Directed Study
To undertake supervised research, a student must first identify a faculty member
willing to supervise the project. After agreeing upon a topic, the student and the
faculty supervisor both sign a form describing the topic and agreeing to fulfill the
requirements of this option. This form is available from the Office of the Law
Registrar and the completed form must also be filed with that office. Each
Directed Study is considered a new course requiring a unique course number for
which we need to register you.
You should expect to devote a minimum of 90 hours to the project. The student
must submit an outline and complete draft to the faculty supervisor for review and
comment, prior to the submission of the completed paper. The final paper must be
submitted to the faculty supervisor by the date set in the approved proposal, which
may be no later than the end of the examination period for the semester in which
the paper is completed. The faculty supervisor will grade the paper on a Credit/No
Credit basis. Although the student is awarded two credits for completion of the
project, the grade is not included in the calculation of the student's grade point
average.
You may also submit the paper to the faculty supervisor for satisfaction of the law
school's legal writing requirement. All written work must be completed in
accordance with the provisions of the law school's Academic Integrity regulations.
No student may receive more than two units of credit in a semester for "Ungraded
Activities."
Directed Study Form
