2024-2025 Faculty Exam & Grading Guide

EXAMINATION PREPARATION

Without a written statement of rules, confusion will surely arise. Examination violations are far more difficult to determine after the fact without a written statement of rules.

• State clearly the conditions for take-home exams or questions that students receive in advance of theexamination date (providing a copy of the instructions is strongly recommended).

• Instructions for an anonymous take-home examination should include the date and time when a student can download the examination from Appointlink, and the date and time that the student must upload the examination to Appointlink.

• If a faculty member requires a paper or project, the faculty member must notify the Assistant Dean forAcademic Services of the date and time that the paper or project is due.

Extension Requests for Papers, Projects and Take-Home Exams

Students are expected to plan for the due dates of papers, projects and take-home exams. If a student experiences an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal matter or emergency situation which presents an unavoidable conflict with the deadline for a paper, project or take-home, the student should contact the Dean of Law and Graduate Student Affairs for assistance (unless the student is sure that the professor is accepting the paper, project or take-home non-anonymously , in which case the student should contact the professor for assistance). Examplesof an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal or emergency situation include an issue relating to the health of thestudent, or close family member, or death of a family member. Documentation is required. More information regarding extensions beyond the end of the semester, including the limitation on enrolling inclasses with Incompletes or Exam Excusals from a previous semester, may be found in the La w School’s Rules and Regulations II.J: Academic Standards; Extensions Beyond the End of the Semester.

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