Probation
First-year Students: Students who earn less than a 2.0 weighted grade point average in all courses other than LAW 5021 - Legal Research and Writing I and LAW 5022 - Legal Research and Writing II, are required to enroll in and complete Legal Methods II for the spring semester of their first year.
Upperclass students: Upperclass students who earn less than a 2.0 cumulative grade point average for any semester after the first semester of law school are required to seek assistance from Academic Success faculty and staff within thirty days of the first day of class of the following semester. Students are responsible for providing documentation to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs that they have fulfilled that responsibility.
Exclusion
Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Scholastic Performance—Students shall be excluded from the Law Center when they have:
- weighted average of below 1.7 at the end of the first semester in all courses other than LAW 5021 - Legal Research and Writing I; or
- a cumulative weighted average of less than 2.0 at the end of the first two semesters or a cumulative weighted average of less than 2.0 at the end of the first two semesters in all courses other than LAW 5021 - Legal Research and Writing I and LAW 5022 - Legal Research and Writing II .
Exclusion for Reasons Other than Unsatisfactory Scholastic Performance—Students who fulfill the academic requirements may be dropped from the Law Center for just cause, after notice and hearing.
Nonacademic Discipline
The continuance of each student in the Law Center, receipt of academic credit, and graduation are subject to the disciplinary powers conferred upon the Dean of the Law Center. The Law Center reserves the right to deny admission, reentry, or readmission to any applicant, to exclude any student at any time, and to withhold the degree of any student, if, in the judgment of the Dean and the law faculty, such action would be deemed to be in the best interest of the student or of the Law Center, in accordance with the regulations and procedures of LSU.
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