Miscellaneous
Class Attendance
Regular and punctual class attendance is required by American Bar Association (ABA). Students who do not attend class on a regular basis will be dropped from the class at the request of the instructor and with the concurrence of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Instructors may also elect to consider class attendance and participation in assigning final grades.
Disability Accommodation
The School of Law works through the Department of Disability Services to determine what accommodations an individual student needs. Reasonable accommodations are provided to students who are identified by Disability Services and who have provided documentation that supports the need for reasonable accommodations so they may, as independently as possible, meet the demands of law school life. Disability Services offers individualized programs and services including academic advising, registration assistance, accessible classrooms and materials, tutoring and special testing arrangements that enable students with disabilities to enjoy campus life as independently as possible. To be eligible for services, students must provide medical documentation that provides information about a substantial limitation to one or more major life activities, specifically as it applies to meeting the demands of University life, in and/or out of the classroom. Students with temporary disabilities (such as broken limbs) or who want more information should see the Assistant Dean for Student Services.
Employment
A law student may not be employed more than 20 hours per week in any week in which the student is enrolled in more than twelve credit hours. This is an ABA requirement, Standard 304(f).
Plagiarism
Students are required to read the materials on the website about plagiarism. Beginning in January 2008, each 1L student must certify that he or she has read and understood the anti-plagiarism materials on the web. See https://my.law.unc.edu/academics/policies/plagiarism/
Rules Governing Professional Training of Law Students
Law students may be able to engage in supervised representation of low income individuals in limited circumstances pursuant to the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct (Subchapter C, Section .0200 Rules Governing Practical Training of Law Students of the NC Rules of Professional Conduct (http://www.ncbar.gov/rules/regulations.asp?page=113),
To engage in activities permitted by these rules, a law student must satisfy the following requirements:
- be enrolled in a law school approved by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar;
- have completed at least three semesters of the requirements for a professional degree in law (J.D. or its equivalent);
- be certified in writing by a representative of his or her law school, authorized by the dean of the law school to provide such certification, as being of good character with requisite legal ability and training to perform as a legal intern;
- be introduced to the court in which he or she is appearing by an attorney admitted to practice in that court;
- neither ask for nor receive any compensation or remuneration of any kind from any client for whom he or she renders services, but this shall not prevent an attorney, legal services corporation, law school, public defender agency, or the state from paying compensation to the law student or charging or collecting a fee for legal services performed by such law student;
- certify in writing that he or she has read and is familiar with the North Carolina Revised Rules of Professional Conduct and the opinions interpretive thereof.
27 N.C. Admin. Code 1C.0200 (2007)
Certification forms can be found on the NC State Bar website.
In- and out-of-state certification forms should be submitted to Shelby Mann, Director of Facilities.
Clinic and externship program students: this process will be managed by School of Law personnel.