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12 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLlated lawyering exercises. The course must be taken for a letter grade unless it is a clinicalcourse that is offered only on a Credit/No Credit basis. The requirement has been establishedto ensure that all students develop and refine practical legal skills that includeone or more of the following: problem solving, factual investigation, communication,counseling, negotiation, litigation, non-litigation advocacy, alternative dispute resolution,and drafting of legal documents such as contracts, estate plans, and briefs.The requirement may be met by satisfactory completion of any course identified bythe designation “(Skills)” following the course description; should the chosen course notbe devoted entirely to the skill or skills concerned, the student must also satisfactorilycomplete any assignments that are determined to be part of the skills component of thecourse.Academic RegulationsAcademic Work LoadJuris Doctor candidates must maintain a schedule of at least 12 credit hours per semesterto be considered full-time. Candidates without substantial outside employment (nomore than 20 hours per week) may take a program of study of 15 credit hours per semester.After the first year of study, full-time students may take courses in the eveningonly if they take a majority of their hours in day courses. The dean of students is authorizedto approve programs of study of more than 15 credit hours in exceptional cases;however, no program will be approved that would permit the student to complete requirementsfor the degree in less than 28 months after beginning the first year of lawstudy. Students with more than 20 total hours per week of outside employment musttake a limited program of study not exceeding 11 credit hours; the minimum load is 8credit hours, except in special cases when fewer hours may be approved by the dean ofstudents for a limited time. A minimum schedule of 12 credit hours is required for studentsto be considered full-time.Juris Doctor students may take a maximum of 8 credit hours concurrently in eachsummer session. Of those credit hours, no more than a total of 6 may be earned at otherlaw schools’ summer programs (see Summer School Credit from Other Law Schools). Inexceptional cases the dean of students is authorized to approve summer programs ofstudy of more than 8 concurrent credit hours.Student EmploymentA student taking more than 11 hours of course work must limit outside employment tonot more than 20 total hours per week. All full-time students are urged to refrain fromengaging in outside employment during their first year, and the Law School will notemploy first-year students. Although work in some special areas may contribute to thelearning and experience of the student, as a general rule it will compete with the timeneeded for adequate study and preparation, which are at the heart of a good legal education.
Academic EvaluationGradesLetter grades are given with numerical equivalents as follows.JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE 13A+ = 4.33 – B+ = 3.33 – C+ = 2.33 – D = 1.0A = 4.0 B = 3.0 C = 2.0 F = 0A = 3.66 – B = 2.66 – C = 1.66 –Credit toward the J.D. degree is given for all grades between D and A+ (inclusive). AJ.D. candidate who receives a grade of F or No Credit in a required course must retakethat course from the same or a different instructor. Any student who retakes a requiredcourse and receives a grade of F or No Credit will be excluded from further study andmay not graduate unless the student petitions for and receives the permission of the AcademicScholarship Committee. A J.D. candidate who receives a grade of F or No Creditin a non-required course may retake the course once, from the same or a different instructor.All failing and No Credit grades remain on the record. The cumulative averageof a student includes all grades earned in courses evaluated on a letter-grade basis andtaken at the Law School while a candidate for the degree.The majority of courses are graded on a letter-grade basis, but for some courses, primarilythose that are clinical or skills-oriented, the grade of CR (Credit) or NC (No Credit)is given or the following grading scale is used: H (Honors), P (Pass), LP (Low Pass),and NC (No Credit). For Honors, a student must do work of excellent quality, and nomore than 25 percent of the class may earn this grade. For courses graded on a Credit/NoCredit or Honors, Pass, Low Pass, or No Credit basis, No Credit is given forwork that would receive a grade below C were evaluation to be made using the lettergrade scale.A student who has been excused from taking a regularly scheduled examination or hasbeen granted an extension of the deadline for a research paper is given the grade of I,Incomplete. (See Failure to Take an Examination, and Deadlines for Courses Graded onthe Basis of Methods of Evaluation Other than In-Class Examinations, below.)No grade may be changed by an instructor after it has been posted or disclosed to astudent unless there has been an arithmetic or administrative error that has been certifiedin writing as such by the instructor. A student has the right of faculty peer review ofcomplaints of “prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation” under the regulations outlinedin The George Washington University Guide to Students’ Rights and Responsibilities.To initiate such a review, the student must submit a letter and supporting documentationto the senior associate dean for academic affairs by the last day of classes of the semesterfollowing the semester or summer session in which the grade for an examination,paper, or other work product was awarded. The student has the burden of making aprima facie case, with appropriate documentation, that the grade was prejudiced or capricious.Mere disagreement with the grade is not a sufficient basis for initiating a facultypeer review.Method of EvaluationThe method of evaluation is indicated at the end of each course description in this Bulletin,and a student’s grade in the course will be determined in large part on that basis. In
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