2023-2024 Law Student Handbook

Welcome to the CUNY School of Law—we wish you a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding year.

This Student Handbook contains the policy, rules, and regulations all students at the Law School are required to observe, as well as information on the wide range of services and activities at the Law School. Current information affecting students is generally conveyed by the Office of Student Affairs through email or via student mailboxes. It is expected that students check these sources of information regularly.

Any requests for modification of, or exemptions' from, the provisions of the Handbook should be made in writing to the Office of Student Affairs or other relevant offices identified in this Handbook. We hope this Handbook will serve as a useful guide and resource for your time here at CUNY Law.

Reservation of Rights

This Handbook is intended for the guidance of the students of CUNY School of Law. The Handbook generally sets forth the manner in which the Law School intends to proceed with respect to the matters addressed. The Law School reserves the right to depart from the terms of this Handbook for good cause and without notice. This version of the Student Handbook supersedes all previous editions.

Important Notice of Possible Changes

The City University of New York reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in the academic programs and requirements of the University and its constituent colleges without notice. Tuition and fees set forth in this publication (or on this website) are similarly subject to change by the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York. The University regrets any inconvenience this may cause.