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Overview of Class Registration Procedures

Registration for classes is conducted online. Students may register based on their assigned priority date or anytime thereafter. Registration for courses requiring professor signature will be handled by the Registrar’s Office. Registration in person is only handled during regular business hours and starting the day after your assigned registration priority time. Telephone, fax, and email registrations are NOT accepted.

Registration for the fall semester is conducted in June. Registration for the spring semester is conducted in November. Registration for summer is conducted in March.

All registration priority times start in the evening after 5:00 p.m. Your assigned registration time will be posted on my.Chapman.edu a few days prior. All students must register online.

Full time status is based on enrollment in 12 – 16 credits. Part time status is based on enrollment in 8 – 11 credits. These maximum credit limits apply to all students including those full time students in the joint JD/MBA and JD/MFA programs. Students may not take more than sixteen (16) credits without permission including any undergraduate and graduate courses in other post-graduate schools at Chapman University. Furthermore, the maximum allowable number of credits with approval is 17 credits. An overload fee will apply.

You are urged to check the Student Center for classroom assignments and other updates. Course syllabi and reading assignments will be posted on the web site when available. Please visit the Law Registrar’s page for this information. Please be sure to check your schedule of classes through my.Chapman.edu to make sure that it is correct

Examination Schedule

The examination schedule is included with the class schedule for each semester. The Student Handbook states: “Students should check the final exam schedule before registering for courses. Students may not register for courses which meet at conflicting times or with conflicting final examination times. All students are expected to take their final examinations at the scheduled time. Rescheduling will not be permitted if a student has two exams on the same day or on successive days.”

American Bar Association Standards

Attendance: Regular and punctual attendance is necessary to satisfy residence and class hour requirements. Students are required to attend class meetings in the courses for which they have registered, and to be prepared to participate in the class discussion. Any student who is absent from more than 20% of class meetings shall not further participate in class, shall not be allowed to sit for the final examination, and shall be given a grade of ‘FW.’ [Student Handbook §4.2.3.8] Students are cautioned that individual faculty may impose higher attendance standards.

Withdrawing from Classes

Students wishing to drop a class during the first two weeks of classes may do so online via the Student Center or by completing a Registration and Change Form and submitting it to the Registrar’s Office. Courses dropped before the end of the second week of classes will not appear on the student’s transcript.

Students who withdraw from classes after the second week will receive a ‘W’ on their transcripts. Students wishing to withdraw from classes between the third and eighth week of the semester must obtain the approval of the instructor. After that, students wishing to withdraw must show good cause and obtain the approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

It is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from a class. Failure to attend a class does not constitute withdrawal. Students who stop attending a class or classes without submitting a Registration and Change Form will be held academically and financially liable and will receive grades of ‘FW’ (failure to withdraw). The last day to withdraw from a course with the permission of the instructor and a grade of W is by the end of the eight week of the semester.

Students wishing to withdraw from the School of Law must receive the approval of the Associate Dean for Students Affairs and Administration and complete an exit interview with the Financial Aid Office if any financial assistance, including scholarships, is being received.

Restricted Withdrawal Courses

No student is permitted to drop restricted withdrawal courses subsequent to the second class of the semester. A restricted withdrawal course is one in which the course instructor, with the approval of the Dean or the Dean’s delegate, either designates the course restricted withdrawal in the registration material or gives notice at least one week prior to the start of the course.

Visiting Students

The Fowler School of Law welcomes visiting students from ABA and state approved law schools. Students must complete a visiting student application and provide a letter of good standing from the Dean or Registrar of their home institution. Interested students should contact the Office of Admissions at (714) 628-2500 for additional information. For summer visiting students only, please contact the Registrar's office directly at (714) 628-2522.

 

Contact the Office of the Registrar


Contact the Office of the Law Registrar

Office of the Law Registrar
Email: lawregistrar@chapman.edu
Please use this email for general inquiries for the law registrar’s office
Ph: 714-628-2522
Fax: 714-628-3411

Maryam Isles
Assistant Dean for Academic Services and Registration
Email: misles@chapman.edu