Suffolk Law Summer 2018 Student Handbook

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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	18
II. ACADEMIC STANDARDS	20
A. Course Loads	20
B. Attendance and Assignment Policy	20
C. Academic Standing Requirements	23
D. Dean's List	30
E. Graduation with Honors	30
F. Academic Integrity	31
G. Credit for Clinical and Other Non-Classroom Activities	32
H. Legal Writing Requirement Policy	34
I. Elective Add/Dop Period	38
J. Extensions Beyond End Semester	38
K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads	38
III. GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS	39
A. Grading Policy	39
B. Grading System	40
C. Grades and Examinations	41
D. Class Rank	41
E. Examination Numbers	41
F. Failure to Take Examinations	42
G. Reexaminations	42
H. Privacy	43
IV. SUMMER LAW PROGRAMS	43
A. Eligibility	43
B. Course Load	43
C. Early Graduation through Summer Law Program (Evening Students Only)	44
D. Application of Summer Credits to Final Semester	44
V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS	44
A. Voluntary Leaves of Absences and Voluntary Withdrawals	44
B. Involuntary Leave of Absence	45
VI. READMISSIONS	45
A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions	45
B. Time Restrictions on Certain Petitions and Applications for Readmission	46
C. Procedure and Requirements for All Reapplicants	47
D. Limit on Reapplications	47
VII. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS	47
A. Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration	47
B1. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration	48
B2. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration Three-Year Program	49
C. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Finance	50
D. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Criminal Justice	51
E. JD/LLM in Taxation	51
F. General Requirements, More Information	51
VIII. ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONS	51
A. Designation of an Academic Concentration	51
B. Purpose	51
C. Components of an Academic Concentration	52
D. Procedure for Student Enrollment in a Concentration	52
E. Completion of Requirements and Review of Student Record	53
F. Graduation	53
G. Concentration Directors	53
H. Financial Services Concentration	54
I. Health and Biomedical Law Concentration	54
J. Intellectual Property Law Concentration	54
K. International Law Concentration	54
L. Trial and Appellate Advocacy Concentration	54
M. Labor and Employment Law Concentration	54
N. Legal Technology and Innovation Concentration	54
IX. ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATIONS	55
A. Accelerator-to-Practice Program	55
X. TRANSFER BETWEEN DIVISIONS	57
XI. STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE	58
XII. CHANGES TO REGULATIONS	59
LEARNING OUTCOMES	60
ABA STANDARD 510 PROCESS	61
ALCOHOL POLICY	63
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS POLICY	67
CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY	68
COMPUTER USE POLICY	69
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK USE	73
DISABILITY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS	74
LAW SCHOOL ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS	75
STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE	77
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT - STUDENT NOTIFICATION	82
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY	85
EXAM INTERRUPTION POLICY	86
EXAMINATION POSTPONEMENT AND RESCHEDULING REQUESTS	88
EXAMINATION REGULATIONS	89
LAPTOP EXAMINATION RULES	92
LAPTOP EXAM - PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING AND RESOLVING CLAIMS OF MISSING EXAM TEXT	93
FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (BUCKLEY AMENDMENT)	95
COMMUNICATIONS WITH LAW STUDENTS' RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND OTHER THIRD-PARTIES	98
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY - SARGENT HALL	100
HAZING POLICY	101
INVOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE	103
MILITARY SERVICE POLICY - LAW SCHOOL	106
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT	106
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT	110
Title IX at Suffolk University	110
NON-PROSELYTIZING POLICY	134
PARKING AND MBTA PROGRAM	135
MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES	137
POSTING POLICY	138
PROGRAM INTEGRITY COMPLAINT INFORMAITON	140
RECORDING CLASS LECTURES	141
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY	142
SECOND LANGUAGE EXAM ACCOMMODATIONS	145
SERVICE ANIMALS	146
SMOKING POLICY	150
STUDENT ELECTRONIC MAIL	151
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL VENDOR POLICIES	152
VISITING OUT, STUDY ABROAD AND ELECTIVES AT NON-SUFFOLK PROGRAMS	154
VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL/VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE PROCESS	157
WEAPONS POLICY	160

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