Examinations take precedence over all activities outside the Law School. Changes in the posted examination schedule at the request of an individual student or a group of students other than those provided for in C, below, will be made only in the most compelling circumstances. The following regulations bear upon administrative disposition of student requests for changes in the examination schedule:

A. An unexcused absence from a final examination will result in the student receiving a final grade of "F" in that course.

B. Approval of a request for a change in an examination date must be in writing. The student who has secured such written approval must arrange with the Associate Dean for Administration to take a rescheduled examination (at the earliest practicable time) not later than the end of the fifth week following the date of the regularly scheduled examination of the course concerned.

If the disabling condition continues past the fifth week, the student shall take the exam as soon as is reasonably practicable following the termination of the disability, but in no event later than the end of the examination period for the next succeeding fall or spring semester, and if the disability continues beyond that period the student shall receive a "W" for all courses for which an examination was not taken. If, however, the student is otherwise able to take the exam but fails to do so within the aforementioned periods, the missed examination shall become unexcused, and the student shall receive the grade of "F" in the pertinent course(s). The Law School does not authorize reexaminations.

Except as provided in C, below, requests for individual changes in the examination schedule must be made to the instructor of the course concerned. In addition to the instructor's consent, the endorsement of the Dean or the Associate Dean for Administration is also required. Such requests must be based on sufficient documentation and will be approved only upon the following grounds:

1. The student is suffering from a serious illness or other major physical disability which has effectively disabled him from sitting for an examination at the regularly scheduled time.
2. The existence of an unforeseen emergency of a grave nature requiring the student's absence from the Law School on the date of a scheduled examination.

C. A student shall not be required to take two examinations back-to-back, i.e., on the morning and afternoon of the same day or on the afternoon of one day and the morning of the next day. In the event of a conflict in scheduled exams, the exam schedule shall be modified by the Associate Dean for Administration so as to avoid the conflict. All examinations in conflict shall be rescheduled on one or more of the make-up periods or, in the event such is impracticable, shall be rescheduled by the Associate Dean for Administration in consultation with the faculty member(s) involved, to some other day within the exam period that does not require the student to have two exams within a 24-hour period before or after the rescheduling.  Under no circumstance is an exam to be rescheduled on a date prior to the scheduled date of the exam.

D. Students for whom English is not their primary language may be entitled to extra time to take each exam, as necessary to make reasonable accommodation for their language difficulty. (This time extension does not apply to international students who earned one or more degrees at an institution where the language instruction was in English.)  Students with disabilities will be entitled to extra time to take each exam as necessary to make reasonable accommodation for their disabilities. Requests for additional time should be made to the Associate Dean for Administration, and will be handled on a case by case basis.