2024-2025 Student Handbook

iii. A student who has a grade point average after the second semester of the first year ranging from 2.330 to below 2.500 is not in good academic standing and will be reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee. Such a student will be dismissed unless the Committee finds by clear and convincing evidence that the student is likely to succeed in the study of law, which includes a likelihood of passing a bar examination. Evidence relevant to the Committee’s determination of likely success for purposes of this paragraph may include, but is not limited to, the absence of unsatisf actory grades in the student’s academic record, the presence of grades of B+ or higher, and demonstrated improvement in the student’s academic performance in the second semester relative to the first. If the Committee votes to dismiss the student, that dismissal is final and unappealable. iv. A student who completes the first semester with no unsatisfactory grades and a grade point average of at least 2.500; and then receives three or more unsatisfactory grades in the second semester or has a grade point average of less than 2.000 for the academic year is not in good academic standing and will be reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee under the standards set forth in section II.C.1.b.ii. v. Students who are not in good academic standing after the second semester of the first year but are allowed by the Academic Standing Committee to continue will be placed on academic probation and Academic Warning. The Committee may also set other conditions of the student’s continued enrollment, including but not limited to a reduction in course load, participation in academic and other student support programs or courses, repeat of certain courses (whether or not required by paragraph II.C.1.c. below), or a leave of absence from the school.

c. Repeating Courses

Students allowed to continue on academic probation after the first or second semester will be required to repeat any course taken during the first year of law school in which they received a grade of C- or lower. The Academic Standing Committee may, within its discretion, vote to waive this requirement regarding any course for which the student received a grade higher than F.

d. Academic Warning

In addition to those students who are placed on Academic Warning pursuant to the above Second Semester Academic Standing provision, the following students will also be placed on Academic Warning, but without review by the Academic Standing Committee:

i. Any student with a grade point average for the first year, ranging from 2.500 to below 2.670;

ii. Any student who has at least two unsatisfactory grades for that academic year, regardless of the student’s grade point average.

Students who are placed on Academic Warning must enroll in, and earn a satisfactory grade in, the following courses:

1. Legal Analysis & Methods (mu st be taken in fall semester of the student’s second year.

2. Advanced Legal Analysis (must be taken in spring semester of second year)

3. Evidence

4. Trusts and Estates

5. Business Entity Fundamentals

6. Commercial Law Survey; or Commercial Sales and Secured Transactions;

7. Criminal Procedure

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