REGISTRATION: You must register for Civil Procedure-Section (4) with Prof. F. Askin, Criminal Law-Section (1) with Prof. V. Bergelson and your assigned section for Legal Research and Writing I which are as follows:

If you were registered in Tort-Section (5) with Prof. Latin in the Fall 2007 semester, you have been assigned to Legal Research and Writing I-Section (1) with Prof. Guadagno. If you were registered in Torts-Section (6) with Prof. Perry, you have been assigned to Legal Research & Writing-Section (2) with Prof. Nardone. The total is eight (8) credits, you may not drop below nor go above this eight (8) credit requirement.

1. The telephone numbers for Rutgers Touch Tone Registration are (973) 353-1999; (732) 445-1999; or (856) 225-1999.
2. Enter the semester code which is 1 for the Spring.
3. Enter your 9-digit RUID number.
4. Enter your Personal Access Code (the month and day of your birth, mmdd , unless you have changed it to another four digit number).
5. Enter the Action Code which is 2.
6. The system will give you all further instructions.

If the system tells you that you need a special Permission Number, you must see Dean Garbaccio to obtain the number.

SIGN-IN REGISTRATION: Each student must submit a Status Declaration and a Sign-in Registration form. This information is used to compile a class list and to determine final student enrollment. Please print all information carefully on this form. Please read carefully the Buckley Amendment link on the Law School web site.

a. has received a grade of F in a required course;

b. did not take a required course when it was first offered to his/her class (as when the student was out-of-residence during that semester);

c. has been required by the Committee on Scholastic Standing to repeat a course;

d. must take a required course following transfer from another law school;

e. transferred from part-time to full-time status and vice versa before completion of the required curriculum.

The required courses are: Contracts, Property, Torts, Legal Research and Writing I & II, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure and a First-Year Elective.

Permission to defer taking a required course when it is next given may be granted only by Associate Dean Frances Bouchoux. It is the student's obligation to be sure that any requirements of this paragraph are met.

Only certain sections of required first-year courses are open to upper class students. You must secure prior permission to register for these courses. Please call Dean Garbaccio (973-353-5396) to obtain the section, course and registration numbers these courses.

Students who delay complying with these requirements may be closed out of their preferred sections of upper class and required courses. Students who do not register for a required course which they must complete may be dropped from one of their elective courses and reassigned to a section in the required course.

TERM BILL: A pre-printed term bill and instructions for completing it will be sent to you under separate cover from New Brunswick. The term bill will reflect the charges you must pay for the Spring semester. This system will enable students to receive financial aid in a more timely manner.

ALL PART-TIME, FIRST-YEAR EVENING STUDENTS will be billed for eight (8) credits.

Please read the term bill instructions carefully. EACH STUDENT, INCLUDING A STUDENT ON FINANCIAL AID OR SCHOLARSHIP, IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A TERM BILL. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT THE TERM BILL WITH PROPER PAYMENT BY THE DUE DATE, YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE CANCELLED. You will then be subject to a $125.00 late payment fee. In addition, you may be required to pay a $50 late registration fee to reinstate your spring registration.

It is the student's responsibility to obtain, complete and return the term bill on time. If you do not receive a term bill by December 20 or have any questions concerning the bill, please contact the Rutgers-Newark Business Office, Student Services Building, 3rd floor, Newark, New Jersey (973) 353-5423.

STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS:

Transcripts- In accordance with university procedures, no student or former student may obtain a transcript of his/her academic record if he/she is under any financial obligation to the university.

Diplomas - Diplomas will be withheld from any student who is under any financial obligation to the university.

Registration - A student's registration will be cancelled prior to the beginning of a semester if he/she has any single or combination of financial obligations that total $100.

New Students: Residency status for newly admitted students is determined by the admissions office at the time of admission. Send appeals to the Law School Director of Admissions. If still unresolved, further appeal should be forwarded to the Associate Vice President for Student Services for final adjudication.

