Academic or Scholastic Dishonesty Sanctions

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In the case of a finding of academic or scholastic dishonesty, the School of Law may impose one or more of the following sanctions on the student found to have committed the act:

1. Private Reprimand. Relevant information regarding the violation is placed in the student’s file for use in determining sanctions in the event that the student is again the subject of a finding of academic dishonesty. This record must be destroyed upon graduation.
2. Public Reprimand. Relevant information regarding the violation and sanction is placed in the student’s file and noted on the student’s transcript. Upon request or at the discretion of the Dean, this information may be provided to any of the following:
1. any bar association, bar board, or licensing authority;
2. a prospective or current employer;
3. a faculty member of the School of Law;
4. a faculty member or official of any law school to which the student applies for enrollment;
5. the student body of the School of Law, with or without disclosing the name of the student;
6. the public, with or without disclosing the name of the student.
3. Disciplinary suspension for a specified time. The student may be suspended from any class, examination, or activity of the School of Law for a specified period. The suspension may commence immediately or in the semester following the imposition of the sanction. Immediate suspension prevents the student from receiving any credit for that semester.
4. Indefinite disciplinary suspension. The student may be suspended from any class, examination, or activity of the School of Law for an indefinite period. The suspension may commence immediately or in the semester following the imposition of the sanction. Immediate suspension prevents the student from receiving any course credit for that semester. Readmission is possible only upon approval of the School of Law after a hearing at which the sole issue is the fitness of the student for readmission.
5. Expulsion. The student shall be permanently expelled from the School of Law.
6. Restitution. The student shall repair or replace any property misappropriated or defaced by the student.
7. Probation. The School of Law may suspend or withhold imposition of any sanction pending a probationary period, the terms of which are within the discretion of the School of Law.
8. Other action. Academic sanctions may also be imposed. These include, but are not limited to, reduction in the course grade in the course in which the conduct occurred (with the consent and acquiescence of the instructor) or repeating the class in which the event occurred.

adopted February 15, 1991
modified March 5, 1991, by order of the Dean
approved by the Faculty as modified, October 11, 1991
updated September 5, 2002