Add/Drop

Deadlines for J.D. students
 

Students are expected to have made their course selections and to have settled on a final schedule by the end of the first week of each semester. Changes in a student's schedule after that time will be permitted only under a limited set of circumstances.

• Students will be required to withdraw from a course in the event of a time conflict.
• During the period after the add/drop deadline but still within the first six weeks of the semester, students may drop a non-required course, provided that the course is not fully subscribed (i.e., is not a "closed" course), only for good cause shown and only with the permission of the instructor and the permission of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
 

Adding any course after the add/drop period or dropping any course after the sixth week of the semester requires the approval of the Petitions Committee. Dropping any closed course after the add/drop period requires the Petition Committee’s approval. If the Committee grants a request to drop a closed course, it may require that a student lose one RP (registration priority) for the following semester.
 

Required Courses: Students are not permitted to add or drop required courses to which they have been assigned by the Registrar’s Office. Day division students in the three-year program are limited in their ability to change the course that they have selected to fulfill the Statutory/Regulatory requirement, as stated in the academic regulations on Requirements for the Juris Doctor Program. Required upperclass courses that may be taken at any time before graduation (i.e., Legal Profession) may be added or dropped in accordance with the rules for non-required courses.
 

June Term/July Term Courses: Students may add courses provided that no more than one class meeting has been missed. Students may drop June or July Term courses (with the exception of Moot Court) through and including the sixth class meeting.
To add or drop a course, a student should complete the necessary forms at the Registrar's Office. All petitions and requests to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for late adds or drops must indicate the view of the instructor. No late adds will be approved without the instructor's approval. Any student who fails to comply with this policy should be prepared to take the final examination or otherwise satisfy the course requirements in all courses for which he or she is registered.
 

Deadlines for LL.M. Students
 

Students in the LL.M. programs have until the end of the second week of the semester to add or drop any course that is not fully subscribed (i.e., that is not “closed”). They have until the end of the first week of the semester to drop any closed course. Any changes to a student’s schedule after the add/drop period will be permitted only under a limited set of circumstances.

• Students will be required to withdraw from a course in the event of a time conflict.
• During the period after the add/drop deadline but still within the first six weeks of the semester, students may drop a non-required course, provided that the course is not fully subscribed (i.e., is not a "closed" course), only for good cause shown and only with the permission of the instructor and the permission of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
 

Adding any course after the add/drop period or dropping any course after the sixth week of the semester requires the approval of the Petitions Committee. Dropping any closed course after the add/drop period requires the Petition Committee’s approval. If the Committee grants a request to drop a closed course, it may require that a student lose one RP (registration priority) for the following semester.
 

June Term/July Term Courses: Students may add courses provided that no more than one class meeting has been missed. Students may drop June or July Term courses (with the exception of Moot Court) through and including the sixth class meeting.
To add or drop a course, a student should complete the necessary forms at the Registrar's Office. All petitions and requests to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for late adds or drops must indicate the view of the instructor. No late adds will be approved without the instructor's approval. Any student who fails to comply with this policy should be prepared to take the final examination or otherwise satisfy the course requirements in all courses for which he or she is registered.

Special Research Projects and Individual Externships

Special research projects and individual externships should be added no later than the end of the second week of the semester, and no later than the second class day of the June Term for summer projects. In order to add a special research project or individual externship, a student should submit the appropriate application form, complete with the necessary signatures, to the Registrar's Office. Late applications are permitted only with the permission of the Petitions Committee. A special research project or individual externship may be dropped at any time during the semester. All part-time students (including Evening Division students) should note that, if they are petitioning to drop credits after the end of the add/drop period in order to add a special research project, the credits should be dropped before the end of the add period (or before the end of the second June Term class). Credits dropped after the end of the add period are added to the semester's final credit load for billing purposes.