Both first-year and upper-level students must report to the examination distribution center between 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. if they are taking a morning exam and between 1:00 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. if they are taking an afternoon exam. A member of the School of Law staff will begin each exam. Students are not permitted to open the exam envelope until permission is granted. Students are responsible for completing their exams within the period designated by the professor. They may employ silent timing devices for this purpose. All exam materials must be returned to the exam distribution center within five minutes of the end of the designated period.

Exams are not proctored. Any problems within an exam room should be reported to the exam registration center.

The "Quiet Period"

When the examination period begins, a “quiet period” also commences.

Before you take an exam, you may feel free to discuss legal concepts relating to the course with any classmate who has not taken the exam. (It is fine to ask a classmate if he/she has taken an exam. However, if he/she says, "yes," you must immediately cease any discussion of the exam while in that person's presence.) Professors may or may not choose to accept questions during the exam period. (Traditionally, many professors have opted not to do so.) Whether and by what means a professor will respond to any questions is left to the sound discretion of that professor.

After you take an exam, you may not discuss the exam, the course, the professor, or any legal concepts relating to the course with any member of the UDSL community, including classmates and professors, until after the date designated by the Registrar's Office. In short, do not discuss anything even remotely related to the course. For example, you may not comment on how difficult an exam was, what concepts the exam covered, how a classmate might best study for the exam, etc. If a discussion of a completed exam arises, you should indicate that you have taken the exam and are not free to comment and immediately remove yourself from the discussion. While you may discuss a completed exam with persons outside the UDSL community, you must not do so when there is any danger of being overheard by a member of the UDSL community.

Examination Deferrals and Missed Examinations
A student who does not complete all his or her final examinations before the end of the examination period will receive a failing grade in the course or courses in which they failed to complete the final examination. Students who have compelling reasons may take their examinations up to three calendar days after the end of the examination period with the written permission of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Serious illness and a death in the family are examples of compelling reasons. However, documentation of the student’s justification is required. For example if the compelling reason is the student’s illness, the student will have to submit a written physician’s statement.

Compelling reasons do not include travel, vacations plans, or celebratory events such as weddings, anniversaries, christenings, graduations, birthdays, etc.

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