Commencement

Regalia Orders

• Order and Pay for your regalia through the Herff-Jones Website - go.fiu.edu/colregaliaorder by March 15th.

• • Scroll down to “Order Your Cap and Gown” > click “Order Your Cap and Gown” > Select “College of Law” > Select Your degree > Click “Shop” > Click “Cap & Gown” > “Click Graduation Regalia”

Register and Order Tickets

• Register for Commencement and Order your graduation guest tickets online from April 1 – April 16, 2023 through Panthersoft.

• • Log on to http://my.fiu.edu/ > click Academic Records > On the drop down menu, select "Order Commencement Tickets" > Select your program and confirm your attendance to the commencement ceremony > After confirming your attendance, you may choose to purchase your tickets. > After you order your tickets, you will be able to view a final confirmation and print your guest tickets
  • Please note, you have a total of twelve available tickets. Two tickets are complimentary and ten may be purchased for $15 each. Your commencement pass will be available for pick-up at commencement.

Commencement Fair

• Attend Commencement Fair on April 16th from 12-3pm & 4-6pm.
  • Pick up the regalia you ordered (make sure your regalia packet contains the tassel; sometimes they slip out during packaging)
  • Meet several College of Law departments including Ovadia Career Planning and Placement Office, Alumni Relations, Student Services, etc
  • Ensure your name and pronunciation is correct on your Commencement Pass
  • Pick up your gift from the Student Bar Association and enjoy a meal sponsored by the Student Bar Association.

Note: If you rented a locker and plan to study for the bar examination at FIU Law, you may keep it until August 2, 2024. If items are not removed by that date, everything will be disposed of.

Seating

Please note that we may reserve ground level seating for guests with accessibility needs (i.e. in a wheelchair) with one escort and ask that all other guests are seated upstairs. We appreciate your cooperation. Follow the floor decals to the Guest Entrances near the Panther Statue.

Please see the seating ushers for any assistance needed. Requests cannot be made ahead of time, and "holding" of seats is not permitted.

Parking

Disabled parking will be reserved for holders of authorized license plates and permits. Please follow the signs posted and the directions of campus safety officers.

Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in this event or to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Accessibility (CRCA) at 305-348-2785 or by email at ocrca@fiu.edu. All request for ADA accommodations or accessible materials for this event must be submitted to CRCA at least two weeks prior to the event or at the earliest possible opportunity.

All graduates must report to the Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena) between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

All graduates must enter the Arena in Gate 2, which is located in the southeast side of the Arena.  You will go through full security when you enter the Arena. 

After entering the Arena, please go upstairs and report to the Candidates’ Robing Room (Room 220). 

All graduates park in the Panther Garage.

What to bring:

• Graduates must bring their cap, gown, and tassel to the Commencement Ceremony. You may come dressed in your regalia, or you may put on your robe in the Candidates’ Robing Room.  You may want to steam or iron your robe before the Commencement Ceremony, as it will be creased and wrinkled from being in the packaging.

• If you receive Pro Bono medals or honor cords at the Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony, please bring them with you to Commencement.  Other than those FIU-issued honor cords and FIU-issued Pro Bono medals, you cannot wear anything on the outside of your robes.  If you will not be at the Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony to pick up your cords and medals, you will be able to pick them up in the Candidates’ Robing Room on Commencement day. If you expected to receive a Pro Bono medal or honor cord and did not receive an email, please contact Student Services at lawstdsr@fiu.edu.

What not to bring to the Commencement Ceremony:

• Do not bring any weapons or valuables, including purses, cameras, and computers.  You may bring items that fit in your pockets under your robe.  You cannot leave any items in the Candidates’ Robing Room, and you cannot carry anything into the Commencement Ceremony in your hands.  If you have supplies—like medicine—that you must carry with you to the Commencement Ceremony, please contact Student Services at lawstdsr@fiu.edu if you have any questions.
• Other than cords and medals provided by FIU Law, you may not wear anything on the outside of your robe; you will be asked to remove any unauthorized items.

Designate a meeting point with your guests

• After the Commencement Ceremony, there will be almost 2,000 people on the Arena plaza and it will be quite difficult to find your guests.  Please make sure that you designate a meeting point ahead of time so that you can find your guests after the Commencement Ceremony.

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Graduates report to the Candidates’ Robing Room in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena) Room 220.

Light breakfast items and refreshments will be provided in the Candidates’ Robing Room.

The Candidates’ Robing Room will be open only to graduates; all guests must report to the Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena) main plaza on the east side of the building.

9:00 a.m. Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena) doors open for guests. Guests may park in the Panther Garage.

All guests, including children and infants, must present printed paper tickets at the door, or they will be denied admission to the Commencement Ceremony.

Ushers will only accept printed paper tickets; tickets presented on a smart phone, tablet, or computer screen will not be accepted. There will not be any means by which to print the tickets at the Arena.

Any remaining tickets, may purchased at the ticket office the day of the Commencement Ceremony (subject to availability).

9:30 a.m. Graduates line up for processional.

10:00 a.m. Commencement Ceremony begins.

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Commencement Ceremony ends.

• Immediately following the Ceremony, all graduates and guests will be escorted out of the Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena) and onto the Main Plaza.
• FIU Law will provide professional photographers to take photographs of graduates and guests at the Main Plaza (weather permitting) immediately following the Commencement Ceremony.  These photographs will be provided in an open-access format free of charge to graduates.  You will receive an email when these photographs are uploaded and ready to view.

• Graduates participating in the Commencement Ceremony will receive a ceremonial certificate in lieu of an actual diploma. Approximately one month after the Commencement Ceremony, the Registrar’s Office will mail your diploma to your home address, as provided on Panthersoft. If you have a financial hold on your account, the Registrar’s Office will release your diploma after you clear the hold.