Suffolk University Law School Student Handbook 2022-2023

ii. Any student who has at least two unsatisfactory grades for that academic year, regardless of the student’s grade point average.

Students who are placed on Academic Warning must enroll in, and earn a satisfactory grade in, the following courses:

1. Legal Analysis & Methods (must be taken in fall semester of the student ’ s second year) 2. Advanced Legal Analysis (must be taken in spring semester of second year) 3. Evidence 4. Trusts and Estates 5. Business Entity Fundamentals 6. Commercial Law Survey; or Commercial Sales and Secured Transactions* 7. Criminal Procedure 8. Family Law 9. Fundamentals of Law I and II (must be taken in the student’s final year)

With the exception of Legal Analysis & Methods, Advanced Legal Analysis, and Fundamentals of Law I & II, these courses may be taken at any time prior to graduation. Students on Academic Warning remain subject to all other graduation requirements. Students who receive an unsatisfactory grade in the above courses must participate in the Academic Support Program and are required to repeat the course in which the unsatisfactory grade was received.

Students on Academic Warning may not exceed the normal semester credit load for their division.

*Students on Academic Warning who entered the law school prior to May 2022 may satisfy requirement (6) by taking any one of these three courses.

The Academic Warning designation and requirements are a result of a student’s first -year GPA. Accordingly, the designation and requirements do not change if a student’s GPA rises above 2.670 in subsequent semesters. The Academic Warning designation is not subject to appeal.

e. Guided Curriculum

Any student who completed their first-year prior to the 2016-2017 academic year with a cumulative GPA of 2.670 or higher but less than 3.000 in the first year must take Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles in the student’s final year. Any student who completes their first year during the 2016-2017 academic year or later with a cumulative GPA of 2.670 or higher but less than 3.000 must complete all of the following courses in order to be eligible to graduate:

1. 2.

Evidence;

Trusts and Estates;

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