2024-2025 Student Handbook

ii. A student enrolled in the HJD Program who completes the first year of study with a grade point average less than 3.000 but greater than or equal to 2.500 is in good academic standing but will be reviewed by the HJD Subcommittee of the Academic Standing Committee for a determination of whether the student should be permitted to remain in the HJD Program. The HJD Subcommittee may vote to dismiss the student from the HJD Program or to allow the student to remain in the HJD Program. a. If the HJD Subcommittee votes to dismiss the student from the HJD program, the student will be placed on Academic Warning or Guided Curriculum (as applicable) and be permitted to continue as a student in the regular JD program. Such a student will remain subject to the academic standing requirements and all other regulations applicable to all JD students, including but not limited to any generally applicable cap on distance education credits. b. Unless otherwise voted by the HJD Subcommittee, a student dismissed from the HJD Program is not disqualified from enrollment in HJD upper-level courses but will be subject to the same registration priority and conditions of enrollment applicable to regular JD students. c. If the HJD Subcommittee votes to permit the student to remain in the HJD Program, it may place conditions on the student's continuation in the program, including but not limited to a cap on distance education credits or a requirement that one or more specific courses be taken in person. A student permitted by the HJD Subcommittee to continue in the HJD Program will remain subject to the requirements of section II.C.2.f. below. iii. If the Academic Standing Committee reviews a student enrolled in the HJD Program who is not in good academic standing after the first semester or first year of study and votes to permit the student to continue as a JD student, the full Academic Standing Committee will also determine whether the student should be dismissed from the HJD Program or allowed to remain in the program, with or without conditions. Prior or additional review by the HJD Subcommittee is not required for such a student. 2. Upper-class Students a . An upper-class student is not in good academic standing if the student receives final grades below C in more than one course in any semester. b . An upper-class student who is not in good academic standing after a semester, but who does not fall within paragraph (2)(c), shall be placed on probation for the following semester. c . An upper-class student whose average for the semester is no greater than 2.000, who receives final grades below C in three or more courses, or who receives final grades below C in more than one course while on probation, is not in good academic standing and may be dismissed. The Academic Standing Committee may vote to allow the student to continue on probation. The Committee will not allow the iii. those circumstances are no longer an impediment to the student’s academic performance, and iv. the student is likely to succeed in the study of law, including a likelihood of passing a bar examination. d. If a student who is not on probation but has been on probation previously is not in good academic standing at the conclusion of a semester, the student shall come before the Academic Standing Committee, which shall determine, based on the student’s overall academic record and the student’s reasons for failure to maintain good academic standing, whether or not the student shall be dismissed or be permitted to continue on probation. e. Any student who fails to achieve good academic standing for the relevant year or semester three times will be dismissed, unless at least five members of the Academic Standing Committee vote that student to continue unless it finds by clear and convincing evidence that: i. the student experienced extraordinary circumstances during the semester, ii. the extraordinary circumstances affected the student’s academic performance,

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