Ad Hoc Seminars
A group of five or more students other than first-year students may plan, conduct, and take for not more than two credits their own ad hoc research and seminar program.
The sponsoring students shall submit to the Dean, at least two months before the end of the semester preceding the semester for which the proposed program is projected, a written prospectus containing a syllabus and a list of required readings for such a program. The Dean shall then seek from a knowledgeable member of the Faculty an assessment of the academic merit and the feasibility of the proposal, and if that assessment is favorable, the Dean may, at his or her discretion, approve the proposal and designate a member of the Faculty to observe and supervise the conduct of the program and to grade student performance.
Each participating student must submit a paper of the kind generally produced in seminars. The papers shall be evaluated by the supervising faculty, at his or her discretion, either according to the Law School’s numerical grading scale or on a credit/no credit basis. [See Rule 3-1(3)(b).]