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8 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLC or better (under the previous school’s grading system) must have been earned. Allcourses for which credit hours are transferred will be reflected on the Law School transcriptwith grades of CR (Credit). Transferred credit hours will have no effect on the LawSchool grade-point average.The Law School publishes a supplement to the Bulletin that summarizes academicrules and regulations that apply to transfer students; all students who transfer to the LawSchool are responsible for conforming to its requirements. The supplement is providedto students upon their admission and during orientation programs.Transfer Early ActionApplicants who apply for fall transfer admission by March 1st will automatically be consideredthrough the Law School’s Early Action Program and will be notified of a decisionby early May. An applicant must have three reported grades from the first semesteron his or her official law school transcript. Second semester grades are not needed toapply through Early Action, though admission is contingent upon maintaining a B averagefor the remaining first-year courses; admission through Early Action is non-binding.Non-U.S. Law School GraduatesA limited number of graduates of non-U.S. law schools who wish to prepare for lawpractice in the United States may be admitted to the J.D. program. A student in thisprogram who completes 28 credit hours of course work at the Law School with a gradepointaverage of 2.0 or above may petition the Academic Scholarship Committee to begranted 28 hours of advanced standing for law studies outside the U.S. and thereby earnthe J.D. degree in two years. A student whose average is below 2.0 after taking 28 hoursof course work must complete the full J.D. program, which requires 84 hours of coursework.Students will be admitted to this program only for the fall semester. The deadline forapplication materials is March 1, but applicants are encouraged to submit applicationswell in advance of the deadline.Master of Laws–Juris Doctor Transfer ProgramNon-U.S. law school graduates enrolled in the Law School’s LL.M. program may applyfor admission to the J.D. program for the year following completion of their LL.M. degree.Only a limited number of outstanding students will be offered admission each year.Students admitted under this program may begin J.D. studies in the fall semester of theyear of their admission only.To be considered for transfer admission applicants must do the following: notify theJ.D. Admissions Office in writing of their interest by November 1 of their first semester ofLL.M. enrollment; successfully complete at least one course from the required J.D. curriculumduring their first semester of LL.M. enrollment; and take the Law School AdmissionTest (LSAT) no later than December. In addition, applicants must request that copiesof all official records from prior academic institutions attended and TOEFL scores be sentfrom the International Graduate Programs Office to the J.D. Admissions Office; thesedocuments and a completed J.D. transfer application form are due in the J.D. AdmissionsOffice by February 1. Please note that the LSAT score is just one of a number of factorsthat is considered for admission into the Masters of Laws–Juris Doctor Transfer Program.The Law School is committed to providing administrative and other similar logis-
JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE 9tical support to all LL.M. students registered in the program.Students admitted to the J.D. program will be treated as transfer students. Upon beginningthe J.D. program, they will receive 28 credits of advanced standing for legalstudies completed outside of the United States. Students can thus complete the LL.M.degree in one year and the J.D. degree in an additional two years.Visiting (Unclassified) StudentsA law student who is in good academic standing as a degree candidate at an ABA-approvedlaw school may be admitted to the Law School as an unclassified student and earn creditfor transfer to his or her law school. Students may apply for visiting student status duringthe fall, spring, or summer semesters. Admission will be based on the availability of space.The deadlines for application materials are June 15 for the fall semester, November 15 forthe spring semester, and May 1 for the summer session.Degree RequirementsTo earn the Juris Doctor degree, students must satisfactorily meet the following academicrequirements: completion of 84 credit hours, 67 of which must have been takenfor a letter grade; fulfillment of the enrollment requirement; completion of each coursein the required curriculum with a passing grade; and maintenance of the minimumgrade-point average of 1.67. Once a student has earned 84 total credits and fully met theJuris Doctor degree requirements, they are barred from registering for additional creditsin a new semester as a Juris Doctor candidate without the prior approval of the AcademicScholarship Committee. Students with transfer status must have a minimum of 48graded credits to graduate.Course Scheduling Requirements for Full- and Part-Time StatusFull-time students (i.e., those registered for 12 or more credits in any semester) musttake the majority of their credits in courses in the day unless an exception for good causeis granted by the dean of students. Registration in journals, skills competitions, fieldplacement, and clinical courses count as day credits. After completing courses in the requiredfirst-year curriculum, which must be taken in the evening, part-time students (i.e.,those registered for a maximum of 11 credits) may take courses in the day or evening.Transfer Between the Full-Time and Part-Time (Evening) ProgramsAfter the first semester, students may, with the permission of the dean of students, transferfrom one program to another, but should be aware that there may be enrollmentrequirement consequences (see below).Students initially enrolled in the part-time (evening) program may, with the permissionof the dean of students, transfer to the full-time program as early as their secondsemester. Students who are permitted to pursue this option after completion of the firstsemester must take all required first-year curriculum courses in the evening. In addition,such students must make up 4 or more credit hours during summer sessions in order tofulfill enrollment and other degree requirements and be eligible to graduate in threeyears.See Enrollment Requirement, Required Curriculum, and Academic Work Load, below,for regulations governing the full-time and part-time (evening) programs and the
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