Registration policies and procedures
Auditing classes
Auditors will only be allowed if space is available after all those wishing to enroll for credit are registered. Permission to audit a course will only be granted with the instructor’s signature on a special permission form. In general, auditors are not permitted to participate in class discussion, but students should consult with faculty members regarding their expectations of auditors. Please note that auditing a course costs $25 per credit hour in addition to flat-rate tuition. Students who have requested a class for audit will be administratively added to the class only after the paperwork has been received. 1L students are not eligible to audit.
Independent Study Courses
To register for a B600 (Directed Reading), B706 (Research), B707 (Directed Research), or B710 (Independent Clinical Project) a student must:
- Request the class during registration or drop/add;
- Submit the approval paperwork to the registrar;
- Register for the credit in One.IU.
General policy for JD students taking courses in other IU schools or departments
- The Dean of Students must determine that:
- A requested outside graduate-level course must be deemed by the Law School to have significant intellectual challenge for a law student;
- The course must be closely tied to the student’s career goals or to his or her studies in the Law School;
- The total number of non-law course credits must not exceed six (6) credit hours, including the potential credits of the course requested above.
- Associated fees. There may be extra fees/tuition associated with adding a non-law class. See the Dean for Students or the Director of Financial Aid for more information.
- No duplication. The course must not duplicate a course offered by the Law School or a course previously taken by the student.
- Credit. Credit will be given for the hours earned and a grade of ‘Pass’ will be recorded upon receipt of evidence of satisfactory completion (“C” or higher) of the course.
- Registration. Students are responsible for registering (or withdrawing) themselves for the non-law class. This may involve obtaining instructor and/or departmental authorization for the course.
- Applicability. This policy does not apply to J.D. students who enroll in joint degree programs.
Enrollment Policy – ABA Standard 313(c)
In scheduling classes to meet in law school classrooms, Maurer Law makes every effort to situate courses with substantial coverage of subject matter directly tested on bar examinations in classrooms with seating capacity sufficient to accommodate all students seeking to enroll. In addition to the required first-year courses for the J.D. degree (Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure I, Criminal Law, Property, Constitutional Law I, Legal Profession, and Legal Research & Writing), such bar-tested courses include: Evidence, Corporations, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Secured Transactions, Trusts & Estates, Civil Procedure II, and Constitutional Law II. However, as required by Standard 313(c) of the American Bar Association’s accreditation standards for U.S. Law Schools, in the unlikely event that our classroom constraints require seats to be limited in the upper-level courses set out above, JD students who are 3Ls will have priority to enroll, followed by 2Ls, followed by SJD, LLM, and other master’s degree students, followed by visiting and exchange students. JD students always have priority enrollment in all required first-year courses.