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You may register for a directed research paper using this form. You will need to include the name of the professor under whom you will undertake the directed research and the subject of the project. Please visit with the professor and obtain permission before submitting . You will receive a letter grade for the hours that you complete. A student may register for a total of three (3) hours of Directed Research while in law school with the approval of the supervising faculty member. Directed Research papers do not satisfy the EW requirement for graduation.
Submit after you have been chosen for an externship placement in the Government and Public Interest Externship Program. You must work 60 hours at the field placement for each credit hour for a total of no fewer than 120 hours for 2 credits or 180 hours for 3 credits.
Students may register for a maximum of five (5) hours of ungraded academic credit for law review service. In the first year of law review, a student may register for a maximum of three (3) hours for work as a staff editor. Completing the law review writing requirements for credit (at least two hours) will fulfill the General Writing requirement. Students may register for the remaining two (2) hours in their second year for service on the law review board.
The school will consider student applications to study abroad at internationally-recognized law programs. Each student's application will be considered on a case-by-case basis and must meet all the requirements of the ABA criteria, with particular emphasis on the need for the student's proposed course of study abroad to further his or her legitimate academic Students may earn up to eight (8) credit hours at other ABA-approved study abroad programs so long as the courses are approved by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs prior to the start of the term.
Graduate level courses that are offered in other graduate or professional schools of 黑料老司机and are relevant to the student's program may be taken with approval of the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, who shall also determine Dedman School of Law credit equivalents to be awarded for such study. No more than six (6) hours may be awarded toward Dedman School of Law hours required for graduation. If approved, you must present a copy of the form to the department in which you wish to take the class to obtain their permission as well. That department, or the University Registrar’s Office, will register you for the course during their add/drop period. You will not be able to add the class to your schedule yourself, nor will the Law School Registrar’s Office.
If you determine your law school application is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request the law school amend your application by completing this form. Similarly, you have an on-going obligation to the law school to report any incidents relevant to the character and fitness process that occur after you submit your law school application. Students who wish to amend their law school record may do so by completing
Students have until noon of the last day of instruction to drop a class and receive a grade of "W." After the deadline, a student may not drop a class. Note: Schedule changes are not complete for official University record purposes unless finalized in the University Registrar's Office. Upper-class and LL.M. students must obtain the approval of the professor teaching the course from which they are withdrawing. will be routed directly to your professor for approval and then to the Registrar's Office for processing. A grade of “W” will appear on your transcript after the withdrawal has been processed.
Students have until noon of the last day of instruction to drop a class and receive a grade of "W." After the deadline, a student may not drop a class. Note: Schedule changes are not complete for official University record purposes unless finalized in the University Registrar's Office. First-year students must receive permission from the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and the professor teaching the course from which they are withdrawing. This form will be routed directly to Dean Yeager and your professor for approval and then to the Registrar's Office for processing. A grade of “W” will appear on your transcript after the withdrawal has been processed.