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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
shall be an explanation of why the cause(s) of the petitioner’s academic deficiency will not
continue to interfere with the petitioner’s ability to succeed in the study of law.
A petitioner’s failure to apprise the Committee of all relevant facts that bear on the
petitioner’s ability to succeed in the study of law, including those that are adverse to the
petitioner, or to furnish appropriate verifying documentation, in and of itself is grounds for
denial of the readmission application.
Historically, readmission to the law school following academic dismissal is rarely
approved. In those cases where the Committee acts favorably on a petition for readmission,
the Committee has wide latitude to place conditions on readmission as it deems advisable
in order to increase the likelihood that the readmitted student will succeed in the study of
law. By way of example only, the Committee may require that no academic credit be
awarded for a course for which the petitioner received a satisfactory grade while enrolled
at the law school prior to academic dismissal. An applicant who is readmitted to the law
school following academic dismissal is subject to the academic requirements and
regulations in force upon reentry.
B. Time Restrictions on Certain Petitions and Applications for
Readmission
1.
A student who withdrew from the law school with decanal approval must submit a petition
for readmission no later than June 15th for enrollment in the next Fall semester, no later
than November 1st for enrollment in the next Spring semester and no later than April 1st
for enrollment in the next Summer School session. Such a former student must submit a
petition, in letter form, as described in Paragraph A (1) above.
2.
If a student was previously dismissed for administrative or disciplinary reasons, the former
student may not submit a petition for readmission sooner than 12 calendar months from the
effective date of dismissal. If the applicant is readmitted, the applicant may not enroll
before 24 calendar months have elapsed since the effective date of dismissal. The
Administrative Committee shall indicate the “effective date of dismissal.”
3.
If a student was previously dismissed for academic reasons pursuant to Academic Rules
and Regulations II C after September 1, 2016, the former student may petition for
readmission to the law school no sooner than March 1 in the second calendar year following
dismissal. If a student was previously dismissed for academic reasons pursuant to
Academic Rules and Regulations II C before September 1, 2016, the former student may