2024-2025 Student Handbook

1. The “first semester” for purposes of section 1.a. is defined as the period from the beginning of the first required summer term to the end of the first fall semester of study. All courses taken by students in the A ccelerated JD Program during this period will be regarded as “first semester courses” for purposes of section 1.a.

2. The “second semester” for purposes of section 1.b. is defined as the first spring semester of study.

3. The “first year” for purposes of section 1.d. Academic Warning and 1.e. Guided Curriculum shall comprise the first required summer term, the first fall semester, and the first spring semester of study.

iii. At the end of the first required summer term, a student in the Accelerated JD Program is not in good academic standing and will be dismissed from the law school if either of the following applies:

1. the student receives final grades that are unsatisfactory in three courses in that term, or

2. the student receives two or more final grades of D+ or lower in in that term.

The dismissal is final, and there is no appeal of the dismissal. The academic performance and individual circumstances of students who are dismissed pursuant to this section are not subject to review by the Academic Standing Committee. iv. A student in the Accelerated JD Program who completes the first required summer term with a grade point average less than 2.000 or receives two unsatisfactory grades in the first required summer term and is not otherwise subject to automatic dismissal is not in good academic standing and will be placed on academic probation for the first fall semester of study without review by the Academic Standing Committee; must participate in the Academic Support Program during the first fall semester; and will be administratively withdrawn from any upper-level courses for which the student may be registered in their first fall semester. Such a student must meet with an Associate Dean no later than two weeks after final grades for the first summer term have been posted in order to discuss the student’s academic performance. The Academic Standing Committee will review the student’s record after the conclusion of the first fall s emester, regardless of the student’s academic standing at that time, to determine whether the student should be permitted to continue in the Accelerated JD Program. v. A student in the Accelerated JD Program who receives one unsatisfactory grade in the first required summer term or completes the first required summer term with a grade point average of less than 2.670 must meet with an Associate Dean no later than two weeks after final grades for that term have been posted in order to discuss the student’s a cademic performance and whether the student should continue in the Accelerated JD Program. vi. A student in the Accelerated JD Program who has a grade point average of less than 2.500 after the first fall semester is not eligible under II(C)(1)(v)(a) to register to take classes in the following summer session and will be administratively withdrawn from the Accelerated JD Program, unless permission to remain in the program is granted by an Associate Dean. vii. Any student in the Accelerated JD Program subject to review by the Academic Standing Committee may be required by the Committee to withdraw from the Accelerated JD Program as a condition of being permitted to continue as a JD student.

g. Special Provisions for Students in the Hybrid JD Program

i. Students enrolled in the Hybrid JD ("HJD") Program are subject to all of the same academic standing requirements applicable to first-year students in the regular JD program as set forth in section II.C.1., and to the additional requirements below.

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