Examinations

Disability Accommodation for Exams

Students whose disability requires them to take examinations with accommodations must make arrangements with the Assistant Dean for Student Services.  Which examination accommodations, if any, will be determined by Disability Services and communicated via letter to the Law School Student Services Office. The accommodations may include extra time, separate testing rooms or special software or equipment.  (See also "Disability Accommodation" under Miscellaneous.)

Exam Rescheduling

The Law School policy for examination rescheduling is administered by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Student Services.  No exams may be rescheduled outside of this policy.
A student may reschedule one exam but only in the following situations:

  1. When the student has two exams on the same day;
  2. When the student has one exam on the afternoon of one day and one  on the  morning of the next;
  3. When the student has one exam each day for three consecutive days.

The rescheduled exam shall be:

  1. The latter of the two, if they are scheduled at different times; 
  2. The longer of the two, if they are scheduled at the same time and are of  different length;
  3. That of the teacher whose name comes later in alphabetical order, if  they are scheduled at the same time and are of the same length;
  4. The second of three exams in the case that the student has three  exams in three consecutive days.

Law students who qualify to reschedule final examinations should complete the required form and return it to the Registrar.  The forms for examination rescheduling are available at the Law School Registrar's Office.   A request to reschedule an exam under these rules must be submitted not later than two weeks (14 days) prior to the date on which the exam is scheduled.
 
Any exam rescheduled for one of the first three reasons stated above will be taken on the first available regularly designated make-up period.  The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs may, after consultation with the faculty members involved, adjust a student's examination schedule for sound academic reasons, which may include illness, emergency situations, or other compelling academic reasons.
 
Any exam rescheduled by the Associate Dean will be rescheduled on the first available regularly designated makeup period or at such other period as designated by the Associate Dean.