9.8 Transcripts
No information about a student's progress or standing will be sent to any employer or other person or organization without written authorization by the student directing the Law School to transmit such information.
Official Transcript
The Law School maintains official transcripts. Transcript includes a list of all courses in which a student registered, the number of credits for each course, and the appropriate grade entry:
For all students enrolled in the Law School as of the Fall of 1999, the grades of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, or F will appear on the transcript, except:
Academic Legal Writing, Individual Skills Development, Law Review Editing, and Moot Court will be graded as Credit (CR)/F;
The grades of Credit (CR) and No Credit Law (NCL) will appear on the transcript for all first year, first-semester courses;
The grades of CR or NCL will appear on the transcript for any course for which a student has timely selected the Credit/No Credit option for courses to which it applies.
Other transcript notations include FIN (Incomplete converted to a failure), INC (Incomplete), PEN (Grade pending), W (Withdrawal), WN (Withdrew, never attended), and WU (Unofficial withdrawal).
Parchment, the Law School’s transcript vendor, provides electronic and hard copy transcripts to any employer or organization upon request from the student or alumnus. To request an official transcript, please visit https://www.parchment.com/u/registration/35412467/institution
The fee for a transcript is $9.30. Parchment generally processes hard-copy transcript requests within one to two business days, and electronic transcripts are processed within the same day. If students have any questions about their transcript order, they can contact Parchment at https://www.parchment.com/chat-support/
Transcripts cannot be released if a student’s record is on hold due to unfulfilled financial obligations or any financial aid holds in their account. To remove a financial aid hold, students must email the Office of Financial Aid at financialaidoffice@law.cuny.edu. For financial holds, students can contact the Office of the Bursar at bursaroffice@law.cuny.edu.