Student Responsibilities and Satisfying Degree Requirements

1. Each student is responsible for ensuring that his or her program fulfills the academic and credit requirements for the J.D. See degree requirements at http://www.queensu.ca/calendars/law/pg37.html. 
2. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that she or he is eligible to enroll in a course and has met any course pre- or co-requisites. Failure to ensure that course pre-requisites or co-requisites are satisfied may result in the student being removed from the course or registration in the course may be refused.
3. Full-time upper-year students are required to complete a minimum of 14 credits and a maximum of 17 credits per term. Part-time students may take no more than 12 credits in any term and no less than seven credits in any term unless fewer than seven credits are required in order to complete the requirements of the J.D. degree.
4. Each upper-year student is required to complete successfully each of the following requirements: the Credit Requirement, the Overall Residency Requirement, the Mandatory Course Requirement, the Substantial Term Paper Requirement, the Practice Skills Requirement and the Advocacy Requirement. See upper-year degree requirements at http://www.queensu.ca/calendars/law/pg39.html.
5. The administration of the Faculty of Law reserves the right to remove a law student from a course on the following grounds:
   a  it becomes apparent that the maximum enrollment limit for the course has been exceeded without proper authorization
   b  pre-requisites or co-requisites are not met and the student has not obtained permission to have such requirements waived
   c  a timetable conflict occurs in the course schedule
   d  there is substantial overlap in course content with courses previously completed successfully
   e  a course is cancelled
   f  an administrative or system error occurs
   g  a student fails to comply with other administrative, system or academic rules, regulations or requirements of the Faculty of Law or of the central  University.
   

Electronic Course Registration and Course Changes through QCARD

1. Each year during predetermined time-frames in late March or early April, currently registered first- and second-year law students will be able to select courses through QCARD for the fall and winter terms in the following academic year. This course selection and registration process replaces the manual ballot system used previously.
2. Combined program students (MIR/JD, MPA/JD, M.A.(Economics)/JD) will have their core courses loaded into the system by the administration of the Faculty of Law, but may select their upper-year elective courses and preregister using the electronic process through QCARD. Such students will be classified as third-year students for the purposes of course preregistration and registration. 
3. Combined J.D./M.B.A.students will be required to choose their core management-related law courses with the Manager of the Academic Program, Nancy Somers at somersn@queensu.ca in the second and fourth years of the combined degree program. Academic advice should be sought from the Assistant Dean of Students prior to the period in which QCARD screens for registration open and courses are selected with Nancy Somers. Registration in the balance of the upper-year registrations in those years will be done through QCARD. Such students will be classified as third-year students for the purpose of course registration.
4. Second-year part-time law students still completing the first-year curriculum must contact the Manager of the Academic Program, Nancy Somers at somersn@queensu.ca to choose a section of each first-year course prior to the opening of QCARD registration for the 2010-11 academic year. Thereafter such part-time law students may choose the balance of their upper-year electives through electronic course selection and preregistration.
5. All new incoming law students for the 2010-11 academic year (incoming Law '13, upper-year transfer, exchange and letter of permission students, students admitted in the National Committee on Accreditation Category and new students admitted to the Common Law/Civil Law joint degree program) will be excluded from the electronic course selection and registration process.
6. New incoming first year law students, full-time and part-time, will be assigned their first-year small section and first-year courses by the Faculty and registrations will be entered on their behalf.
7. New incoming upper year admitted students will choose their courses with the Academic Program Manager, Nancy Somers, somersn@queensu.ca who will enter their registrations in the system. Academic advice may be sought from the Assistant Dean of Students in advance. Once the registrations are entered, new incoming upper-year students will be able to participate in the subsequent add/drop processes for fall term courses from  1-14 September 2010 and for winter term courses from 1 September 2010 to 10 January 2011.
8. After the end of April, pre-registration screens will close and will not be accessible to law students. Any necessary changes to course registrations cannot be made again until the designated electronic add/drop period begins in September 2011.
9. Law students selected to study elsewhere on letter of permission or on exchange in the 2011-12 academic year must participate in electronic course selection and registration through QCARD for the 2011-12 academic year. Once they are confirmed as registered elsewhere for a term(s) in the 2011-12 academic year, such students may drop their Queen's course registrations through QCARD during the relevant add/drop period for the term of study that they are abroad.
   
   Exceptions to the QCARD Pre-registration Processes
   
10. Law students seeking to select and register in an Individual Supervised Project (LAW-474 to LAW-493), LAW-494 Labour: Individual Study, LAW-496 Public Service: Individual Study, LAW-594 Supervised Group Study for Third-Year, LAW-694/695 Elder Law Clinic, LAW-473 Competitive Moot Court, or LAW-495 Competitive Moot II must submit to the Manager of the Academic Program a completed Approval Form for Supervised Projects and Competitive Moots signed by both the student and the faculty supervisor. The forms are available from the Student Services Office and the J.D. Program web page at http://law.queensu.ca/students/jdProgram/studentForms/supervisedProjects.html. Details regarding eligibility for LAW-473 Competitive Moot Court and LAW-495 Competitive Moot II are described in Programs of Study - Moots and Oral Advocacy - Competitive Moots section of the calendar at http://www.queensu.ca/calendars/law/pg61.html.
    
