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. Only 2L and 3L students who have examinations at conflicting times may self-schedule their make-up exams under the policy, and no exams may be rescheduled outside of the faculty approved policy that follows.

Examination rescheduling request forms will be available from the rack of materials in the Office of Student Affairs suite and on My Carolina Law.

  1. A student may reschedule an exam when the student has:
    1. Two exams on the same day; or
    2. Two exams on two consecutive calendar days. A Friday exam followed by a Monday exam does not qualify for rescheduling.
  2. The Assistant Dean for Student Services (Kelly Podger Smith) may, after consultation with the faculty member involved, adjust examination schedules for sound academic reasons, which may include illness, emergency situations, or other compelling academic reasons.
  3. The exam which may be scheduled under #1 will be:
    1. The later of the two, if they are scheduled at different times, except that if an exam that contains a multiple choice or objective component (as identified by the professor to the Assistant Dean for Student Services) is the second of the two exams, the first exam will be moved.
    2. The longer of the two (meaning the class that has the higher number of credit hours), if they are scheduled at the same time and are of different lengths.
  4. A student applying to reschedule an exam under # 1 may indicate which of the designated make-up periods that occur after the exam's regularly scheduled time the student prefers to have the make-up exam. The student is not entitled to claim a conflict for a make-up exam in a period selected by the student and another regularly scheduled exam.
  5. Any exam rescheduled under # 2 may be rescheduled as described in # 4 or as designated by the Assistant Dean for Student Services.
  6. A request to reschedule an exam under these rules must be submitted on the appropriate form no later than 14 days before the start of the exam period as indicated in the academic calendar. Students may not alter their make-up exam schedule after this period.