XIII. EXAMINATIONS

5. Re-Scheduling
   
   

   Exceptions to the requirement of taking exams at their regularly scheduled time are limited to the following:

   1. The student has been granted an accommodation for a diagnosed physical or learning disability.
      
      
   2. The student is unable to take a scheduled exam due to serious illness, family crisis or serious illness or death in the immediate family.
      
      In the event a student becomes ill or has an emergency which prevents taking an exam as scheduled, that student must notify the Interim Associate Dean of Students of the specific situation prior to the scheduled time of the exam. If the student's reason for missing an exam is deemed reasonable, the exam will be rescheduled on the next day during the exam period when the student’s exam schedule permits without creating a conflict. The Interim Associate Dean of Students will determine what constitutes "substantial illness." The student bears the burden of proof to substantiate illness or injury. Exceptions shall not be granted in the case of a student's illness without supporting documentation, and such documentation shall also be required to the extent feasible when other reasons are involved.
      
      
   3. The student’s religious or military obligations prevent taking the examination on the date scheduled.
      
      
   4. The following reasons are not considered adequate grounds for rescheduling an exam: plane reservations, weddings, family reunions, jobs and vacations.
      
      
   5. Students should be aware that repeated failure to show up for examinations as scheduled may serve as the basis for revealing a student's lack of dependability and reliability that goes to the student’s character & fitness to practice law when the Dean’s certificate for the student is prepared for submission to a state’s Board of Law Examiners during the Bar Application process.
      
      
   6. All students who have exams rescheduled are expected to refrain from discussing the exam or any part of it with any other person.  A violation of     this requirement will result in a complaint filed with the faculty ethics investigator.  (See Chapter 6)