Suffolk Law Student Handbook

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT	7
EMERGENCY EVACUATION	8
RULES AND REGULATIONS	10
I. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS	10
A. General Requirements	10
B. Day Division	12
C. Evening Division	18
D. Accelerated JD Program	18
II. ACADEMIC STANDARDS	20
A. Course Loads	20
B. Attendance and Assignment Policy	20
C. Academic Standing Requirements	23
D. Dean's List	30
E. Graduation with Honors	31
F. Academic Integrity	31
G. Credit for Clinical and Other Non-Classroom Activities	33
H. Legal Writing Requirement Policy	34
I. Elective Add/Drop Period	38
J. Extensions Beyond End Semester	38
K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads	39
III. GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS	39
A. Grading Policy	39
B. Grading System	40
C. Grades and Examinations	41
D. Class Rank	41
E. Examination Numbers	42
F. Failure to Take Examinations	42
H. Privacy	42
IV. SUMMER LAW PROGRAM	43
A. Eligibility	43
B. Course Load	43
C. Early Graduation through Summer Law Program (Evening Students Only)	43
D. Application of Summer Credits to Final Semester	44
V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS	44
A. Voluntary Leaves of Absences and Voluntary Withdrawals	44
B. Involuntary Leave of Absence	44
C. Failure to Return at Conclusion of Leave of Absence	45
VI. READMISSIONS	44
A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions	45
B. Time Restrictions on Certain Petitions and Applications for Readmission	46
C. Procedure and Requirements for All Reapplications	47
D. Limit on Reapplication	47
VII. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS	47
A. Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration	47
B1. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration	48
B2. Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration Three-Year Program	49
C. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Finance	50
D. Juris Doctor/Maste of Science in Criminal Justice	50
E. JD/LLM in Taxation	50
F. General Requirements, More Information	50
VIII. ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONS	51
A. Designation of an Academic Concentration	51
B. Purpose	51
C. Components of an Academic Concentration	52
D. Procedure for Student Enrollment in a Concentration	52
E. Completion of Requirements and Review of Student Record	53
F. Graduation	53
G. Concentration Directors	53
H. Financial Services Concentration	54
I. Health and Biomedical Law Concentration	54
J. Intellectual Property Law Concentration	54
K. International Law Concentration	54
L. Trial and Appellate Advocacy Concentration	54
M. Labor and Employment Law Concentration	54
N. Legal Technology and Innovation Concentration	54
IX. ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATIONS	54
A. Accelerator-to-Practice Program	55
X. TRANSFER BETWEEN DIVISIONS	57
XI. STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE	57
A. Standard	57
B. Disciplinary Procedure	58
XII. CHANGES TO REGULATIONS	58
LEARNING OUTCOMES	60
ABA STANDARD 510 PROCESS	61
ALCOHOL POLICY	63
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS POLICY	67
CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY	68
COMPUTER USE POLICY	69
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK USE	73
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES REGARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION	75
DISABILITY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS	79
LAW SCHOOL ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS	80
STUDENT DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE	82
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT - STUDENT NOTIFICATION	87
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY	90
EXAM INTERRUPTION POLICY	91
EXAMINATION POSTPONEMENT AND RESCHEDULING REQUESTS	93
EXAMINATION REGULATIONS	94
LAPTOP EXAMINATION RULES	97
LAPTOP EXAM - PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING AND RESOLVING CLAIMS OF MISSING EXAM TEXT	98
FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (BUCKLEY AMENDMENT)	100
CHOSEN NAME POLICY	104
COMMUNICATIONS WITH LAW STUDENTS' RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND OTHER THIRD-PARTIES	104
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY - SARGENT HALL	107
HAZING POLICY	108
INVOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE	110
MILITARY SERVICE POLICY - LAW SCHOOL	113
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT	114
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY'S POLICY AGAINT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT	117
Title IX at Suffolk University	117
NON-PROSELYTIZING POLICY	141
PARKING AND MBTA PROGRAM	142
MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLES	145
LAW STUDENT ACCESS TO FUNCTION SPACES, MOOT COURTROOMS, AND CLASSROOMS	146
POSTING POLICY	147
PROGRAM INTEGRITY COMPLAINT INFORMATION	149
RECODING CLASS LECTURES	150
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY	151
SECOND LANGUAGE EXAM ACCOMMODATIONS	154
SERVICE ANIMALS	155
SMOKING POLICY	159
STUDENT ELECTRONIC MAIL	160
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL VENDOR POLICIES	161
VISITING OUT, STUDY ABRAOD AND ELECTIVES AT NON-SUFFOLK PROGRAMS	163
VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL/VOLUNTARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE PROCESS	166
WEAPONS POLICY	169

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