Grade Distribution Requirements

Grade Distribution Requirements

Members of the law school community may view grade distributions here.

A median grade of B is required in the following courses:

• all required courses
• all courses with 19 or more students

In all these courses, at least half the students will receive a grade of B or higher and at least half will receive a grade of B or lower. In determining the median, a grade of pass will be considered a B.

When a faculty member is required to post grades before all students in a class have taken the examination, and under other similar circumstances, the B median requirement is understood to except grades that should be posted late and cannot reasonably be taken into account in calculating the median for a class.

Please note: When calculating the number of students in the course for the purposes of determining the applicability of the B Median requirement, only UConn J.D. degree-seeking students are counted.

Effective Fall 2012, a suggested grade distribution for bmedian courses has been approved by the Faculty of the School of Law.  This curve is not mandatory and does not replace the B median requirement.  The suggested grade distribution is as follows:

A   (4.0)     ≈10%
A-  (3.7)     ≈15%
B+  (3.3)     ≈25%
B    (3.0)     ≈35%
B-  (2.7)      ≈15%
C+ and below    Discretionary
High Mean    3.22

A calculator for determining mean and detailed grade distribution requirements are attached below.  Please note that there are two worksheets in this one spreadsheet.