Suffolk University Law School Student Handbook 2022-2023

f. Statements of support from Academic Support faculty who worked with the student.

If the Committee votes to dismiss the student, that dismissal is final and unappealable.

ii. The Academic Standing Committee will review a student who has unsatisfactory final grades in two courses or who has a grade point average below 2.000 for the first semester but who does not fall under II.C.1.a.i. Such a student is not in good academic standing and may be dismissed. In determining if a student may continue, the Committee will take into account the following: a. whether the student experienced extraordinary circumstances during the first semester that affected the student’s academic performance or b. whether the student is likely to succeed in the study of law. iii. a. Students who are not in good academic standing after the first semester but are permitted by the Academic Standing Academic Standing Committee to continue will be placed on academic probation and Academic Warning. The Committee may also set other conditions of the student’s continued enrollment, including but not limited to a reduction in course load for the second semester, participation in academic and other student support programs or courses, repeat of certain courses (whether or not required by paragraph II.C.1.c. below), or a leave of absence from the school. b. For students not in good standing under II.C.1.a.i. who are permitted to continue, the Committee may set conditions which, if satisfied by the student, would result in exclusion of one or more of the student’s first semester unsatisfactory grades from the student’s grade point average for purposes of second semester academic standing and/or from the minimum number of unsatisfactory grades that would otherwise result in dismissal under II.C.1.b.i. below, provided that the committee requires the student to repeat the course in which the grade to be excluded was received. iv. a. Students who receive one unsatisfactory grade and who have a grade point average under 2.500 in the first semester and who do not otherwise fall under II C.1. a.i. or II C.1. a.ii. will receive a notice from the Academic Standing Committee warning the student of the Academic Standing Requirements and will be required to participate in the Academic Support Program. The terms of a student’s required participation will be determined by the faculty of the Academic Support Program and communicated to the student. A student who fails to satisfy this requirement will be reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee at the end of the year and may be placed on academic probation for the following semester. b. Students who receive one unsatisfactory grade in the first semester or have a grade point average under 2.500, but not both, and who do not otherwise fall under II C.1. a.i. or II C.1. a.ii., will receive a notice from the Academic Standing Committee warning the student of the Academic Standing Requirements and will be required to meet with a If the Committee votes to dismiss the student, that dismissal is final and unappealable.

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