You may take only one of these two courses.

Rutgers also offers merit-based and need-based institutional scholarships. All first year students are automatically considered for these scholarships by virtue of applying and being admitted to the law school. All returning students are considered for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year scholarship awards by completing and returning the scholarship application which is available at the end of the Spring term. Students should also investigate the availability of private sources of funding, such as awards offered by civic, social or religious organizations.

Residency status for newly admitted students is determined by the admissions office at the time of admission. Appeals made by students to such decisions should be sent 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.

Currently Enrolled Students

Residency status for enrolled students is determined by the area registrars. Students who are seeking a change in their official place of domicile from out-of-state residency to New Jersey residency must file a Residence Analysis Form with the Newark Registrar's Office no later than the last week of the term for which the change of residency for in-state tuition payment is sought. If a student files the form after the last week of that term, the student forfeits the right to a residency assessment for that term. The Residence Analysis Form may be obtained from the Law School Admissions Office by the students who are in their initial term and from the Newark Registrar's Office thereafter. Appeal 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.

Regular class attendance is required in all classes. Every instructor shall deny students whose un-excused 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.

Opting

In October 2000 the faculty passed the following revision to the grading option system effective for 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:

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 2008 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 28th (Saturdays 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 28th. 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.

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.

Students who complete two consecutive summer sessions of five credits each may combine these summer sessions in order to earn one full semester of residence. This rule applies to both full-time and part-time students.

Incompletes from the 2007-2008 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 Rothman only under the same conditions as for exams deferrals--extreme illness, religious reasons, or sudden, unforeseeable and unavoidable emergency.

The due date for Incompletes from the Fall 2007 Semester is January 31, 2008. 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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IN ORDER FOR YOUR SPRING 2008 REGISTRATION TO BE COMPLETE AND TO BE CONSIDERED IN ANY LOTTERIES, YOU MUST REGISTER BY TOUCH-TONE OR ON-LINE REGISTRATION AND RETURN THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS TO MS. LINDA GARBACCIO, ROOM 170, BY 12:00 noon on November 19, 2007.