone can fit comfortably and safely in the Main Campus Auditorium, we must place a limit on the number of tickets each student receives.

This deadline of April 18, 2024 also allows us to allocate any unused tickets to ensure that as many of your guests as possible can attend.

For guests unable to get tickets, we will have a viewing party for the ceremony right across the way at the Marketplace. Guests attending the viewing party are encouraged to attend the reception in the Campus Center after the ceremony's conclusion.

Each graduating student will receive five tickets. For guests unable to get tickets, we will have a viewing party for the ceremony right across the way at the Marketplace. Guests attending the viewing party are encouraged to attend the reception in the Campus Center after the ceremony's conclusion.

Unfortunately, no. The maximum each student can receive is five to ensure everyone can fit comfortably in the Main Campus Auditorium.

For guests unable to get tickets, we will have a viewing party for the ceremony right across the way at the Marketplace. Guests attending the viewing party are encouraged to attend the reception in the Campus Center after the ceremony's conclusion

No, just guests.

After you fill out the UMass Law 2024 Commencement Ceremony Ticket Registration Form, the email address you enter for each guest will receive a ticket with a unique check-in code that will be used at check-in. If the person who received the ticket can no longer attend, they can forward the ticket to someone else to use. The name of the individual on the ticket does not matter, only the unique check-in code for each ticket.

If you have already filled out the UMass Law 2024 Commencement Ceremony Ticket Registration Form for all five tickets, please see the FAQ above: “What if I need to change who is using the ticket?” If you have remaining tickets, please email commencement.info@umassd.edu with the names and email addresses of where you would like your additional tickets to go.

If so, you can enter your email address for each ticket. You will then receive the five tickets at your email address to forward to your guests. The name of the individual on the ticket does not matter, only the unique check-in code for each ticket.

Absolutely. Graduating students can forward tickets they don’t intend to use to their classmates to use for their guests. The name of the individual on the ticket does not matter, only the unique check-in code for each ticket.

Yes, but spaces are limited. Please contact Julie Cahill, Assistant Dean of Students, for more information.

Please email commencement.info@umassd.edu.