Exam Delays & Accommodations

Exam Delays and Accommodations

There are four acceptable reasons for which students may request delaying their exams. Please read the descriptions below and select the form appropriate to your circumstances. Also note that students are not permitted to take exams before the scheduled exam time.

1. Two or more exams scheduled on the same day
When two or more exams are scheduled on the same exam date, you must take the changed exam on the next available exam date in your schedule. This policy is set out in the Student Handbook. The assistant dean will notify you as to which exam was moved and the makeup date and room number.

2. Americans with Disabilities Accommodations
Students seeking ADA accommodations must first register with the main campus assistant dean for student disability services (202 Peabody Hall, 392-1261). The recommendations received from the Student Disability Services Office are then implemented by the Assistant Dean for Students at the Levin College of Law.

3. Foreign Language Accommodation
The Levin College of Law is committed to access and legal education for qualified, international students whose first language is something other than English. Students who have been educated abroad and who have received their undergraduate degree or equivalent from an institution in which English was not the official language, are eligible for a language accommodation. Students who meet this criteria may submit a language accommodation request to the Assistant Dean for Students, who upon confirmation that the student meets the criteria, will grant a language accommodation during the examination period.

4. Emergency Delay (accident/illness/death)
In case of illness, contact the assistant dean for student affairs. If permission is granted, a written statement from the treating physician stating the student was too ill to take the exam at the scheduled time must be presented before the exam may be taken late. For serious reasons other than illness, a student should file a petition (available in student affairs) in advance with the assistant dean for students. Only after the student is notified the petition has been granted may the student miss a scheduled exam. Arrangements must be made with Student Affairs for taking the exam late.