New Student Information Guide 2023

POLICIES

Suffolk University Law School Rules and Regulations II. Academic Standards B. Attendance and Assignment Policy

1.

General

A student must take the courses and examinations for the section in which the student is enrolled. Each student is expected to perform all class assignments and to attend class meetings regularly and in a punctual manner. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the course, which may result in a grade of No Credit, F, probation, suspension, or dismissal.

2.

Applicable Absence Limitation

With respect to any course, a student is allowed to miss up to the “Applicable Absence Limitation” for that course. Students with absences in excess of the Applicable Absence Limitation shall be excluded from the course, unless such excess absences are excused in accordance with Paragraph 6, below. The Applicable Absence Limitation for a course is a function of the course’s credit hours and frequency of class meetings, as set forth in the following tables, which apply to both in-person and synchronous online or distance education classes:

a. Fall Semester, Spring Semester, or 12-week Summer Session

Credit Hours

Meetings per week

Applicable Absence Limitation one class meeting up to two class meetings up to four class meetings up to two class meetings up to four class meetings up to six class meetings up to four class meetings up to five class meetings

1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4

1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3

b. Six-Week Summer Session

Credit Hours

Meetings per week

Applicable Limitation

Absence

2 3 3 4

2 2 3 4

up to two class meetings up to two class meetings up to three class meetings up to four class meetings

3.

Special Rules for Asynchronous Online Courses

For distance education/online courses taught in an asynchronous format, students shall be regarded as absent if they fail to complete an assignment for one class, unless absence is otherwise defined in the course syllabus.

4.

Reporting Absences to the Instructor, Dean of Students

Any absences within the Applicable Absence Limitation should be reported directly to the instructor by the student. Any absences in excess of the Applicable Absence Limitation shall be reported to the Dean of Students by the student as soon as practicable.

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