Celebrating UCLA Law's Class of 2025
At UCLA Law's 74th commencement we will recognize the accomplishments of our newest alumni.
UCLA School of Law will celebrate the Class of 2025 in a graduation ceremony on May 16 at 12:30 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion. The commencement ceremony will be streamed on this page and on the law school's YouTube channel.
California State Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger to Give Keynote Address
Justice Leondra Kruger, a trailblazing lawyer and jurist who serves on the Supreme Court of California, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2025. The daughter of an immigrant from Jamaica and the granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe, she grew up in the Los Angeles area. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard and her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was the first Black woman to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Following two prestigious clerkships, including for Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court, she specialized in appellate litigation in private practice and distinguished herself in government service.
Guest Information
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Seating and Ticketing
All guests will be accommodated and there is no need to reserve guest seating. Wheelchair-accessible seating (with room for one companion per guest using a wheelchair) will be available throughout the surrounding concourse level. The 2 rows in front of every designated wheelchair location will be reserved for other guests who want to sit near the area. Ushers will be on-hand to direct guests as needed. Please note that the arena's large video screens will be in use during commencement.
All guests must present a ticket to enter Pauley Pavilion that day. Graduates received emails in March and April detailing the process for securing digital guest tickets. Anyone 2 years old and under does not need a ticket, but children 3 and up need tickets. Once someone exits the venue, they cannot re-enter. Note that one guest can present tickets for multiple guests as long as the entire party is present at the same time.
Guests can arrive starting at 10:30 a.m. and doors to Pauley Pavilion will open at 11 a.m. All guests should arrive at Pauley Pavilion by 12:20 p.m. at the latest for a 12:30 ceremony start. Guests will enter on the North entrance (across the entrance of Lot 7) and South entrance of Pauley Pavilion. There is an ADA wheelchair-accessible entrance for guests on the Northeast side of Pauley Pavilion.
There is no food for purchase inside Pauley Pavilion and food items cannot be brought in (unless medically necessary or for young children), so guests should plan accordingly.
Please review this list of items that are prohibited in Pauley Pavilion.
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Parking
General Parking
Parking is available in Parking Structure 4 or Parking Structure 7 for a $15 charge per vehicle. Both parking structures are near the Commencement ceremony and reception location. Please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose the “UCLA Law School Commencement” to purchase your parking permit in advance. There is no physical parking permit you will need to display; your vehicle’s license plate will be your parking permit. With this permit, you may park your vehicle at any unreserved spot. If you are unable to use the Bruin ePermit website, you may purchase an hourly or daily parking permit from a campus pay station, which can range up to $20.
ADA Parking
Vehicles with DMV-issued Disability Parking Placards may park at any parking structures and in designated spaces on campus near where the Commencement ceremony and reception will take place. Please visit the Bruin ePermit website and choose the “UCLA Law School Commencement” to purchase your parking permit in advance. It will prompt you to choose between Structure/Lot 4 or 7, but you may park at other locations. The permit is $15 per vehicle. If you are unable to use the Bruin ePermit website, you may purchase an hourly or daily parking permit from a pay station, which can range up to $20.
Directions from Parking Structures 4 and 7
Click here to view an interactive campus map. You will find the law building (“School of Law”) in the top right corner and Pauley Pavilion near the center.
UCLA Parking Contact Information
For in-person inquiries, please visit the parking kiosk at Westwood Plaza by Parking Structure 8. For phone inquiries, please call (310) 794-7433 during the following business hours: Monday - Friday (except University holidays), 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Email inquiries can be directed to transportation@ts.ucla.edu.