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h.
A student who has been dismissed from the law school in accordance with any of
the provisions of the Academic Standing Requirements may not reenroll in the J.D.
program unless he or she complies with the law school’s Readmissions process and
timeframes. See
Rule VI (Readmissions).
D.
Dean’s List
The Dean’s List is an annual honor designation for students placing in the top 33%, solely for
that academic year, of (i) the first year student body, or (ii) the upper-class student body, as the
case may be. Those students who qualify for the Dean’s List will be determined annually, after
completion of the spring term, by the Assistant Dean for Academic Services and the Academic
Associate Deans using the grades from the year just completed. The Dean’s List will be
announced shortly after grades for the spring term are posted. No change will be made to the
Dean’s List G.P.A. once it has been determined.
E.
Graduation with Honors
A student who has complied with all requirements for the degree of Juris Doctor, and whose
scholastic achievements, in the judgment of the Faculty, have been outstanding, will be
recommended for the degree with honors. The graduating student with the highest cumulative
average in the day and evening divisions will be awarded the degree summa cum laude; the Faculty
may in its discretion also award the graduation honors summa cum laude to additional students.
Honors will be determined as follows:
•
S
umma Cum Laude
: Students in the top 3 percent in each division.
•
Magna Cum Laude
: Students in top 8 percent in each division but below the standard for
Summa Cum Laude.
•
Cum Laude
: Students in top 25 percent in each division but below the standard for Magna
Cum Laude.
For the purposes of determining honors, the January and May graduates of the same calendar year
will be considered the graduating class. Honor determinations for September graduates will be
based on the honor determinations made in the preceding May of the same calendar year.
F.
Academic Integrity
1.
Any violation of academic integrity shall be viewed as a serious infraction of the Rules and
Regulations of the Law School. Violations of academic integrity shall include, but are not
limited to, dishonesty in the examination process and plagiarism in written work.
Plagiarism is the representation of the language, ideas or format of another as one’s own
in any writing submitted for academic purposes.