Course grades for Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure , Legal Analysis and either Research & Writing or Analytical Process will all be posted at the same time. Grades posted on the bulletin board will not be associated with PIN numbers. Once the grades are posted, first year students can go online to learn their grades.

Spring course grades are due May 24th and should be posted either by late afternoon of the 24th or on the morning of May 25th. First Year students who fail to achieve good standing may petition the Faculty Committee for probation or to repeat the first year. Petitions must be received by the Faculty Chair, Jeff Purvis, by May 28th at 5pm to be considered at the June Faculty Committee. ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) The Faculty Committee will meet June 1st to consider all timely petitions. Results of those decisions will be available the afternoon of June 1st. Any late petitions, that is, any petition received after 5pm on May 28th, will not normally be considered until the July 22nd Faculty Committee meeting.

Academic Disqualification

A student who fails to achieve, or maintain, a cumulative GPA of 65 or better, whether that student is ranked or unranked, is academically disqualified unless he or she is granted probationary status by the Faculty Committee. Probation is rarely granted and only under the most extraordinary circumstances.

Probationary Status Policies and Petition Procedures

In order to be granted probation:

1. A student must timely petition the Faculty Committee in writing setting forth both the reasons for the student's inability to attain or maintain a cumulative GPA of 65 and what remedial measures the student intends to take.
2. A petition for probationary status will be regarded as timely if it is received by the Dean or the Faculty Committee Chair by the date announced for such petitions at the time first year grades are posted. If received after the date announced, but within three weeks of the date on which the last of that student's grades are posted for the academic year or within two weeks of the mailing of notification of academic disqualification, a petition will also be deemed timely, but may not be considered until the next regular Faculty Committee meeting in late July.
3. Except under extraordinary circumstances, a student will not be granted probationary status more than once in his or her studies at SJCL. A second probationary period may be granted only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the entire membership of the Faculty Committee, regardless of the actual number of members present at the time of the vote. A student who has been permitted by the Faculty Committee to repeat the first year is not eligible for probationary status at the end of the repeated year.

Petition to Repeat First Year

A student who fails to achieve a cumulative GPA of 65 or better at the end of his or her first year of study at SJCL may also timely petition the Faculty Committee in writing to repeat his or her first year of study at SJCL. Such petition should set forth the compelling reasons why the student believes he or she failed to attain a cumulative GPA of 65 and what remedial measures will allow the student to be successful if allowed to repeat the first year. Such petitions shall be granted sparingly. A student may not repeat the first year of study at SJCL more than once.

Faculty Committee Consideration of Petitions

The Faculty Committee will consider timely petitions for probation and for repetition at its meeting following the final date for the timely delivery of petitions announced with the posting of first year grades.

The decision of the Faculty Committee is final. Each petitioning student will be notified as promptly as possible of the Faculty Committee's decision."  (Student Handbook, p. 59.)
(See also, p. 57 of the Student Handbook for errors in grading.)