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Examination Regulations For LLB

1. These regulations will apply to all LLB students.



2. There will be a Board of Examiners (BOE) at the end of each semester.



3. There will be no "Supplementary Examinations" or "Special Examinations" except as provided below.



4. Unless they have been granted leave of absence, students admitted before AY 2007/2008 must complete the requirements for the LLB within 6 years from the time they commence their law studies. Students admitted in and after AY 2007/2008 must do so within 5 years.
   
   

5. There may be "Special Examinations" for students who were not able to sit for an examination due to a serious illness (such as one requiring hospitalisation) or other extenuating circumstances (such as a death in the immediate family). Illnesses treatable on an outpatient basis such as fever, headache, stomach cramps, diarrhoea and stress will not ordinarily be considered as a serious illness. Excuses such as oversleeping, misreading the examination timetable and being caught in a traffic jam will not ordinarily be treated as extenuating circumstances.



6. In cases where the student is not able to sit for an examination due to a serious illness or other extenuating circumstances, the student shall submit a "Special Consideration Form" to the Home Faculty, not later than the date (08 December 2009, 1800 hours) stipulated on the Form. Late submissions will not be accepted. If the student was not able to sit for the examination due to serious illness, the Special Consideration Form submitted to the Home Faculty must be supported with a medical practitioner's letter that explains the specific medical reasons why the student was not able to sit for the examination on that day, as well as the completion of Part 2A of the Form by the medical practitioner. A simple medical certificate from a medical clinic or medical practitioner is not sufficient for this purpose. If the student was not able to sit for an examination due to other extenuating circumstances, documentary evidence of the extenuating circumstances should be submitted with the Form, as well as the completion of Part 2B of the Form.
   
   Students are advised to be familiar with the Guidelines on Special Consideration, which are available at Guidelines on Special Consideration.
   
   
7. The Dean will have the discretion to allow a student to sit for a Special Examination. The Dean will report all decisions on Special Examinations to the Board of Examiners. The transcript will reflect the grade received from the Special Examination and the actual mark will be used in calculating class rank for the academic year and class of honours at the end of the Final Year.
   
   

8. Students who fail more than 8 credits of compulsory subjects in an academic year will be required to leave the Faculty of Law. For example, students who fail Tort Law (8 credits) in Semester One of Year One, plus either Legal Writing I (4 credits) in Semester One or Introduction to Legal Theory (4 credits) in Semester Two of Year One, will be required to leave the Faculty. However, for exceptional reasons, the Board of Examiners may at its discretion allow students who fail more than 8 credits of subjects in an academic year to repeat that academic year.



9. Students who fail 8 credits or less of compulsory subjects in the same academic year will be permitted to continue onto the next semester, and to repeat the failed subject or subjects in the next semester in which that subject is (or those subjects are) offered. For example, students who fail Law of Torts in Semester One will be permitted to continue to Semester Two. If they pass all their compulsory subjects in Semester Two, they will proceed to Year Two, but will be required to repeat Law of Torts in Semester One of Year Two.*Students who fail Contract Law in Semester Two of Year One will be permitted to proceed to Year Two, but they will be required to repeat Contract Law. Similarly, any students who fail Principles of Property Law in Semester One of Year Two will be permitted to proceed to Semester Two, students who fail Equity and Trusts in Semester Two of Year Two will be permitted to proceed to Year Three, etc. In cases where students are required to repeat a compulsory Year One subject in Year Two, they may, at the discretion of the Dean, be permitted or required to carry forward other Year Two subjects to Year Three.
   
   
10. If students repeat a compulsory subject and pass it, the actual letter grade received in the subject in the repeating year will be reflected on the transcript. In addition, the actual mark obtained will be used in calculating the class rank in the repeating year and the class of honours at the end of the Final Year. If students repeating a compulsory subject fail it the second time, they will be required to leave the Faculty of Law.



11. At the discretion of the Dean, students who have failed compulsory subjects may be permitted to take additional subjects in subsequent academic years to make up the credits they need to graduate with the rest of their cohort. For example, students who fail Public Law (8 credits) will be 8 credits short at the end of Year Two. They will have to carry forward the 8-credit Public Law subject to Year Three, and they will also have to complete 80 additional credits of subjects in Year Three and Year Four. In such case the students may be permitted to take an additional 4 credits in any two semesters in Year Three and Year Four so that they complete the requisite 160 credits by the end of Year Four.

12. Students who fail elective subjects will be required to repeat that subject or take another subject. The transcript will indicate a fail in that subject, and the actual fail mark will be used in calculating class rank for that academic year. If the student repeats the subject or takes another subject, the grade received will be reflected on the transcript and the actual mark received will be used in calculating the class rank for that year and the class of honours at the end of the final year.

13. Students who fail 8 credits or less of subjects during their final semester of law studies may, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be given two options.
     
    • Option 1: A student may be allowed to take a Supplementary Examination during the June/July Vacation. If a student passes the Supplementary Examination, the mark that will be recorded for computation of class rank and class of honours will be a pass mark. The transcript will indicate that the student failed the subject but passed the Supplementary Examination.
    
    
    
    • Option 2: A student may elect to do an additional semester and carry forward the failed subjects to the additional semester. In such case the fail grades will be reflected on the transcript for that semester and the fail marks will be used in calculating the class rank for that year. However, when the student either repeats the subjects or takes new subjects in the additional semester, the actual grades received will be reflected on the transcript, and the actual marks obtained on the examinations will be used in calculating class of honours.
    
    
    
14. The "final semester of law studies" is the semester in which the student would meet the requirements for graduation if the student passes all of the subjects for which the student is registered.

* The first and second year timetables are to be arranged such that no lectures conflict.

Last Updated: 03 November 2009