Student Affairs Orientation

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Student Affairs Orientation Part II Policies
Procedures January 29, 2015
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Upper-Level Required Classes

• (1) COMMON CORE (25 HOURS REQUIRED)
• LAW 602 Business Associations (4)
• LAW 631 Constitutional Criminal Procedure (3)
• LAW 683 Constitutional Law I (3)
• LAW 684 Constitutional Law II (3)
• LAW 531 Criminal Law (3)
• LAW 652 Evidence (4)
• LAW 691 Professional Responsibility (3)
• LAW 780PS Professional Skills Practicum
  (2) (see next slide)

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Upper-Level Required Classes

• Students then must select courses from two sets
  of electives.
• Honors Students and students in the top 25 of
  their class at the end of first year, for
  full-time students, or at the end of second year,
  for part-time students, are exempted from this
  requirement, except for Virginia Procedure (see
  below).
• Students with a 2.8 GPA at the end of first year,
  for full-time students, or at the end of second
  year, for part-time students, are exempted from
  PSP requirement (on previous slide).
• Honors eligibility
• 1) Admitted into Honors Program
• Full Time must have 3.0 at the end of first
  year
• Part Time must have 3.0 at the end of second
  year or
• (may grade back into program (see Policies and
  Procedures Manual))
• 2) Top 15 of class
• Full Time - end of first year
• Part Time - end of second year

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Upper-Level Required Classes

• (2) FIRST SET OF LIMITED ELECTIVES
• (8 HOURS REQUIRED)
• LAW 621 Sales (UCC I) (2)
• LAW 622 Secured Transactions (UCC II) (3)
• LAW 627 Negotiable Instruments/
• Payment Systems (UCC III) (3)
• LAW 661 Family Law (3)
• LAW 662 Wills, Trusts Estates (3)

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Upper-Level Required Classes

• (3) SECOND SET OF LIMITED ELECTIVES
• (3 HOURS REQUIRED)
• LAW 746 Virginia Procedure (3)
• LAW ___ Unselected course from previous slide
  (3)
• LAW 671 Individual Federal Income Tax (3)
• LAW 722 Remedies (3)
• LAW 783 Conflict of Laws (3)
• LAW 781 Administrative Law (3)
• Virginia Procedure is required for any
  student, except Honors Students, to be certified
  by the Law School to take the Virginia Bar
  Examination however, non-Honors students who
  declare they do not plan to take the Virginia Bar
  Examination may substitute any of the other above
  courses for Virginia Procedure.

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Rigorous Written Skills(must complete before
final semester)

• 1. Traditional Independent Study (LAW 590)
• 1 credit 18 pages
• 2 credits 30 pages
• Special paperwork (Individual Study Form
  available in Records Office)
• Must find full-time professor with content
  expertise to supervise
• 2. Academic Legal Scholarship (LAW 748)
• 2 credits
• Available for members of the Regent University
  Law Review, Regent Journal of International Law,
  and Regent Journal of Law Public Policy
• Must comply the specific journal requirements
• Special paperwork (Individual Study Form
  available in Records Office)
• Must find full-time professor with content
  expertise to supervise
• 3. Seminar/Other Course Designated to Satisfy
  Rigorous Written Skills Requirement
• Recent examples include Race and the Law, Gender
  and the Law, and International Trafficking in
  Persons.

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Rigorous Written Skills(must complete before
final semester)

• 4. Thesis (GOV 699)
• For Joint Degree Government students only
• Special requirements apply
• 5. One of the following courses
• LAW 755 Adv. Legal Research and Writing (3)
• LAW 650 Appellate Advocacy (3)
• LAW 757 Drafting Contracts (3)
• LAW 763 Estate Planning (3)

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Oral Skills (select one from the list)

• LAW 650 Appellate Advocacy (3)
• LAW 656 General Mediation (3)
• LAW 658 Litigation Clinic (3)
• LAW 655 Negotiations (3)
• LAW 654 Trial Practice (4)
• LAW 667 Family Mediation (4)
• LAW 660 Client Interviewing Counseling (3)
• LAW 650 (Appellate Advocacy) can be used to
  satisfy either the written skills requirement or
  the oral skills requirement, but not both.

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Number of Required Credits

• 90 credits are required to graduate (83 for joint
  degree).
• Credits for Required Courses (No Exemptions)
• First Year 31
• Upper Level (39 minimum)
• Total Required (70 minimum)  
• Credits for Required Courses (Honors)
• First Year 31
  
• Upper Level (25 minimum)
• Total Required (56 minimum)

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Concentrations

• Areas of concentration are not specialization
  degrees students need not declare a
  concentration in order to graduate.
• Rather, they are curricular guides designed to
  help students focus their studies in particular
  areas.
• Many courses are listed in more than one area.

