Enrollment Instructions: Summer 2008

NOTE: Only Potential Graduates who have submitted an Application for Graduation (PDF) will have priority enrollment.

Priority Enrollment (computer)
For Summer and Fall 2008 Potential Graduates, Part-Time, MJ, JD/LL.B. and LL.M. Students:

-begins Mon., Mar. 10, 2008

Priority Enrollment (computer) For Spring 2009 Potential Graduates:

-begins Wed., Mar. 12, 2008

Regular Enrollment Period (computer)
All Students:

-begins Fri., Mar. 14, 2008

Regular Enrollment Ends:

Fri., April 11, 2008

Late Enrollment Period begins:

 

$50 late fee

Sat., Apr. 12, 2008

$100 late fee

Mon., May 12, 2008

Computer Add Period Ends:

Sun., May 11, 2008

To add a course after May 11, 2008, a Drop/Add form must be submitted to the Registrar's Office.

 

Computer Drop Period Ends:
To drop a course after June 1, 2008, a Drop/Add form must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

Sun., June 1, 2008

Drop Period Fees:

 

100% Refund:

thru Sun., June 1, 2008

No Refund:

Mon., June 2, 2008

Classes Start:

Mon., May 12, 2008

Memorial Day - No Classes
(Make-up day will be Fri., June 27, 2008)

Mon., May 26, 2008

Last Day of Classes:
Monday and Friday scheduled classes meet)

Fri., June 27, 2008

Reading Period:

Sat., June 28 – Sun., June 29, 2008

Final Exams:

Mon., June 30 – Thurs., July 3, 2008

I. DISTRIBUTION OF ENROLLMENT MATERIALS

A. Tuition and Fees.
MSU Law only issues electronic bills ("E-Bill") that can be reviewed on STUINFO. The failure of any student to pay tuition when due will result in automatic disenrollment.

B. REFUNDS. Refunds for withdrawal from classes will be given in accordance with the schedule shown under DROP PERIOD above.

II. PROCESSING OF ENROLLMENT REQUESTS:

Closing of a Course:
Courses with limits will automatically close when the limit has been reached in the Student Information System and there are no waiting lists. Students may check by computer to verify if the class has reopened. It will automatically close again once the limit has been reached.

Holds on Your Account:
If there is any type of hold on your account (including but not limited to: law school advisor, student receivables, financial aid, traffic/parking tickets, MSU), your enrollment requests can NOT be processed. All holds must be settled before the end of the drop/add period in order for your enrollment requests to be processed. Any requests submitted without holds being resolved prior to the end of the drop/add period will be discarded.

III. PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETION OF THE UPPER LEVEL WRITING REQUIREMENT (ULWR) AND ULWR CO-REQUISITE WORKSHOP

As a requirement for graduation, every student must complete the Upper Level Writing Requirement. Prior to enrolling for ULWR credit in any semester, students are required to have completed 29 credits. First-year students satisfy the ULWR Co-Requisite Workshop as a requirement for completing Research, Writing and Advocacy II ("RWA II"). Upper-Level students who were not required to satisfy the ULWR Co-Requisite Workshop in RWA II are encouraged to attend the workshop that will be scheduled for first-year students at the end of RWA II, or to check out a videotape that is on reserve in the Library. Once the ULWR Co-Requisite Workshop has been completed, an ULWR Declaration form (PDF) must be filled out and signed by each of the following persons:

  1. One of the directors of the ULWR Workshop or a designee, attesting that the ULWR Workshop was successfully completed in the same or prior semester for which the student enrolled for ULWR credit.  (This step is not necessary if you attended the ULWR Workshop to satisfy RWA II requirements.); and
  2. The student’s ULWR instructor, agreeing to supervise the students ULWR paper; and
  3. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

WARNING: If the ULWR tape is viewed after the fourth week of a regular semester, or after two weeks into the summer semester, the student will not receive credit for it as a co-requisite for a ULWR paper completed during that semester. It can be used, however, for a ULWR paper undertaken and completed during a subsequent semester.

IV. DIRECTED STUDY:

Enrollment in a Directed Study must be done in person in the Registrar’s Office in room 309. Students must obtain the approval of the supervising professor on a Directed Study Form before an enrollment request can be processed. Directed Study Forms are located in the bin that is located outside of the Registrar’s Office in room 309 or can be downloaded (PDF).

V. LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS:

See Legal EXTERNSHIP Programs in the school catalog. Enrollment is coordinated through the Career Services Office. When adding an externship, you must provide the name of the court/office/department. Reminder: Externship enrollment must be submitted before the end of the drop/add period.

VI. CREDIT/NO CREDIT OPTION:

Students who sign up for more than the maximum credits available under the Credit/No Credit Option will have the course that exceeds the maximum credits graded.

VII. IRREGULAR AND/OR OVERLOAD SCHEDULES:

Full-time and part-time students are allowed to enroll in a maximum of 7 credit hours in the summer.  Any student with an irregular and/or overload schedule must obtain the permission of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs or Associate Dean for Student Affairs PRIOR to enrollment.

VIII. DROPS & ADDS:

Students can only add a course, provided the course has not met.  If the course has already met, a Drop/Add form signed by the professor must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

A student who drops a course through Sunday, June 1, 2008, will receive a refund of tuition charged for that course.

Beginning Monday, June 2, 2008 through Sunday, June 8, 2008, a course may be dropped without a "W" appearing on the student's record, but the student will be charged full tuition for the course.

Beginning Monday, June 9, 2008, dropped courses will be charged the full rate of tuition, and a "W" will be placed on the student's record.

Special Note to Scholarship Students

The charge assessed for a course that is dropped after Sunday, June 1, 2008 is NOT covered by scholarships. The student will be required to pay the full rate of tuition for the dropped course.

IX. WITHDRAWALS

XI. STUDENTS VISITING AT OTHER LAW SCHOOLS