Law School Registrar
Registrar Policies & Procedures
Credit Limitations
(The following was adapted from the Academic Bulletin)
Credit Limitations for
Upper-Division Students
Year of Study |
Academic
Year
Credit Limitation |
Semester
Credit Limitation |
| Second-Year Day |
32 credits |
17 credits |
| Third-Year Day |
34 credits |
17 credits |
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| Second-Year Evening |
22 credits |
12 credits |
| Third-Year Evening |
22 credits |
12 credits |
| Fourth-Year Evening |
24 credits |
12 credits |
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| Second-Year Part-Time Day |
22 credits |
12 credits |
| Third-Year Part-Time Day |
22 credits |
12 credits |
| Fourth-Year Part-Time Day |
24 credits |
12 credits |
The credit limitations described above include
any courses involving joint degree programs whether
taken in or outside of the School of Law.
Subject to the approval of the Academic Status
Committee, a student may be permitted to register
for additional credits beyond the normal semester
credit limitation. Any such credits may not be
used to accelerate graduation or to reduce tuition
in future semesters. Any excess credit loads
exceeding three (3) credits per academic year,
including credits for auditing a course, shall
be subject to additional tuition on a per credit
basis.
Credit Limitation–Non-Traditional
Courses
Although a student may register for an unlimited
number of non-traditional courses, i.e., Law
Review, Skills courses, Internships, Foreign
Programs and Clinical Programs, no student may
utilize more than a total of nine (9) of such
credits whether taken during the academic year
or in a Summer Session to fulfill his/her graduation
credit requirement. In addition, all joint degree
programs limit the number of non-traditional
courses that may be used to fulfill a student’s
graduation credit requirement. (Please see the
Registrar for specific joint degree program
non-traditional credit limitations.) |
