Grade Policy
- The degree of Juris Doctor (J.D.) is granted to students who, having met the entrance requirements before beginning law school, have completed three academic years of full-time study (including two years of full-time resident study) within six years of the date of matriculation; have received a passing grade in courses totaling 88 semester hours; have satisfactorily completed such other work as may be prescribed from time to time; and have complied with the scholarship requirements set forth below.
- It is the responsibility of the student to ascertain that the 88-credit-hour requirement has been met. Each student will receive an academic history printout at the end of each academic year. These printouts should be carefully checked to see that they list the correct number of credits, the correct courses and grades. Any errors should be reported immediately to the Law School Registrar.
- The scale of grading is as follows: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, F.
- Any student whose record in grades, attendance or classroom performance at the end of any semester in residence, including the first, indicates lack of capacity, interest or diligence may be excluded or placed on academic probation at the discretion of the faculty.
- A student must attain an average of at least C for all the work in the first year in order to be advanced to the second year. Failure to attain this independent yearly average for the first year will result in an automatic exclusion from the school.
- A student must attain a cumulative average of at least C at the end of the second year in order to advance to the third year. Failure to attain the cumulative average will result in an automatic exclusion from the school. A student who attains a cumulative average of C or better at the end of the second year, but less than a C average for the work of the second year, is automatically placed upon academic probation during the third year.
