2024-2025 Student Handbook

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Emergency Preparedness	5
Emergency Notification System	5
Shelter in Place	5
Active Threat	5
Emergency Evactuation	6
Fire Alarm Procedures	6
Report An Emergency	7
Academic Rules and Regulations	8
I. Degree Requirements	8
A. General Requirements	8
B. Day Division	8
C. Evening Division	14
D. Accelerated JD Program	14
E. Hybrid JD Programs	15
II. Academic Standards	15
A. Course Loads	15
B. Attendance and Assignment Policy	16
C. Academic Standing Requirements	17
D. Dean's List	25
E. Graduation with Honors	25
F. Academic Integrity	26
G. Credit for Non-Classroom Activities	27
H. Legal Writing Requirement	28
I. Elective Add/Drop Period	31
J. Extensions Beyond the End of Semester	31
K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads	31
L. Distance Education	31
M. Changes to Course Section	32
III. Grading and Examinations	33
A. Grading Policy	33
B. Grading System	33
C. Grades and Examinations	34
D. Class Rank	34
E. Examination Numbers	34
F. Failure to Take Examinations	35
G. Privacy	35
IV. Summer Law Programs	36
A. Eligibility	36
B. Course Load	36
C. Early Graduation	36
D. Application of Summer Credits	37
V. Leaves of Absence and Withdrawals	37
A. Voluntary Leaves and Withdrawals	37
B. Involuntary Leaves	37
C. Failure to Return	37
D. Failure to File Previous Transcript(s)	38
VI. Readmissions	38
A. Readmission Applications and Petitions	38
B. Time Restrictions on Petitions and Applications for Readmission	39
C. Procedures and Requirements for All Reapplications	39
D. Limit on Reapplication	39
VII. Dual Degree Programs	40
A. Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration	40
B1. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration	40
B2. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration Three-Year Program	41
C. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Finance	42
D. Juris Doctor/Master of Science and Crime and Justice Studies	42
E. JD/LLM in Taxation	42
F. General Requirements	42
VIII. Academic Concentrations	43
A. Designation of an Academic Concentration	43
B. Purpose	43
C. Components	43
D. Procedure for Student Enrollment	43
E. Completion of Requirements and Review of Student Records	44
F. Graduation	44
G. Concentration Directors	44
H-M. Concentrations	44
IX. Academic Specializations	45
X. Transfer Between Divisions	46
XI. Student Conduct and Discipline	46
A. Standard	46
B. Procedure	47
XII. Changes to Regulations	48
Learning Outcomes	49
ABA Standard 510 Process	50
Alcohol Use and Marijuana Prohibition Policy	51
Cancellations and Delays Policy	55
Class Make-Up Policy	55
Computer Use Policy	56
Copyright and Trademark Use	59
University Principals and Policies Regarding Freedom of Expession	60
Disability Services for Students	63
Law School Essential Perfromance Standards	64
Student Disciplinary Procedure	65
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act	69
Office of Environmental Health and Safety	71
Exam Interruption Policy	72
Examination Postponement and Rescheduling Requests	74
Examination Regulations	75
I. General Rules for All Exams	75
II. Rules for Remote-proctored Exams	75
III. Rules for Live-proctored Exams	76
IV. Hand-written Exams	78
Investigating and Resolving Claims of Missing Exam Text or Technology Failure During Remote Exam	79
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act	80
Chosen Name Policy	82
Communications with Law Students' Relatives, Friends and Other Third-Parties	83
Food and Drink Policy	84
Hazing Policy	85
Involuntary Leave of Absence	87
Military Service Policy	89
Nondiscrimination Policy and Grievance Procedures	90
Non-Proselytizing Policy	90
MBTA Program, Parking and Bicycles	91
Student Access to Meeting Rooms, Moot Courtrooms and Classrooms	92
University Posting Policy	93
Program Integrity Complaint Information	98
Recording Class Lectures; Dissemination of Recorded Classes	99
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy	100
Second Language Exam Adjustments	103
Service Animals	104
Smoking Policy	107
Student E-Mail	108
Suffolk University Law School Vendor Policies	109
Visiting Out, Study Abroad and Electives at Non-Suffolk Programs	111
Voluntary Withdrawal and Leave of Absence Process	113
Weapons Policy	115
Withdrawal Due to Failure to File Previous Educational Transcript(s)	116

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