Student Exam & Grading Guide 2019-2020

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

Maintaining the integrity of the anonymous grading system is a student responsibility and a critical component to student conduct. Breaching anonymity constitutes a violation of the Law School's Academic Integrity Rule (II.F) as set forth in the Student Handbook and is subject to disciplinary action. Examination Accommodations Disability Services evaluates all requests for services and accommodations in conjunction with Suffolk University Law School policies. Students with permanent or temporary disabilities seeking accommodations must complete an accommodations request form and schedule an appointment with Disability Services by contacting Associate Dean of Students, Ann McGonigle Santos, at the Dean of Students Office at asantos@suffolk.edu or 617-573-8155. For more information about the process for requesting exam accommodations see Suffolk University Law School's Academic Accommodations Policy. If approved for accommodations, please note that accommodations are not automatically set up for each course or for each semester. Students must submit requests for exam accommodations each year, depending on the duration of accommodations specified in each student's accommodations approval letter. Some accommodations allow examinations to be administered in a distraction reduced environment or in a private or semi-private room. Students who are provided with exam accommodations may either type (ExamSoft) or handwrite examinations. Please note that an Accommodated student, like any other student, who reschedules an exam may be required to handwrite that exam if ExamSoft is not available for the rescheduled date. Midterm/Mock Examinations Midterm Examinations are defined as in-house examinations required of all students in a class and for whom grades earned will count toward the final term grade. Students will be provided with a secondary unique exam number for the midterm examination that is different than the exam number used for the end of term examination ( My Suffolk > Web Advisor > Law Exam Information > My Examination Numbers > Term > 20/SLM ). Midterm exams may count up to 50% of the final grade. Mock Examinations are defined as an in-class examination that will not count toward the final grade. Assignments are defined as those exercises that may be a take-home examination or other assignments or quizzes that may or may not count toward the final grade. • ExamSoft is available to students for midterm examinations. • Students will be assigned examination numbers for all midterm examinations, except for LPS. All LPS assignments will be completed using the XX/FL or XX/SL term examination numbers and not the XX/FLM or XX/SLM examination numbers. Final Examinations Final examinations may be essay only, multiple choice only, or a combination of essay and multiple choice. Final examinations are generally three hours or less, except for Summer Tax LLM examinations which are four hours in duration. Students will be provided with a separate unique exam number for the final examination that is different than the exam number used for the midterm examination ( My Suffolk > Web Advisor > Law Exam Information > My Examination Numbers > Term > 20/SL ).

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