In accordance with the State Courts’ Personnel Regulation 4.07, the following are designated holidays for the Judges, Judicial Assistants and Court Administration State employees in the Fifth Judicial Circuit for the calendar year 2025:
| Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | New Year’s Day |
| Monday, January 20, 2025 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Friday, April 18, 2025 | **Good Friday |
| Monday, May 26, 2025 | Memorial Day |
| Friday, July 4, 2025 | Independence Day |
| Monday, September 1, 2025 | Labor Day |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | **Rosh Hashanah |
| Thursday, October 2, 2025 | **Yom Kippur |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | Veterans Day |
| Thursday, November 27, 2025 | Thanksgiving Day |
| Friday, November 28, 2025 | Friday after Thanksgiving |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2025 | *Christmas Eve |
| Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Christmas Day |
| Friday, December 26, 2025 | *Day after Christmas |
*In accordance with 4.07(2), the Chief has designated Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, as the circuit’s discretionary holidays.
**In accordance with 4.07(3), the Chief Judge has also designated Good Friday and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as legal holidays.
Each court employee occupying an established position with a minimum of six months of service with state government is authorized one personal leave day each fiscal year.
In accordance with the State Courts’ Personnel Regulation 4.07, the following are designated holidays for the Judges, Judicial Assistants and Court Administration State employees in the Fifth Judicial Circuit for the calendar year 2026:
| Thursday, January 1, 2026 | New Year’s Day |
| Monday, January 19, 2026 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Friday, April 3, 2026 | **Good Friday |
| Monday, May 25, 2026 | Memorial Day |
| Friday, July 3, 2026 | Independence Day |
| Monday, September 7, 2026 | Labor Day |
| Monday, September 21, 2026 | **Yom Kippur |
| Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | Veterans Day |
| Thursday, November 26, 2026 | Thanksgiving Day |
| Friday, November 27, 2026 | Friday after Thanksgiving |
| Thursday, December 24, 2026 | *Christmas Eve |
| Friday, December 25, 2026 | Christmas Day |
| Thursday, December 31, 2026 | *New Year’s Eve |
*In accordance with 4.07, the Chief Judge has designated Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, as the circuit’s discretionary holidays.
**In accordance with 4.07(1) (D) and (E), the Chief Judge also designated Good Friday and Yom Kippur as legal holidays.
Each court employee occupying an established position with a minimum of six months of service with state government is authorized one personal leave day each fiscal year.