2024-2025 Student Handbook

d. An upper-class student taking a reduced program shall not be in good academic standing if the student’s grade point average for the semester falls below 2.000 or if the student receives grades below C in more than 30% of the total credit hours carried. A first-year student taking a reduced program shall not be in good academic standing if the student’s grade point average for the first year falls below 2.000 or if the student receives grades below C in more than 30% of the total credit hours carried. e. For purposes of determining a student’s academic standing, a grade of No Cr edit shall be equivalent to an F. f. If a course description specifies a course to be a prerequisite for registration, a student shall not be treated as having satisfied the prerequisite if the student receives a grade of F with respect to the prerequisite course. g. Any student who receives an unsatisfactory grade (C- or below) in Legal Practice Skills is required to enroll in Advanced Legal Writing. h. A student who has been dismissed from the law school in accordance with any of the provisions of the Academic Standing Requirements may not reenroll in the J.D. program unless the student complies with the law school’s Readmissions process and timeframes. See Rule VI (Readmissions). i. Students on Academic Probation or Academic Warning may not exceed the normal semester credit load for their division. j. Dual Degree students who are academically dismissed from their non-law program will be automatically dismissed from the law school. In cases where a Dual Degree student is subject to conditions of enrollment in their non-law program due to academic deficiency, the Chair of the Academic Standing Committee will determine if such conditions will apply to the student’s law school courses. k. No student may withdraw from the law school while consideration of the st udent’s academic standing is pending. l. If a student in the Suffolk University 3+3 program is academically dismissed from the law school’s J.D. program before earning the minimum number of credits required to complete the bachelor’s degree, such dismissal will not preclude the student from returning to their former Suffolk University undergraduate program to complete that degree. The Dean’s List is an annual honor designation for students placing in the top 33%, solely for that academic year, of (i) the first year student body, or (ii) the upper-class student body, as the case may be. Those students who qualify for the Dean’s List will be determined annually, after completion of the spring term, by the Assistant Dean for Academic Services and the Academic Associate Deans using the grades from the year just completed. The Dean’s List will be announced shortly after grades for the spring term are posted. No change will be made to the Dean’s List G.P.A. once it has been determined. D. Dean’s List

E. Graduation with Honors

A student who has complied with all requirements for the degree of Juris Doctor, and whose scholastic achievements, in the judgment of the Faculty, have been outstanding, will be recommended for the degree with honors.

Honors will be determined as follows:

• Summa Cum Laude : Students in the top 3 percent in each division.

• Magna Cum Laude : Students in top 8 percent in each division but below the standard for Summa Cum Laude.

• Cum Laude : Students in top 25 percent in each division but below the standard for Magna Cum Laude.

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