D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-A201

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 8-A201 - GENERAL ACADEMIC POLICY

201.1

The School of Law shall maintain and adhere to sound standards of legal scholarship, including clearly defined requirements for good standing, advancement, and graduation.

201.2

The academic achievement and educational progress of each student shall be evaluated periodically from the time of the admission and throughout the student's legal education.

201.3

The School of Law shall not admit or retain a student whose inability to satisfactorily meet the academic requirements of legal education and admission to the bar is sufficiently manifest that the student's continued attendance at the School of Law would create false hopes, constitute economic exploitation, or adversely affect the education of other students.

201.4

Each credit course shall include a requirement for each student to take and pass a written examination of suitable length and complexity in order to receive course credit, except the following:

(a) Clinical courses; and

(b) Courses involving extensive evaluated written work, such as moot court, practice court, legal writing, seminars, individual research projects, or academic courses in which a major written assignment must be completed in lieu of an examination.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-A201

Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 8286 (December 8, 1989)