2024-2025 Faculty Exam & Grading Guide

GRADING

Faculty members have the responsibility to score and report student grades in a reasonable amount of time. By meeting due dates, the faculty can ensure proper delivery of grades to students and avoid delays. Grades not submitted on the due date cause the inability to:

1. prepare class ranks;

2. prepare transcripts;

3. provide tuition reimbursement letters;

4. determine student’s con tinuing status at the Law School;

5. determine awards, scholarships and academic honors;

6. determine financial aid eligibility for next semester;

7. certify 3:03 letters; and

8. attend another institution as a visiting student.

Fall Semester:

Grades are due on January 2, 2025

Spring Semester:

Grades for graduating seniors are due Monday, May 10, 2025 prior to Commencement in May unless otherwise specified. All other grades are due May 27, 2025.

Grading Policy

1. Required Courses: Faculty members assigning grades in Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts must follow the minimum/maximum number of students per grade based on the grading policy. Faculty members must assign grades within the specified grade range, based on the enrollment for the course. The Appointlink software calculates the distribution based on the 1L policy; upon completion of the non-anonymous (participation bump) selection and the entering of the anonymous grades. The grading phase will not allow faculty to continue through the process if the grading range does not comply with the policy (i.e., grade component: midterm weight 20%).

5% to 10% of enrolled students can receive an A

20% to 25% of enrolled students can receive an A – or higher

35% to 45% of enrolled students can receive a B+ and higher

65% to 70% of enrolled students can receive a B and higher

30% to 35% of enrolled students can receive a B – and lower

20 to 25% of enrolled students can receive a C+ and higher 10% to 16% of enrolled students can receive a C and lower 0% to 12% of enrolled students can receive a C – and lower

Every course in the Required Curriculum subject to the mandatory curve is likely to result in some unsatisfactory grades. This is not a requirement, however, and a faculty member might not have unsatisfactorygrades in any particular semester if in their view circumstances do not warrant the assignment of them.

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