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Concentrations

• VIRGINIA STATE BAR EXAM PREPARATION
• Recommended for those who want to practice in
  Virginia
• CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONAL
• PUBLIC LAW
• For those who want to practice public interest
  law or to work in the public arena
• LITIGATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION
• FAMILY LAW
• THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY THE LAW

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Repeating Courses

• You must repeat a course if you receive
• F in any required course.
• D- in a required nonsequential course
• D- in a required sequential course or courses
  (e.g., Contracts I and II) except upon the
  granting of a petition showing good cause that
  the course or courses need not be repeated
• You may elect to repeat a required course in
  which a grade of C- or below is received.
• Courses are to be repeated the next time they are
  offered.
• Both grades appear on transcript, but grades are
  averaged with the highest average GPA points that
  can be attained are for a C (2.0).
• Will be academically dismissed if you are
  required to repeat and fail to receive a grade of
  D or higher in the retaken course.

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Third Year Practice Certificate in Virginia

• Courses required
• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility
• Civil Procedure
• Must have completed 60 credits (or very close to
  60)
• Authorized under VA rules
• Many other states have similar programs

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Special Courses

• Externships
• Judicial/Governmental Externship/Private
• If new/out of state, submit application to Dean
  West by March 1 for Summer 2015 and June 1 for
  Fall 2015.
• Legal Aid/Nonprofit Externship
• If new/out of state, submit application to Prof.
  McKee by March 1 for Summer 2015 and June 1 for
  Fall 2015.
• ACLJ Summer Externship (By application to Prof.
  Dysart by February 15)
• 10 positions expected for summer 2013
• For all externships, students receive one credit
  for every 60 hours of field placement work.
• Civil Practice Clinic (By application to Prof.
  McKee)

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Special Courses

• LAW 763 Estate Planning (Prerequisites)
• LAW 662 Wills, Trusts Estates
• LAW 671 Individual Federal Income Tax (offered
  only in fall)
• LAW 772 Estate Gift Tax
• LAW 602 Business Associationsprerequisite to
  certain upper-level business law courses
• Advanced Trial Practice/Advanced Appellate
  Advocacy
• (By application to Instructor)
• Right to Work Practicum (By application to Prof.
  Cameron)
• Consult the University Graduate Catalog for
  course numbers
• and prerequisites
• See Student Resources website for Catalog,
  Policies and Procedures Manual, and other
  information http//www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/stu
  dent_life/studentresources.cfm

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Summer Abroad Program

• Uganda Program (June 2 June 28)
• 2 classes4 credits total
• The East African Legal Environment A Comparative
  Introduction (3)
• Introduction to Human Rights in Africa (1)
• Cannot apply if on academic probation (may apply
  after spring grades
• are received and GPA rises to 2.0 or above)
• Application available on-line (see
  http//www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/programs/uganda/
  )
• Submit application by February 20
• Space is available on first-come, first-served
  basis
• Maximum of 16
• See Mary Bunch (RH 225 marybun_at_regent.edu) or
  Prof. Ching for more information.

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Center for Global JusticeSummer Internship
Program

• PURPOSE to provide law students with legal
  experience through opportunities to seek justice
  for those in need around the world by serving in
  the field with frontline agencies and
  organizations
• AWARD stipend awards will be given to 20
  students seeking a domestic or international
  placement in the summer of 2014
• APPLICATION
• For stipend apply online at www.regent.edu/globa
  ljustice
• For internship site apply via Pathfinder or per
  personal research to a qualified site
• DEADLINE Friday, February 1, 2014

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Topic II - Registration
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Registration

• Check and Clear your holds!

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Summer Registration Information

• Only students in good academic standing at the
  end of the Spring semester may register for
  Summer courses.
• The signature of an academic advisor is not
  required for registration for summer courses.

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Fall Registration Information

• Registration Packets notification via e-mail
• Read all instructions carefully.
• Assigned faculty advisors will be listed on
  worksheet.
• Contact Records Registration Office with
  questions.
• Note that LAW 683 Constitutional Law I will only
  be offered in fall
• Make advising appointments!
• Must obtain a signed certificate of advising from
  the advisor named on worksheet!

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Fall Registration Information

• Unofficial Add/Drop
• Begins after all students have registered.
• Done manually through the Records Office.
• Requires no advisors signature.
• Official Add/Drop
• Begins 1st day of classes.
• 100 tuition refund first week 50 refund week
  two no refund afterward
• Done manually through the Records Office.
• Must complete an official add/drop form.
• Requires no advisors signature.

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Topic III Other Policies and Procedures
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Contact Information

• Check it and keep it updated in Genisys!
• Current Address
• Current Phone
• You are responsible for checking your Regent
  e-mail!
• Dont rely on forwarding of e-mail.

