These courses are identified as such in the Course Descriptions section of the law school website. If the reason is not acceptable to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs or the instructor, a grade of W or F will be assigned at the instructor's discretion. A grade of I may be changed to a W only with the consent of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Standards for Academic Exclusion and Readmission
The university allows one year to drop an I, although the professor can shorten this time. When an I is assigned, the instructor implicitly authorizes and requires that the I be changed to an F at the end of the appropriate time period, unless the instructor otherwise acts to remove the I. The Registrar's Office will automatically change the I to an F at the end of the appropriate time period.
Both the student and the instructor in whose course the student received an I will be notified of this grade change. In rare cases, at the end of the initial one-year period, the professor and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs may approve an extension for an additional specified period. If both the vice dean for student affairs and the professor agree to the extension, grade IX is entered.
Standards for Academic Probation and Dismissal (Approved March 5, 2013) please refer to the Academic Probation and Dismissal Standards
When an I is assigned, the instructor implicitly authorizes and requires that the I be changed to an F at the end of the applicable period, if the instructor does not otherwise act to remove the I. The Registrar's Office will automatically change the I to an F at the end of the applicable period. Updated 7/13/2013 Section I - Page 18 of 31. section must complete all basic required courses in the part-time evening section. These rules may be waived by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs for good cause.
For the purposes of these rules, the following are core courses: Civil Procedure I & II, Contracts I & II, Criminal Law, LARC I, II & III, Property, Torts, and Constitutional Law. CHANGE OF STATUS FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME . Students admitted to the part-time department may become full-time students after completing all courses required in the first year of the part-time course Contracts and Sales I & II, Civil Procedure I & II, Torts, LARC I & II), provided that they have an average of at least 2.3 points at the time they transition to full-time status. A student with a grade point average of less than 2.3 cannot transfer to full-time without permission from the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.
Students changing from part-time to full-time status must take the remaining required core courses (Property, . Constitutional Law, and Legal Research) in the fall and spring of their sophomore year and must attend these courses as planned in the part-time division. Students making this change are cautioned, however, that many electives assume successful completion of all required core courses.
Restrictions on Work Hours
The form is also available on the online forms page of the law school website. The number of transferred credits depends on the quality of the student's academic records and their relevance. See Section J-(4) of the Student Handbook “Limits on Credits Earned in Abroad Programs” for more details.).
Grades from transferred course credits will not be used to calculate a student's cumulative grade point average at IU McKinney School of Law. A student must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.3 or be subject to academic suspension at the end of the first semester in which he is enrolled. The vice dean for student affairs will determine whether the student's reasons for taking the course at another faculty meet the criteria of the law faculty.
Cancellation Policy - Immediately upon acceptance to the study abroad program, a student must pay a $300 deposit to hold their place in the program. Once paid, the program fee will be nonrefundable, with the exception that a refund of the program fee (without the deposit) will be permitted in exceptional circumstances that make attending the program unduly burdensome for the student.
Transfer Credit Fee
Once a student attends any class in the program, the program fee will not be refunded under any circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if IU McKinney cancels a program due to insufficient student response or for any other reason, all monies paid will be refunded. A student completing a course or courses in an IU McKinney program abroad must pay the program fees charged for the program and 50% of the tuition for the credits earned that the student would have paid if the credits had been earned at IU McKinney.
The base payment used for this purpose will be that in effect in the academic year in which the credit is earned. Students may apply for no more than 12 credits earned in a program abroad toward the 90 required for the J.D.
Special Rules for Graduating 3Ls
It is also available through the online forms section of the Office of Student Affairs web page. No December or May graduate who received the final award upon completion of the student's final semester. loses that honor even if his/her class position drops due to the admission of graduates in August. However, if a student requests a classroom accommodation, such as permission to record classes, then by making such a request, the student agrees that any of his or her professors may be notified by the ADSA the student's name, the request, and the fact that the request is made to accommodate a disability.
A faculty member must refuse the accommodation (or part thereof) within two weeks of notification of the decision of the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. The chair of the Student Affairs Committee may, in his or her discretion, delegate the request to any of its subcommittees. The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs will provide relevant information to the committee or subcommittee, including the student's TOEFL, TOWE, ESL, and LSAT scores, grades for English courses taken since enrollment in law school, and the type change that was previously offered to the applicant.
In addition, the committee will periodically obtain information from the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs to evaluate this change policy and ensure compliance with the law school's academic standards. At the request of the teacher, recording will be arranged by the Student Affairs Office and the.
Experiential Learning; Student Practice Certification
Student consent is voluntary provided the anonymity of any objecting student is preserved by the following. After receiving the objections, the vice-dean notifies the teacher who proposes to change these objections, without revealing the identity of the student(s) making them. Faculty members are responsible for ensuring that they meet their classes according to the number and length of hours scheduled.
Faculty members scheduling make-up classes should also be aware of the policy that discourages make-up classes and review sessions during the last two weeks of the semester. Any School of Law student who wishes to bring a formal complaint to the Administration of the School of Law regarding a significant problem that directly implicates the School of Law's program of legal education and its adherence to the ABA standards must: do: .. submit a written complaint to the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs;. 3.) provide in the complaint the name, official Indiana University email address and mailing address of the complainant for further communication about the complaint.
Within twenty (20) business days of receiving the complaint, the Vice Dean for Student Affairs must either meet with the complainant or respond to the content of the complaint in writing. Complaints may be submitted to the Dean of the Department of Law within seven (7) days after the complainant receives a response from the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.
Student Conduct and Discipline
These procedures provide important due process rights to any student accused of misconduct, such as notice of the charges, an opportunity to respond, and appellate review.
State Bar Filing
University Services and Facilities
To schedule an appointment for individual or group counseling, call or visit the office in person. The IUPUI Financial Aid office is in the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd., room CE 250A. Vines' schedule is posted in the Office of Student Affairs lobby, where students can sign up for an appointment in Inlow Hall.
Students may seek care at the health center regardless of whether they are enrolled in the University Health Insurance program. To learn more about the Office of International Affairs, please visit their website (http://www.iupui.edu/~oia/) or contact the OIA office directly. Vermont Street, corner of Barnhill and Vermont Streets, on the first level of the South Garage.
Visitors to parking services enter the garage at the second entrance by taking a ticket from the machine at the gate and then proceed to the designated visitor parking spaces available on the first level of the garage near the office. Visitors can present the access ticket to the parking service staff to have it validated so that no fee is charged when they leave the garage.
Other Policies and Information
Indiana University Emergency Preparedness Website - Further campus-wide information and notices related to the IUPUI campus. JLAP provides assistance to law students, judges and attorneys, who experience physical or mental disabilities due to illness, chemical dependency, mental health problems or age, which may impair these individuals' ability to study or practice in a competent and professional manner. . Help varies with an individual's needs or a specific case, but ranges from information and referral to assistance with the organization of an intervention.
Because of the sensitive nature of addiction and psychological issues, law students, lawyers or judges who need help – or want to help someone else who may need help – are often reluctant to seek help. The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) works to end domestic violence by: raising public awareness and. A student who wants a locker should choose an empty locker, lock it, and give their locker number to Theresa Kamm, the law school receptionist, whose desk is in the law school atrium.
Mail folders for all students are located in the student area near the north doors of Inlow Hall.
