Supervised Research

1-3 units

To register, a Supervised Research Approval Form must be turned in to the Registrar's Office by the end of the second week of the semester. The approval form is available via the law school's intranet site. Students may enroll in Supervised Research under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty with the consent of the faculty member. The exact nature of the project shall be determined by the individual faculty member. A student may earn from one to three credits for Supervised Research depending upon the scope of the project, the precise number of credits to be determined by the supervising faculty member after completion of the project. For each credit, a student is expected to devote at least 42.5 hours of work, and approximately 10 pages of written work. A student may draw upon work done in a practice setting as the basis for a Supervised Research project, but only the writing component of that work may count towards Supervised Research credit, as evaluated according to the above criteria. In order to earn the credit(s) for Supervised Research, the project must be completed and a grade recorded by the end of the semester for which the student registers for the course. Failure to complete the course by the end of the semester will result in withdrawal. A student must register for and begin work on a supervised research project no later than the end of the second week of classes of the semester in which the credit is to attach. No student may receive more than three credits in a single semester for Supervised Research and/or Research Assistant. No student may receive academic credit for more than two Supervised Research experiences. Supervised Research is not available for credit during the summer term. Supervised Research is graded on a pass/fail basis.