IX. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

1. Attendance
   
   All students are expected and required to attend all classes in which they are enrolled. Students are expected to be punctual for class. This is consistent with A.B.A. Standard 304 which states, in part, that regular and punctual class attendance is necessary to satisfy residence and class hour requirements. Implicit in this rule is the expectation that students will be prepared for class discussion.
   
   Students are not permitted to sign a class attendance sheet on behalf of another student. Signing a class attendance sheet on behalf of an absent student is a violation of the Student Honor code and both the student who improperly signs the class attendance sheet, as well as the absent student who requested the student to sign the class attendance sheet on his or her behalf, will be prosecuted.
   
   Faculty members have full discretion to determine the interpretation and method of enforcement of this attendance policy. For example, a faculty member may specify a certain number of permissible absences and corresponding sanctions for exceeding this number. Another faculty member may follow a more general rule of "regular attendance" and reserve the right to impose sanctions on a case by case basis. Such sanctions may include, but are not limited to: 1) issuing an oral or written warning to the student; 2) requiring the student to withdraw from the course; and/or 3) excluding the student from an examination, including the final examination. Any faculty member who has regulations for enforcing the attendance policy must notify students at the beginning of the semester of the regulations and the sanctions that may follow from violating those regulations.
   
   An individual student may be faced with an illness, medical emergency or other unanticipated event which causes that student to be absent from one or more classes. Students are encouraged to notify the Dean of Students of any health problems or personal issues which may affect their ability to comply with law school expectations and requirements. Students should be aware that, while explained, such absences are still considered non-attendance.