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Character Fitness Issues

• Keep us apprised of Character Fitness
  information.
• Talk to Juanita Hanke in RH 223 you may need to
  speak to Dean Murphy.
• Inform us soon after event occurs the Bar
  Examiners may look negatively upon a student who
  waits to disclose information until right before
  graduation.
• If you need character and fitness (or other
  academic) information released, you must complete
  a Student Information Release Form (available in
  Records Office).
• Remember that you must work no more than 20
  hours/week if enrolled in more than 12 hours.
• Statement of Student Employment completed in
  Genisys

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Visiting Another Law School

• At discretion of Regent faculty
• Must be approved by two faculty committees.
• Only approved for summer school or under
  extraordinary circumstances
• Requests to visit another law school should be
  submitted by March 12 (and at least two months
  prior to other schools deadline).
• Must complete an academic petition and indicate
  the particular courses (with official course
  descriptions) you plan to take at the other
  school(s).

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Academic Probation Dismissal

• If you are below a 2.0 after the fall semester,
  you are on academic probation
• Cannot register for summer
• If you are above but close to a 2.0 . . .
• Do not get comfortable
• Some first-year students have experienced their
  grades go down in the spring semester.
• Build on your academic strengths but learn from
  your weaknesses from the fall.
• Review all your exams, grading guides, and LARW
  papers
• Seek assistance now
• Meet with your doctrinal professors
• Make an ASP appointment with Prof. Whittico

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Prof. Whitticos Contact Information

• E-mail gwhittico_at_regent.edu
• Office Hours
• Office RH 247H (down the hall from Admissions)
• Other times by appointment
• Please contact Mrs. Susan Stewart (352-4554
• susaste_at_regent.edu) to make an appointment.

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Academic Dismissal

• You must have a 2.0 or greater cumulative GPA at
  the end of the spring semester to continue.
• It does not matter that you were above a 2.0
  after the fall term you can be academically
  dismissed without ever being on probation.
• If you are academically dismissed, you must wait
  9 months before you can petition for
  reinstatement.
• Such petitions are granted only rarely.
• See the Policies and Procedures Manual on-line
  for more information (look under Student
  Resources on the Regent Law website).

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Bar Exam

• Think now about where you want to take the bar
  exam
• Check your state for
• Registration deadlines
• Fees
• Subjects tested
• Consider the subjects tested as you plan your
  upper-level course schedule
• For more information, look on
• www.barbri.com
• http//www.abanet.org/legaled/baradmissions/bar.ht
  ml

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Ranks

• 1L ranks are available now in the future, you
  will receive e-mail notifications when they are
  available.
• Cannot give over the phone
• Communicated by e-mail
• Not ranked with every grade change submitted
• Not ranked after summer term
• After Spring 1L Full-Time combined with 2L
  Part-Time Students
• Size of class will fluctuate

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Honor Code

• Remember that all students have an obligation to
  report violations to Dean Murphy and normally to
  confront the other student involved before so
  reporting
• 3.1 Duty to Report
• (a) If any student has reasonable cause to
  believe that an Honor Code violation has
  occurred, the student must report such violation
  to the Dean for Student Affairs within 10 days of
  having such cause.
• (b) It is recommended that, prior to reporting
  such violation, an Accuser encourage the Accused
  to report his or her own misconduct to the Dean
  for Student Affairs. Unless an Accuser shows good
  cause to the Dean for Student Affairs not to do
  so, an Accuser usually has the duty to confront
  the Accused directly before presenting an
  accusation to the Dean for Student Affairs
  pursuant to 5.1 below. The Dean for Student
  Affairs shall have discretion to decide whether
  the Accuser must confront the Accused directly
  before a matter can proceed to the Honor Council.
  . . .

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Honor Code

• Take note that we as a law school community are
  to conduct the Honor system at Regent in
  accordance with biblical principles
• 1.1 Preamble
• In keeping with RUSLs Christian mission, the
  Honor system shall be conducted in accordance
  with biblical principles.
• If an accused student fully admits wrongdoing,
  the Dean for Student Affairs imposes appropriate
  discipline consistent with the Code. 5.1(a).
• Code is available on Regent Law website under
  Student Resources.

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Dress Code

• The Law School desires to prepare students for
  the professional environment of the practice of
  law. Accordingly, in matters of dress, students
  should recognize that they are preparing for
  career placement and thus should present
  themselves in a manner consistent with
  professional standards. While modest casual dress
  is normally acceptable on campus, recreational
  and beach attire such as cropped, tank, or
  midriff shirts, hats, or short shorts are not in
  keeping with professional standards and are
  therefore discouraged.