Law Registrar
Honor Code & Exams
HONOR CODE DOCUMENT - (PDF)
Exam Schedules & Deadline Information
EXAM PROCEDURE AND EXAM REGULATIONS
The following regulations apply to all exams. See the exam schedule at the link above for dates and times of scheduled exams.
EXAM COLLECTION PROCEDURE: The final collection of exams will take place at the front of each classroom. If you plan to take the entire time allotted for an exam, it is suggested that you sit in the back of the classroom to avoid any distractions during collection. You are responsible for placing your exam number on each bluebook, Honor Code on the first bluebook and numbering the bluebooks, i.e., 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc. Printed exam questions should be placed inside the bluebooks (unless instructed otherwise by the instructor). Scratch sheets (used and not used) should be placed in the designated box, also in the front of the classroom. If you complete your exam prior to the end of the exam period, you will find the collection boxes at the Exam Center table in the Atrium. The Atrium Proctor on duty will collect early exams. The Proctors in classrooms do not collect exams. Writing after time has been called for an exam is a violation of the Honor Code. If you need to write the Honor Code on your exam following the exam time, please do so at the collection box. Emailed and faxed answers to exams are not acceptable. All exams must be delivered in person.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE: Scheduled exams must be taken at the day and time assigned! Exceptions are made only for a medical emergency of which the Associate Dean or Registrar is notified (medical verification required), or in the case of two exams scheduled for the same day. Do not ask your professor to be excused from a scheduled exam (it violates your anonymity). Makeup exams must be taken ASAP and no later than 2 weeks after the exam period.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS (Not Exceptions): Students who have applied for special exam accommodations must report to Linda Canada, Assistant Registrar, on the designated date and time to pick up their exam. Please return your signed accommodations form to Linda prior to the exam period. Special accommodations are not available for the 1L Practice Exam.
ROOMS: The examination is to be written in the classroom where it is scheduled to be given (with the exceptions of ExamSoft and special accommodations). No pagers, cell phones, electronic devices, briefcases, large purses, book bags or headsets are allowed. If you want to type your exam you must apply to use ExamSoft. If you want to take your essay exams on ExamSoft you must register with both the ExamSoft website and Karen Koelemeyer, ExamSoft Administrator, before the designated deadlines. ExamSoft exams will be administered by Karen Koelemeyer in the Pelzer classroom unless designated otherwise on the exam schedule.
BLUEBOOKS/EXAM NUMBERS: All bluebooks used for exams will be provided by the Registrar's Office with date stamped on the front cover. You will receive two marked bluebooks and 1 sheet of scratch paper with each examination. Additional bluebooks and scratch paper will be available in the exam room. Extra pens and pencils will be available at the Exam Center table. Unused bluebooks and all used and unused scratch paper must be returned with your completed exam. Please number your bluebooks in the order in which they are written (i.e., Book 1 of 2, Book 2 of 2, etc.).
Exam numbers are available in the Registrar's office (at the Exam Center table during the exam period) and online in DataVU on the Grade Point Average by Term screen. Guard your exam number! Write the number in a secret place in your wallet so you don't forget it and do not share your number with others. Your exam number label should be affixed to the bluebook cover beneath the handwritten honor code.
OPEN BOOK/CLOSED BOOK EXAMS: Each professor will tell you before classes end whether or not you may use your texts, notes and outlines during the examination. If the exam is open book, you may take into the exam room those materials approved by the professor. If the exam is closed, you may take only your exam labels and pen(s); everything else should be left out of the exam room. Pagers, cell phones, electronic devices, briefcases, large purses, book bags and headsets are never allowed.
LEAVING THE EXAM ROOM DURING AN EXAMINATION: If you need to ask a question of your professor, do not take the exam and scratch paper to his/her office (the professor will have a copy of the exam to refer to). Leave your bluebook in the exam room, closed and face down on the desk. Indicate to the exam administrator at Exam Center that you are going to the professor's office. If you become ill during the exam, go immediately to the Exam Center table (do not go to the professor!)
CAUTION WHEN DISCUSSING EXAMS: Once you have completed an exam, please leave the area. Be cautious in discussing it with your professor or a fellow student. Please be certain any student who may have not taken the exam is not present. (Because of the anonymous system used to protect professors and students from violations of the exam process, frequently only the Associate Dean and Registrar know which students have not taken a scheduled exam.)