Suffolk Law Student Handbook

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Second-Semester Academic Standing i.

At the end of the second semester of the first-year, a student is not in good academic standing and will be dismissed from the law school if either of the following applies: a. the student has a grade point average of less than 2.000 for that academic year, or b. the student has unsatisfactory grades in three or more courses for that academic year. The dismissal is final, and there is no appeal of the dismissal. The academic performance and individual circumstances of students who are dismissed pursuant to this section are not subject to review by the Academic Standing Committee. ii. The Academic Standing Committee will review a student who does not fall within the above dismissal standard (II. C. 1. b. i.) but has a grade point average for that academic year ranging from 2.000 to below 2.330 or was reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee after the first semester and failed to meet one or more conditions of continued enrollment set by the Committee. Such a student is not in good academic standing and will be dismissed unless the committee finds by clear and convincing evidence that: a. the student experienced extraordinary circumstances during the academic year, b. the extraordinary circumstances affected the student’s academic performance, c. those circumstances are no longer an impediment to the student’s academic performance; and d. the student is likely to succeed in the study of law, which includes a likelihood of passing a bar examination. If the Committee votes to dismiss the student, that dismissal is final and unappealable. A student who has a grade point average after the second semester of the first year ranging from 2.330 to below 2.500 is not in good academic standing and will be reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee. Such a student will be dismissed unless the Committee finds by clear and convincing evidence that the student is likely to succeed in the study of law, which includes a likelihood of passing a bar examination. Evidence relevant to the Committee’s determination of likely success for purposes of this paragraph may include, but is not limited to, the absence of unsatisfactory grades in the student’s academic record, the presence of

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