Suffolk University Law School Student Handbook 2022-2023

Maximum Time Frame

Financial aid eligibility is limited to 150% of the published minimum credit requirement of the student’s academic program. Refer to the Law Scho ol’s Rules and Regulations for specific program lengths. Suffolk University Law School measures a student’s timeframe in attempted credits. A student will not be considered to be making SAP if his or her enrollment exceeds the 150% timeframe. Periods of non-enrollment are not factored into this timeframe evaluation. Please note: ABA requirements stipulate, except in extraordinary circumstances, a student must complete his/her law school degree within 84 months.

Evaluation of SAP Performance

• Office of Studen t Financial Services will review each student’s progress after each term, including the summer term if applicable and a student will be notified if the results of an evaluation impact financial aid eligibility. • All periods of enrollment while enrolled at Suffolk University Law School, including study abroad and consortium agreement terms, are considered when evaluating SAP. • Only credit bearing coursework will be considered as attempted credits for the purposes of SAP evaluation. • When a student receives a final grade for a course which was previously incomplete, the SAP evaluation will only be recalculated at the student’s request. • Credits dropped during the add/drop period are excluded from the SAP evaluation. • Each time a student enrolls in a course, it will count as attempted credits. When a student repeats a course, all grades appear on the academic transcript. Only the most recent course grade, however, will be used to compute the cumulative GPA. • If a student changes programs within the Law School, the Office of Student Financial Services will evaluate SAP only for credits and grades which are applicable to the new program. • For students enrolled in the LLM Program, only previous academic coursework accepted for purposes of advanced academic standing will be considered in the calculation to determine SAP. These credits are treated as transfer credits. • All dual degree students must meet the criteria for SAP at the Law School, even if all attempted credits are at the Sawyer Business School and/or College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, dual degree students must meet SAP requirements for the Sawyer Business School and College of Arts and Sciences portions of their programs.

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