Appeals of the area Registrar’s decision should be directed to the university Registrar. If still unresolved, further appeal should be forwarded to the Associate Vice President for Student Services for final adjudication.

OPTING: In October 2000 the faculty passed the following revision to the grading option system effective with students who matriculate in the law school in the Fall 2000 semester or thereafter:

Students may not opt for Grading System II (Pass/D/F) for:

a. any first-year required course (Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure or Legal Research and Writing I & II);

b. clinics;

c. more than once per academic time period (semester or summer session);

d. more than a total of 12 credits over their entire law school career.

Enterprises that are graded on a Pass/Fail basis (e.g. journal participation credits, teaching assistant, moot court, etc.) do not count toward this limitation.

Opting for the Pass-D, and F grading system for the Spring 2007 semester must take place during the first 21 days of the semester. Since school begins on Monday, January 7, 2008, the last day to opt will be Monday, January 29th, (Saturday and Sundays are included in the 21 days). All students are expected to register their choice for a grading system by 4:00 p.m. on January 29th. No exception to this rule will be granted. You need to opt only if you wish to be graded under System II (Pass-D and F). If you do not register a choice, you will automatically be graded under System I (A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C-, D and F). The opting forms are available after the first week of the new semester in Room 170. If you opt for System II (Pass-D and F) any letter grade(s) received in the course (s) will never be released to anyone for any reason.

CLASS ATTENDANCE: Regular class attendance is required in all classes. Every instructor shall deny students whose unexcused absences exceed 20% of the total number of class sessions the opportunity to sit for their final examination or to submit a final term paper pursuant to the Law School Faculty's attendance policy. In upperclass courses which depend upon student participation (e.g., seminars, clinics, Appellate Advocacy, Trial Presentation, etc.), the instructor may drop the student from the course but deny the student permission to withdraw with a "W" grade. In such an event, the final grade for that student in the course would be an "F".

In a first year required course, students may not withdraw, and a student dismissed from the class for non-attendance by the instructor will have a grade of "F" entered, absent special action of the Committee on Scholastic Standing.

Students are reminded that if for any reason they withdraw from a course a grade of "W" will be entered for the course on the student’s transcript.

EXAMINATION DEFERMENTS: Students are expected, whenever possible, to anticipate examination schedule problems at the time of registration. The examination schedule is published with registration materials for this purpose, and examination deferrals will not be granted on the basis that the student has too many examinations scheduled on consecutive days. For similar reasons, students who anticipate that medical or personal problems will interfere with a heavy examination schedule are expected to register for non-examination courses, register for a reduced or part-time load, or to withdraw from school for a semester. Deferral requests based on examination schedule problems that should have been anticipated at the time of registration will not be granted except in cases of extreme unforeseen necessity. Consult Assistant Dean Andrew Rothman if you have further questions.

INCOMPLETES FROM THE 2007-08 ACADEMIC YEAR: Unless the instructor sets an earlier date, all work for an academic enterprise must be submitted to the instructor in final form no later than two weeks before the date when grades must be submitted to the University for recording for the semester during which the enterprise was taken. Generally, this means that work from the Spring semester cannot be submitted beyond June 1, and work from the Fall semester cannot be submitted beyond February 1. Summer work is generally due by September 1. Extensions beyond these deadlines (which will be fixed each semester and noted in the registration materials) will be granted by Dean Chen only under the same conditions as for exams deferrals--extreme illness, religious reasons, or sudden, unforeseeable and unavoidable emergency.

The due date for Incompletes for the Fall 2007 Semester is January 31, 2007.

Upon certification by the instructor that substantial progress has been made towards completion of the work, a short deferral will be granted. Generally, this is not more than a few days.

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REMINDER: If you do not register at the proper time, you may be required to pay a $50 late registration fee to have your registration processed.

THE REGISTRATION MATERIAL AND TERM BILL ARE NOT DUE ON THE SAME DAY.

REGISTRATION MATERIAL IS DUE BY NOVEMBER 19, 2007.

TERM BILL IS DUE ON THE DATE INDICATED ON THE BILL.