Suffolk Law Student Handbook 2019-2020

Table of Contents 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 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 V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS ................................................. 47 VI. READMISSIONS ....................................................................................................... 49

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