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Grading Policy

The following grades are available to be awarded in all graded courses at the School of Law and shall be given the following numerical value when computing student grade point averages (GPAs):

A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F

4.30 4.00 3.70 3.30 3.00 2.70 2.30 2.00 1.70 1.30 1.00 0.00

Grades reflect categories of performance articulated in general terms as follows:

	A:	Exceptional honors level work, equivalent to a recommendation to the national law school honorary society, Order of the Coif.
	B:	Good work, at a level distinctly above that of normal professional competence.
	C:	Professional, competent work, which convinces the instructor that the student can be recommended to the public as being reasonably capable of dealing with client and public problems in the area of study.
	D:	Unsatisfactory work, which is not at the level required for ordinary professional competence, but which demonstrates enough potential for improvement that the student could reasonably be expected to achieve such a level by conscientious self-study.
	F:	Failing work, which reflects an extremely low level of learning and ability in the area of study.
	+:	Performance above the category to which the + is appended but, in the cases of B+, C+ and D+, not sufficiently above to merit a grade of the next higher category.
	-:	Performance below the category to which the (-) is appended but, in the cases of A-, B- and C-, not sufficiently below to merit a grade of the next lower category.

Pass/No Pass grades. In courses graded on a P/N (pass/no pass) basis, (a) grades of N (no pass) shall be counted in the student's GPA as 0.00 points for the applicable number of credits attempted, and (b) grades of P (pass) shall not be computed in the student's GPA, but the number of credits forwhichh P grades were received shall count toward graduation requirements, subject to applicable limitations.

Computations. For purposes of class ranking, academic standards and otherwise, all cumulative and semester GPAs shall be computed to hundredths of an integer, truncating the thousandths digit rather than rounding based on it. For example, GPAs of 2.251 and 2.259 will both be deemed to be 2.25.