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LL.M. Students - New York

LL.M. Students - New York

Re-registration and Substitution

A student who receives an F in a course earns no credit towards the LL.M. degree for that course.  If the F is in a required course, the student must re-register for, and successfully complete, that course in the next semester the course is offered to qualify for the LL.M. degree.  If the F is not in a required course, the student may re-register for that course or take another course to earn the required credits.

An LL.M. student who has a GPA below 2.67 after one year of study (or the equivalent in the case of part-time students) may take up to six additional credits (in any combination of courses but not exceeding six credits) in an effort to raise the student’s GPA but in no event more than 30 credits in total.  Any additional credits may be taken in new courses, directed research, or in courses in which the student's grade was C or lower.  The substituted-for grades will remain on the student's transcript but will not be counted in the student's GPA.  Tuition will be charged for additional credits according to University and Law School rules.

Re-registrations and substitutions must be paid for on a per credit basis, unless these elections are made during a semester in which the student is registered as a full-time student, and does not exceed the cap on credits per semester.

After a professor has submitted a grade to the Records Office, the professor may not change the grade unless he or she certifies in writing that it was incorrect as a result of a mechanical computation or transcription error.  A grade may not be changed as a result of a reevaluation of a student's work. 

Under University rule grades may not be changed for any reason after the student has graduated.