Registration Guide 2024-2025

DATES AND DEADLINES

Notable Dates and Deadlines

 Massachusetts requires completion of the MPRE prior to application for theBar.  Students must complete a Bar Authorization form. If a student is taking the bar exam in more than one state they must complete an Authorization form foreach state.  Application due in December for February Bar  Application due in May for July Bar  For other States please review the Bar Admission Requirements at: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education.html

Bar Examination

 Generally available in February after Informational Sessions  Student acceptance announced in March

Clinical Program Applications

Notice of Enrollment may be filed after the completion of one year; no later than October 1 for January graduates and no later than February 1 for May graduates.

Concentration

Concentration Completion

Concentration Completion forms must be submitted no later than November 1for January graduates and no later than March 1 for May graduates. Course evaluations take place each semester during the last two weeks of classes. Evaluations are completed online, and students will be emailed an individual evaluation link for each class. All responses are anonymous. An effective system of course evaluation is essential to the educational program atSuffolk University Law School. Please participate! All students are required to take a Diagnostic Exam covering selected bar related subjects taught during the first year of study in the day division and the first two years of study in the evening division. Students are required to complete the Diagnostic Exam and receive a minimum score of 50 (out of 120) in order to be eligible to graduate, and this requirement will be included in each student’s degree audit. Day students who started law school before May 2021 will be required to take the exam during designated periods in the fall of their second year of study. Evening students who started before May 2020 will be required to take the exam during designated periods in the fall of their third year of study. For students entering the law school in May 2021 or later, the diagnostic exam will be administered in May during a two week period following final exams and again for a two week period at the end of August. Students are eligible to take the diagnostic in the first May after they have completed the first year courses in Contracts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts. Once eligible, students will have the option of taking the diagnostic in the May or August administration, or both if necessary. Students who score below 50 are required to meet with a bar preparation adviser and will be permitted to retake the exam as many times as necessary to achieve that passing score.

Course Evaluations

Diagnostic Exam

Exam Accommodations

Requests for Exam Accommodations must be filed yearly; no later than 60 days prior to the start of the examination period.

Exam Reschedules

No later than 10 days prior to the start of the examination period.

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