Suffolk Law Student Handbook

Table of Contents EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT................................................................................................1 EMERGENCY EVACUATION...................................................................................................2 RULES AND REGULATIONS ....................................................................................................4 I. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................... 4 A. General Requirements................................................................................................ 4 B. Day Division................................................................................................................. 6 C. Evening Division........................................................................................................ 12 II. ACADEMIC STANDARDS ...................................................................................... 14 A. Course Loads............................................................................................................. 14 B. Attendance and Assignment Policy ......................................................................... 14 C. Academic Standing Requirements .......................................................................... 17 D. Dean’s List ................................................................................................................. 24 E. Graduation with Honors .......................................................................................... 25 F. Academic Integrity.................................................................................................... 25 G. Credit for Clinical and Other Non-Classroom Activities...................................... 27 H. Legal Writing Requirement Policy.......................................................................... 28 I. Elective Add/Drop Period ........................................................................................ 32 J. Extensions Beyond End of Semester ....................................................................... 32 K. Special Students and Reduced Course Loads ........................................................ 33 III. GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS ........................................................................ 33 A. Grading Policy........................................................................................................... 33 B. Grading System......................................................................................................... 34 C. Grades and Examinations ........................................................................................ 35 D. Class Rank ................................................................................................................. 35 E. Examination Numbers.............................................................................................. 36 F. Failure to Take Examinations ................................................................................. 36 H. Privacy ....................................................................................................................... 36 IV. SUMMER LAW PROGRAMS ................................................................................. 37 A. Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 37 B. Course Load .............................................................................................................. 37 V. LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND WITHDRAWALS ................................................. 38 VI. READMISSIONS ....................................................................................................... 39 A. Consideration of Readmission Applications and Petitions ........................................ 39 B. Time Restrictions on Certain Petitions and Applications for Readmission ............. 40 C. Procedure and Requirements for All Reapplications ................................................. 41 D. Limit on Reapplication .................................................................................................. 41