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VII.

Guidelines

For students first enrolling at UM Carey Law prior to August 2014:

No more than 9 graduate level credits or 32 credits taken at another ABA-accredited law school (or combination of

graduate level and other law school credits totaling 32) may be applied toward Juris Doctor degree requirements.

Before credits will be accepted on a transfer basis, an official transcript must be sent to the Office of Registration &

Enrollment (OR&E), Suite 280, 500 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, showing that the grade achieved

is a C- or better. Please be aware that while credits transfer, the grade does not.

For students first enrolling at UM Carey Law in August 2014 or later:

Students who did not transfer to the School of Law after one or more semesters at another law school and who have

not been granted permission to visit at another law school for one or two semesters may be awarded up to 9 transfer

credits for work completed with grades of C- or higher at another law school or completed satisfactorily at a non-

law graduate school. Students must obtain advance permission from the Associate Dean for Students & Student

Services for each course they wish to take. Students must demonstrate that the course is not comparable to one of-

fered regularly at the School of Law and that the course will significantly contribute to the student’s legal education

by providing a unique experience specific to the student’s program of study. The 9-credit limit encompasses both

law courses and non-law graduate courses.

Students in approved dual degree programs may receive up to 9 credits toward the JD for non-law graduate work

completed at the other school. Students in approved dual degree programs who are receiving 9 credits toward the

JD for non-law graduate work completed at the other school may in addition receive up to 6 credits for work com-

pleted with grades of C- or higher at another law school, subject to the conditions in the paragraph above. In other

words, the total transfer credit for which a dual degree student is eligible is 15 credits.

Absent extraordinary circumstances, students may not take required courses at another law school. Under no

circumstances will permission be granted to fulfill the Advanced Writing Requirement (“cert requirement”) at

another law school.

Students may be given permission to visit at another law school for one or two semesters due to a compelling

personal situation. Students granted permission to visit another law school must obtain advance permission for

each course they wish to take. In this case, the student may be awarded up to 17 transfer credits per semester for

work completed with grades of C- or higher, but no more than 32 credits total.

The student is responsible for having an official transcript sent directly from the Registrar’s Office of the school

attended to the Office of Registration and Enrollment and, if the student is a graduating senior, the grade must

be received in OR&E no later than the date on which all graduating senior grades are due (see Academic

Calendar for the date: ).

If course(s) will be taken at the University of Baltimore School of Law on an Inter-Institutional Enrollment (IIE)

basis, the student must complete an IIE form, available in Suite 280, and submit it with this form to the Office of

Registration & Enrollment. If approved, the student must take the IIE form to UB Law for registration. (You will

be registered for the course(s) both here and at UB Law.)

Courses registered for through IIE will be listed on your law school academic record. The grade earned in the IIE

course is required to be entered on the academic record as such by the University of Maryland, Baltimore Office of

the Registrar in consequence of the inter-institutional registration process. However, when the Office of

Registration and Enrollment receives an official transcript showing the grade earned in the course, a change of

grade form will be submitted to the Office of the Registrar. If the transcript states that the grade signifies

satisfactory completion of the course (see Guideline 1 above), the change of grade form will direct the Registrar to

change the grade to a “CR” (Credit); if the grade earned is not satisfactory, the grade form will direct the Registrar

to change the grade to an “NC” (No Credit).

Students registered through IIE pay only their home school tuition. Students taking courses outside the University

System of Maryland (or within the System but without benefit of Inter-institutional enrollment, including courses

taken at University College) should discuss cost/payment with the law school’s financial aid coordinator.

ORE 8/14

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