11. Law students seeking to select and register in clinical courses may register in only one of LAW-418 Clinical Correctional Law, LAW-590 Clinical Litigation Practice, LAW-521 Clinical Family Law, LAW-438 Queen's Business Law Clinic or LAW-695 Elder Law Clinic in the same academic year. This is due to the academic workload and responsibilities entailed in each clinical course. Any requests for an exception must be made to the Academic Standing and Policies Committee with support from the instructors of both clinical courses.
12. Students seeking to register in LAW-418 Clinical Correctional Law must participate in the separate manual balloting process administered by the Director of the Correctional Law Project. Information about the ballot and the timing of the selection process may be obtained from the administrative assistant to the project Wendy Moulton at moultonw@lao.on.ca or by telephone at 613.533.6000 ext. 74297.
    
13. Students seeking to select and register in LAW-590 Clinical Litigation Practice may do so by following the QCARD selection and registration process according to the timelines established for their respective year of law. Timelines for registration in courses for the 2011-12 academic year will be posted at  http://law.queensu.ca/students/jdProgram.html.
14. Students seeking to register in LAW-438 Queen's Business Law Clinic must participate in the separate manual balloting process administered by the Director of the Queen's Business Law Clinic. Information about the ballot and the timing of the selection process may be obtained from the Manager of the Academic Program, Nancy Somers at somersn@queensu.ca or by telephone at 613.533.6000 ext. 75318.
15. Students seeking to register in LAW-694/695 Elder Law Clinic must participate in the separate manual balloting process administered by the Director of the Elder Law Clinic. Information about the ballot and the timing of the selection process may be obtained from the Manager of the Academic Program, Nancy Somers at somersn@queensu.ca or by telephone at 613.533.6000 ext. 75318.
16. Second-year law students (Law ‘12) seeking to register in LAW-591 Queen's Legal Aid Student Leadership and third-year law students (Law ‘11) seeking to register in LAW-592 Queen's Legal Aid Student Leadership must do so through a manual process administered by the Manager of the Academic Program, Nancy Somers (somersn@queensu.ca) during the fall term add/drop period or through the Academic Standing and Policies Committee after the add/drop period has closed.
    
17. Second-year (Law ‘12), third-year (Law ‘11) and LL.M. students seeking to register in LAW-587/588/589 Queen's Law Journal in the 2010-11 academic year must have participated in a manual application and selection process administered by the Faculty Advisor to the Queen's Law Journal administered in spring of the previous academic year (2009-10). New incoming first-year students may apply to do volunteer work for the Queen's Law Journal. Further information about the process may be obtained from the administrative assistant for the Queen's Law Journal, Carol Johnson at johnson@queensu.ca, ext. 74295.
    
18. Upper-year students may register in only one of LAW-341/342/343/344 Alternative Dispute Resolution or LAW-335 Negotiation due to substantial overlap in course content.
19. Upper year students may register in only one of LAW-360/361 Trial Advocacy, OR LAW-364 Personal Injury Advocacy OR LAW-645 Estates Litigation in a single academic year due to overlap in course content and to facilitate greater access to advocacy requirement courses among upper-year students. 
20. Upper year students may register in only one of LAW-350 Appellate Advocacy OR LAW-435 Public Law Advocacy in a single academic year to facilitate greater access to advocacy requirement courses among upper-year students.
    
21. Courses in the Faculty of Law are not open to members of the public, nor is the program offered by distance education. In exceptional circumstances, students registered at Queen's in a degree program related to the study of law (e.g. Gender Studies) may be permitted to register in a course offered by the Faculty of Law. Permission to do so must be sought from the Assistant Dean of Students, Jane Emrich at jane.emrich@queensu.ca, ext. 74283.
    
    Principles and Rules Governing Electronic Course Preregistrations and Changes through Add/Drop
    
22. Access of upper-year students to courses will be governed by the principle that students slated to graduate in 2011 will be granted priority of access to courses required to satisfy degree requirements, but due regard will be given to fair access by all upper-year law students to courses needed to meet academic objectives, career goals or personal requirements such as accommodation of documented illness or disability.-
23. Electronic selection of courses through QCARD will be subject to the following rules: A student may add or drop any course provided that:
    a  The maximum enrollment limit for the course is not exceeded; and
    b  There is sufficient seating in the classroom; and
    c  There are sufficient materials available; and
    d  All course pre-requisites and co-requisites are met; and
    e  All preregistration rules and requirements are met; and
    f  Any relevant Queen's University and/or Faculty of Law regulations with respect to course selections are met; and
    g  All deadlines set out below are met.
24. The deadlines for adding or dropping of courses in which a student has been pre-registered are as follows:
    a  For fall term courses, the one-week period for adding and dropping courses on QCARD for the fall 2010 terms runs from 1-14 September 2010.
    b  Winter term courses may be added or dropped on QCARD from 1 September 2010 to 10 January 2011 inclusive. The final deadline is 10 January 2011 for winter term courses.
25. Students making requests for late adds or drops of courses after the established deadlines will be referred to the Academic Standing and Policies Committee. The application form can be accessed at http://law.queensu.ca/students/jdProgram/studentForms.html.
26. The Academic Standing and Policies Committee may permit a late add or drop of any course after the appropriate deadline date, under exceptional circumstances. Requests for a late add or late drop of a course must be brought to the Assistant Dean of Students, Jane Emrich, (jane.emrich@queensu.ca) who will process these requests on behalf of the Academic Standing and Policies Committee.
27. Once the student has obtained permission for a late course add or drop from the Academic Standing and Policies Committee, in order for a course change to be recorded on the student's academic transcript, the student must complete and sign an Academic Change Form and submit the form to either Nancy Somers, in Room 512 or to the Student Services Office for the change to be recorded in the system. Failure to do so will result in the grade of "F" being recorded on the student's transcript for the course involved.