
A. A student in good standing may audit a course only with the written permission of the instructor. Auditing a course entails adherence by the student to such standards and conditions as the instructor may prescribe, except that the student shall not be required to submit papers or to take a final examination, nor shall he or she be entitled to a grade in the course.
B. The fact that a student has audited a course shall be indicated in the official records of the Law School.
C. If a student has audited a course for eight (8) weeks or more, the student may later enroll in that course for credit (a) only with the permission of its instructor and (b) only on a pass/fail basis.
D. If the combined credit hours for a student’s registered courses and a proposed audited course would exceed 16 credit hours, that student must obtain the permission of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to audit any course, in addition to the permission of the course’s instructor required in paragraph 1 above.
I. MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS
1. Mission Statement
2. Vision Statement
II. ADMISSIONS POLICIES
1. Admissions Requirements
2. Admission of Transfer Students
3. Admission of International Students
4. Withdrawal from Law School; Readmission after Withdrawal; Leaves of Absence
5. Dismissal and Readmission
6. Refunds Upon Withdrawal: UST School of Law Financial Aid Policy
III. ACADEMIC STANDARDS POLICIES
A. Basic Academic Requirements
1. Graduation Requirements
2. Residency and Course Load Requirements
3. Upper-Level Writing Requirement
4. Public Service Program
B. Course Registration and Eligibility
1. Registration
2. Adding and Dropping Courses
3. Auditing
4. Supervised Research and Writing
5. Courses in Other UST Academic Units
6. Courses at Other ABA-Accredited Law Schools
7. Summer Programs Abroad
8. Law Review
9. Minnesota Law School Consortium
10. Judicial Externship Program and Seminar
11. Courses at Other Non-Law, Non-UST Graduate Institutions
C. Academic Performance and Grading
1. Good Academic Standing
2. Grade Policy
3. Grade of “Incomplete”
4. Grade Changes
5. Attendance and Preparation
6. Graduation Honors, Dean’s Lists, and Class Rankings
7. Examination Retention
8. Rescheduling Examinations
D. Other Academic Standards
1. Academic Misconduct
2. Limitations on Student Employment
IV. FACULTY-RELATED POLICIES
1. Faculty Meetings
2. Standing Committees
3.Department Structure of School of Law Faculty
4. Appointments Process: Tenure Track Faculty
5. Promotion, Tenure and Evaluation
6. Standards for Promotion, Review, and Tenure
7. Teaching Course Loads
8. Unpaid Leaves of Absence
9. Outside Employment and Consulting by Full-Time Faculty (UST)
10. Outside Employment and Consulting by Full-Time Faculty (UST Law)
11. Faculty Office Hours
12. Adjunct Faculty
13. Reimbursing Attorney License Fees, Bar Dues, and CLE Expenses
V. OTHER POLICIES
1. Statement on Religious Identity and Mission
2. Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action
3. Postings
4. Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
5. Code of Student Responsibility
6. Approval of New Courses