Suffolk Law Student Handbook 2019-2020

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT	7
EMERGENCY EVACUATION	8
RULES AND REGULATIONS	10
I. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS	10
A. General Requirements	10
B. Day Division	12
C. Evening Division	19
D. Accelerated JD Program	19
II. ACADEMIC STANDARDS	20
A. Course Loads	20
B. Attendance and Assignment Policy	21
C. Academic Standing Requirements	24
D. Dean's List	33
E. Graduation with Honors	33
F. Academic Integrity	33
G. Credit for Clinical and Other Non-Classroom Activities	35
H. Legal Writing Requirement Policy	36
I. Elective Add/Drop Period	41
J. Extensions Beyond End of Semester	41
K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads	41
L. Distance Education	42
III. GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS	43
A. Grading Policy	43
B. Grading System	44
C. Grades and Examinations	45
D. Class Rank	45
E. Examination Numbers	45
F. Failure to Take Examinations	45
H. Privacy	46
IV. SUMMER LAW PROGRAMS	46
A. Eligibility	46
B. Course Load	47
C. Early Graduation through Summer Law Program (Evening Students Only)	47
D. Application of Summer Credits to Final Semester	47
V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS	47
A. Voluntary Leaves of Absences and Voluntary Withdrawals	47
B. Involuntary Leave of Absence	48
C. Failure to Return at Conclusion of Leave of Absence	48
D. Failure to File Previous Educational Transcript(s)	48
VI. READMISSIONS	49
A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions	49
B. Time Restrictions on Certain Petitions and Applications for Readmission	50
C. Procedure and Requirements for All Reapplications	50
D. Limit on Reapplication	51
VII. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS	51
A. Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration	51
B1. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration	51
B2. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration Three-Year Program	53
C. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Finance	54
D. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Criminal Justice	54
E. JD/LLM in Taxation	54
F. General Requirements, More Information	54
VIII. ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONS	55
A. Designation of an Academic Concentration	55
B. Purpose	55
C. Components of an Academic Concentration	55
D. Procedure for Student Enrollment in a Concentration	56
E. Completion of Requirements and Review of Student Record	56
F. Graduation	57
G. Concentration Directors	57
H. Financial Services Concentration	58
I. Health and Biomedical Law Concentration	58
J. Intellectual Property Law Concentration	58
K. International Law Concentration	58
L. Trial and Appellate Advocacy Concentration	58
M. Labor and Employment Concentration	58
N. Legal Technology and Innovation Concentration	58
IX. ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATIONS	58
A. Accelerator-to-Practice Program	58
X. TRANSFER BETWEEN DIVISIONS	60
XI. STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE	61
XII. CHANGES TO REGULATIONS	63
LEARNING OUTCOMES	64
ABA STANDARD 510 PROCESS	65
ALCOHOL USE AND MARIJUANA PROHIBITION POLICY FOR UNIVERSITY EVENTS	67
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS POLICY	72
CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY	73
COMPUTER USE POLICY	74
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK USE	78
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES REGARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION	80
DISABILITY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS	84
LAW SCHOOL ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS	85
STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE	87
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT - STUDENT NOTIFICATION	92
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY	95
EXAM INTERRUPTION POLICY	96
EXAMINATION POSTPONEMENT AND RESCHEDULING REQUESTS	98
EXAMINATION REGULATIONS	99
LAPTOP EXAMINATION RULES	102
LAPTOP EXAM - PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING AND RESOLVING CLAIMS OF MISSING EXAM TEXT	103
FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (BUCKLEY AMENDMENT)	105
CHOSEN NAME POLICY	108
COMMUNICATIONS WITH LAW STUDENTS' RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND OTHER THIRD-PARTIES	109
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY - SARGENT HALL, LAW SCHOOL FLOORS	111
HAZING POLICY	112
INVOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE	114
MILITARY SERVICE POLICY - LAW SCHOOL	117
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT	118
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT	121
NON-PROSELYTIZING POLICY	139
PARKING AND MBTA PROGRAM	140
MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES	143
LAW STUDENT ACCESS TO FUNCTION SPACES, MOOT COURTROOMS, AND CLASSROOMS	144
POSTING POLICY	145
PROGRAM INTEGRITY COMPLAINT INFORMATION	147
RECORDING CLASS LECTURES	148
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY	149
SECOND LANGUAGE EXAM ACCOMMODATIONS	152
SERVICE ANIMALS	153
SMOKING POLICY	157
STUDENT ELECTRONIC MAIL	159
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL VENDOR POLICIES	160
VISITING OUT, STUDY ABROAD AND ELECTIVES AT NON-SUFFOLK PROGRAMS	162
VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL/VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE PROCESS	165
WEAPONS POLICY	168
WITHDRAWAL DUE TO FAILURE TO FILE PREVIOUS EDUCATIONAL TRANSCRIPT(S)	169

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