3L Degree Worksheet
This is a self-check degree worksheet for students beginning their third year of law school. Use it to check your progress toward the degree. You are responsible for making sure that you satisfy all requirements for the J.D.
If you are a Joint Degree candidate, you must submit a petition requesting JD credit for the courses in your other department.
Requirements Completed
Legal Profession (Required in second year) _______________________________
Constitutional Law ___________________________________________________
Writing Requirement _________________________________________________
Normal Unit Progress
Check your first-year courses. You should have completed 30 units in your first year.
Completed, with __________ units.
(Transfer students: check your transfer units. Frequently transfer students are not awarded the full 30 units and will need to make up those units.)
You need to average at least 13. 5 units per semester. Did you acquire another 27+ units your second year?
Completed, with __________ units.
Total Units Completed so far __________
(Don't count courses with No Report (NR) grades in this category until they are completed and the grade is displayed.)
Plan for the Last Two Semesters
I am officially enrolled in __________ Fall units.
I will enroll in __________ units in Spring for a total of 85.
Writing Requirement:
_______________________________________________________________________
(If you complete the writing requirement in an Independent Study, those units are included in the 15-unit limit listed below.)
Errors and Omissions
Please notify the Registrar's Office of errors or omissions on your transcript. (If a course is entirely missing, it is because you never enrolled in it and you will need to petition to add it.) If your current enrollments have changed, you need not inform us.
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You must have 85 units completed by the end of the semester in which you plan to graduate. Please contact the Registrar (Carol Rachwald at 642-2278) if you have any questions.
| LIMITS on Units Toward Graduation |
Maximum Units Allowed |
Completed Units |
| Law courses taken at another law school, including summer courses (petition required)(This doesnt come out of the 15-unit cap). |
8 |
|
| Maximim 15 units total are allowed in the areas below: |
|
|
| Non-law (Legal Studies, 5 units only of foreign language, other approved non-law; all require a petition) |
8 |
|
| Joint degree/concurrent units (petition required) These use up the 8 non-law units listed above. |
8-10 |
|
| Law Journals (one unit per semester cap) |
2 |
|
| Advocacy Work (295.3, McBaine, etc. but not Moot Court Board) |
3 |
|
| Moot Court Board |
6 |
|
| External, Practitioner-supervised Field Placement (295.6, 295.7, 295.8) (if taken spring semester of the 3rd year, a petition is required) |
10 |
|
| Independent Study (297, 298, 298C, 299; petition required) |
15 |
|
| Other (295.9) |
15 |
|
| Foreign Study (petition required) |
10 |
|
| MAXIMUM UNITS ALLOWED |
15 |
Important Academic Rules
Incomplete and No Report (NR) or In Progress (IP) grades: Do not count courses with Incomplete, NR grades or IP grades toward graduation until they are completed with a grade posted to your transcript.
The I Grade: An Incomplete is a permanent grade. You must submit a petition to receive it. Once it is entered on your transcript, the course in which the "I" was taken cannot be dropped. When the required work has been completed, the final grade achieved will appear on your transcript in the semester in which the work was completed, along with an "I Removal" notation, stating the date on which the work was completed. Should you fail to complete the work for the course, the "I" grade may lapse into an "No Credit" at the instructor's discretion.
The NR Grade: If a final grade is not submitted, the NR will appear on your transcript until a grade is received.
The IP grade replaced the NR grade in Fall 2006, and is handled the same as a NR.
Requesting an Incomplete: Check the deadline to file a Request for an Incomplete Petition. You should not request an Incomplete if you are carrying an Incomplete from a previous semester.
Deadlines: Incompletes awarded in the second year are to be completed in the time prescribed by the instructor which will be not longer than: 1) March 31 for the Fall semester; 2) August 31 for the Spring semester.
Extending and Incomplete Deadline: If you fail to complete the work by the assigned date, it is your responsibility to file a petition for an extension of the original deadline (use the Petition for Incomplete). You will need to secure the agreement of the instructor in advance, and then the approval of the Dean of Students. No extension for second-year students will be allowed past December 1 of the third year. No extension for third-year students will be allowed past May 1.
Writing Requirement: No matter what method you use to satisfy the Writing Requirement (in a class or through an independent study) you must submit the blue Writing Requirement form which is available in the Registrar's Office. It requires the professor's signature. If your writing requirement was an Incomplete, you will need to file the "Petition to Request a Grade in an Incomplete" as well as a blue Writing Requirement form. Both require the instructor's signature and you are responsible for getting the forms to the instructors. Further details about the Writing Requirement are given in Appendix B of the Academic Rules.