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VI. READMISSIONS
A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions
1.
Non-Academic Separations
. A student who has previously voluntarily withdrawn from the
law school with decanal approval or who has been previously dismissed for administrative
or disciplinary reasons must submit a petition seeking readmission in order to reenter the
law school. Such petitions, which must be submitted on a form provided by the Admissions
Office, will be considered by the Faculty Academic Standing Committee. In the case of a
student dismissed for disciplinary reasons, the Academic Standing Committee will make a
recommendation to the faculty, which will determine whether to readmit the student. A
student who is readmitted to the law school after having withdrawn or having been
dismissed for administrative or disciplinary reasons is subject to the academic requirements
and regulations in force upon reentry.
All petitions seeking readmission after a non-academic separation must address, in detail,
the reasons for the student’s prior withdrawal or dismissal and provide a statement
explaining why the prior circumstances will no longer affect the student’s ability to
successfully study law and practice law.
2.
Academic Separations
. A student who has previously been dismissed for academic reasons
and wishes to reenter the law school must submit a written petition for readmission. Such
petition, submitted on a form provided by the Admissions Office, will be considered by the
Faculty Academic Standing Committee or its designees. The Academic Standing
Committee shall not act favorably upon a readmission petition unless the petitioner has
demonstrated to the Committee’s satisfaction by clear and convincing evidence that the
petitioner possesses the requisite ability to succeed in the study of law.
The petition shall be in three parts:
Part I shall inform the Committee of the reasons for the petitioner’s academic deficiency
while enrolled in the law school. Full documentation of the circumstances must accompany
the petition. If such reasons involve physical or psychological incapacity before or during
examinations, full documentation of the problem from a treating professional must
accompany the petition.
Part II shall inform the Committee of all events in the petitioner’s life since the date of his
or her academic dismissal that bear on the petitioner’s ability to succeed in the study of
law. Part II shall include relevant information, supported when appropriate by verifying
documentation, pertaining to the petitioner’s post-dismissal employment history and/or
academic pursuits, post-dismissal medical history (to the extent that it bears on the ability
to study law) and post-dismissal arrests and/or convictions, if any.
Part III shall inform the Committee of the reasons why the petitioner believes that he or
she now possesses the requisite ability to succeed in the study of law. Included in Part III