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Periods of non-enrollment are not factored into this timeframe evaluation. Please note: ABA
requirements stipulate, except in extraordinary circumstances, a student must complete his/her
law school degree within 84 months.
Evaluation of SAP Performance
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Office of Student Financial Services will review each student’s progress after each term,
including the summer term if applicable and a student will be notified if the results of an
evaluation impact financial aid eligibility.
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All periods of enrollment while enrolled at Suffolk University Law School, including
study abroad and consortium agreement terms, are considered when evaluating SAP.
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Only credit bearing coursework will be considered as attempted credits for the purposes
of SAP evaluation.
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When a student receives a final grade for a course which was previously incomplete, the
SAP evaluation will only be recalculated at the student’s request.
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Credits dropped during the add/drop period are excluded from the SAP evaluation.
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Each time a student enrolls in a course, it will count as attempted credits. For SAP
review purposes only, if a student repeats a course, both the original grade and the grade
received upon repetition of the course shall be included in the student’s grade point
average. The academic transcript, however, does not include the original grade in the
academic GPA.
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If a student changes programs within the Law School, the Office of Student Financial
Services will evaluate SAP only for credits and grades which are applicable to the new
program.
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For students enrolled in the LLM Program, only previous academic coursework accepted
for purposes of advanced academic standing will be considered in the calculation to
determine SAP. These credits are treated as transfer credits.
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All dual degree students must meet the criteria for SAP at the Law School, even if all
attempted credits are at the Sawyer Business School and/or College of Arts and Sciences.
In addition, dual degree students must meet SAP requirements for the Sawyer Business
School and College of Arts and Sciences portions of their programs.
Failure to Maintain SAP – Automatic Warning Semester
Law students not meeting the minimum SAP requirements are placed on financial aid warning
and will receive a written warning indicating they have not met SAP standards. Financial aid
warning lasts for one academic term. During the financial aid warning period, financial aid will
be awarded and the student will be given one term to improve his/her academic standing. No
action is required of the student who is placed on warning status and no appeal of the decision to
place a student on financial aid warning is permitted.
If the student’s subsequent SAP evaluation determines the student is still not meeting SAP
standards, the student will be notified in writing that he/she is ineligible for future financial aid.
Students should be aware this includes all federal, institutional and many alternative loan
programs. If a student is ineligible for financial aid due to failure to make SAP after the warning