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6.
Constitutional Law/Criminal Procedure
7.
Family Law (the Family Law requirement does not apply to students
graduating in or before September 2017 and students graduating in January
2018 may request a waiver of this requirement)
8.
Massachusetts Practice, if the student intends to take the Massachusetts bar
examination in July 2017 or February 2018
9.
Fundamentals of Law (must be taken in the student’s final semester)
With the exception of Legal Analysis & Methods (which must be taken no later
than the fall semester of the second year) and Fundamentals of Law (which must
be taken in the student’s final semester), these courses may be taken at any time
prior to graduation and they serve as a substitute for the Base Menu requirements
that are applicable to students who are not on Academic Warning. Students on
Academic Warning remain subject to all other graduation requirements.
Students who receive an unsatisfactory grade in the above courses must
participate in the Academic Support Program and are required to repeat the course
in which the unsatisfactory grade was received.
Course Guidance and Curriculum Review. Students are strongly urged to take
advanced courses that serve to reinforce first-year courses in which they received
unsatisfactory grades. Such courses may include advanced legal writing courses
and such other courses as may be designated as appropriate by the Law Faculty.
Students are also strongly urged to take advantage of all of the bar exam preparation
opportunities offered at the law school.
The Academic Warning designation is not subject to appeal.
[
Academic Warning course requirements amended by Faculty 3/2/17
]
2.
Upper-class Students
a.
An upper-class student is not in good academic standing if he or she receives final
grades below C in more than one course in any semester.
b.
An upper-class student who is not in good academic standing after a semester, but
who does not fall within paragraph (2)(c), shall be placed on probation for the
following semester.
c.
An upper-class student whose average for the semester is no greater than 2.000,
who receives final grades below C in three or more courses, or who receives final
grades below C in more than one course while on probation, is not in good academic
standing and may be dismissed. The Academic Standing Committee may vote to
allow the student to continue on probation. The Committee will not allow the
student to continue unless it finds by clear and convincing evidence that: