2024-2025 Student Handbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EMERGENCY PREPAREDN ESS POLICY…………………………………………………………………......………….……… 5

ACADEMIC RULES AND REULATIONS……………………………………………………..…… .. ……………………… ... .… 8

LEARNING OUTCOMES……………………………………………………………………………………..… ...........................49

ABA STANDARD 510 PROCESS…………………………………………………………………………... ....................... …… ..50

ALCOHOL USE AND MARIJUANA PROHIBITION POLICY………………………………………………...……...………... 51

CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS POLICY………………………………………………………………..…………………… 55

CLASS MAKE- UP POLICY…………………………………………………………………...…………………………… .... ..…. 55

COMPUTER USE POLICY………………………………………………………………………...……………………….. ..........56

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK USE………………………………………………………………………………...…...…... 59

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES REGARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ………… . ………..... 60

DISABILITY SERVICES…………………...……………………………………………………………...………………… ... …. 63

LAW SCHOOL ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS………………………………..……...…… ... ………………… .64

STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE………………………………………………………...…………………………. .....65

DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT…………………………………………………………...……….……... 69

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY………………………………………………………………...…... 71

EXAM INTERRUPTION POLICY……………………………………………………………………………………...…….... ....72

EXAMINATION POSTPONEMENT AND RESCHEDULING REQUESTS………………………………………...……... .......74

EXAMINATION REGULATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………...…………… 75

INVESTIGATING AND RESOLVING CLAIMS OF MISSING EXAM TEXT OR TECHNOLOGY FAILURE DURING REMOTE EXAM……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………. 79

FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (BUCKLEY AMENDMENT)………………………………….…….. 80

CHOSEN NAME POLICY……………………………………………………………………………………...…………………. 82

THIRD- PARTY COMMUNICATIONS……………………………………………………………………………………...……. 83

FOOD AND DRINK POLICY…………………………………………………………………………………...…………….… ...84

HAZING POLICY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…… ..85

INVOLUNATARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE……………………………………………………………………...……………….. 87

MILITARY SERVICE POLICY………………………………………………………………………………...…………...……. 89

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AND GRIEVANCE P ROCEDURES………………………………..………………...……. 90

NON- PROSELYTIZING POLICY………………………………………………………………………...………………….…… 90

MBTA PROGRAM, PARKING AND BICYCLES………………………………………………………………………...…… ....91

STUDENT ACCESS TO MEETING ROOMS , MOOT COURTROOMS AND CLASSROOMS…..………………... .................92

UNIVERSITY POSTING POLICY………………………………………………………………………………...………...... ......93

PROGRAM INTEGRITY COMPLAINT INFORMATION……………………………………………………...…….....……... ..98

RECORDING CLASS LECTURES; DISSEMINATION OF RECORDED CLASSES………………... ....................... …………99

SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY……………………………………………………………...…………... 100

SECOND LANGUARGE EXAM ADJUSTMENTS…………………………………………………………………...…………1 03

SERVICE ANIMALS………………………………………………………………………………………………...……….… ...104

SMOKING POLICY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………... ..107

STUDENT ELECTRONIC MAIL………………………………………………………………………………...……...………. 108

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL VENDOR POLICIES……………………………...………………………….. ........109

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