2024-2025 Student Handbook

the student be allowed to continue on probation. (For example, a student would fall into this category if the student’s grades for the first year were below the standards for good standing, the student’s grades for the second semester of the second year were below the standards for good standing, and the student’s grades for the first semester of the third year were below the standards for good standing.) In the event the student is allowed to continue on probation, the Academic Standing Committee shall set the conditions of such probation. f. Any upper-level student enrolled in the HJD Program who completes a semester in good academic standing but with a cumulative grade point average less than 3.000 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, with or without conditions. i. Unless otherwise voted by the HJD Subcommittee, an upper-level student dismissed from the HJD Program is not disqualified from further enrollment in HJD upper-level courses but will be subject to the same registration priority and conditions of enrollment applicable to regular JD students. ii. If the HJD Subcommittee votes to permit the upper-level 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. Petitions for permission to continue will be considered by the Academic Standing Committee, consisting of six faculty members, the Dean of Students (serving Ex Officio) and an Associate Dean. The Associate Dean, who shall be a member of the Law School Faculty, shall serve as chair of the committee, and shall only vote in the case of a tie. The presence of four members of the Committee, not including the Chair and the Dean of Students, shall be sufficient for a quorum. b. The student shall be afforded an opportunity to submit a petition in writing to the committee and to be heard before the committee prior to its decision. Full documentation of the circumstances must accompany the petition. If such reasons involve physical or psychological incapacity before or during examinations, full documentation of the problem from a treating professional must accompany the petition. c. If the committee allows a student to continue on probation, it may impose conditions, including but not limited to repeating a course, periodic meetings with a faculty advisor, an assistance program prescribed by the committee, limitations on employment or extracurricular activities, or taking a semester or year of leave prior to continuing. a . No student may graduate with final grades below C in more than three courses or with a grade point average below 2.000. b . No student may enroll in the second semester of a two-semester course, such as Legal Practice Skills, if the student receives a final grade of F in the first semester of the course. c . A student, whether or not in good academic standing, shall be required to repeat any required course in which the student receives a grade of F. Both the original grade of F and the grade received upon repetition of the course shall be included on the student transcript but the original grade of F will be removed from the GPA when the course is repeated. For purposes of this Regulation II (C) (4) (c), the term “required course” shall mean all first year courses, including for evening students Constituti onal Law and Property although offered in the second year. For purposes of this Regulation II (C) (4) (c) the term “required course” shall also include Professional Responsibility.

3. Academic Standing Committee

The decision of the Academic Standing Committee is final. There is no appeal of its decision.

4. General Provisions

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