Suffolk Law Student Handbook

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 ] 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:

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