A. Eligibility is determined by grade point average. A first-year student who at the end of the first fall term has not achieved a cumulative average of at least 2.0 will be placed on academic probation. Regardless of whether he has been placed on probation, a first-year student who at the end of the first spring term has not achieved a cumulative average of at least 1.8 will be dismissed automatically for academic deficiency.

In order to continue in residence a student must in the second and third years maintain a cumulative average for all work, in each semester as well as at the end of the academic year, of at least 2.0. No student will be permitted to continue in residence unless the yearly average in each of the second and third years is at least 2.0. A student who fails to qualify for a degree solely by reason of failing to maintain a 2.0 average in work undertaken during the third year may be permitted to continue in the Law School for an additional session. If, after the completion of the additional session, the student's average for that session combined with the average for the third academic year is 2.0 or higher, the student will be granted the degree.

B. For grading purposes only, the end of the first academic year means the end of that session during which a student carries credit hours which, when added to previous credit hours carried, total 30 or more credit hours carried and do not exceed 55 credit hours carried. The end of the second academic year means the end of that session during which a student carries credit hours which, when added to previous credit hours carried, total at least 50 and no more than 85 credit hours.  The end of the third academic year means the end of the semester in which the credit hours, when added to previous credit hours earned, total 86 or more credit hours.

C. A student who is dismissed for academic deficiency may petition the Academic Advisory Committee for reinstatement. The Committee, in its discretion, may grant such a petition for good cause shown and may impose such conditions as it deems appropriate in approving the reinstatement.