Suffolk Law Student Handbook

Online Student Facebook: Suffolk University Law School maintains an Online

Student Facebook which is contained within Campus Cruiser. The Online

Student Facebook contains digital photographs of students, year/section and

undergraduate institution. Only those students who have agreed, in writing, to

adhere to the

will be allowed to access

this information. The Online Student Facebook Terms of Use allows students

with access to print the Online Student Facebook information for their private use.

Blackboard: Suffolk University Law School maintains Blackboard, which is a

course learning management tool. When students post a message to a discussion

board, their name and e-mail address will appear, unless they post anonymously.

Students may also choose to include additional information (for example, address

or telephone number) and may make this contact information available to

members of the class or those in the directory on the Blackboard system. Please

complete a

to opt-out of inclusion in

Blackboard.

We encourage all students to participate in these methods of communication; however,

we recognize your right, under FERPA, to “opt-out” from the release of directory

information. Please note that, even if you opt-out, photos and all other directory

information will always be available to law school faculty, administration and staff with

legitimate educational interests as defined by FERPA.

Those wishing to withhold information and/or photos from the above paper and online

directories must submit a completed Student Directory Opt-Out Request to the Academic

Services Office no later than Friday of the first week of classes. Please note that online

information and/or photos may be removed at a later date only in extraordinary

circumstances and with permission of the Dean of Students.