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Academic Credit Journal Work

Academic Credit Journal Work is a program designed for second-year JD students, LLM students, and JSD students who do not receive credit for journal work or writing for a journal, with the exception of writing conducted as Directed Research that incidentally fulfills journal commitments.

Eligibility for Academic Credit

A third-year JD student is entitled to either one or two ungraded academic credits for their work on a student journal or the Moot Court Board. The number of credits to which a student is entitled is determined by the amount of hours of academic work attributed to each position on the journal.

• If a third-year student holds a position that requires 100 or more hours of academic work during the third-year, they are entitled to receive two ungraded academic credits.
• If a third-year student holds a position that requires 50 or more hours, but less than 100 hours of academic work during the third-year, they are entitled to one ungraded academic credit.
• If a third-year student holds a position that requires less than 50 hours of academic work during the third-year, they are not entitled to receive academic credit.

Registering for Academic Credit

A student must specify the semester to which credit is to be allocated, and the Editor-In-Chief (EIC) of each journal must confirm the position to which a student is appointed and the number of credits attached to that position by the last day of add/drop period for the fall semester. Students who are entitled to credit will be registered for the credit(s) by the Office of Records and Registration.

Records and Warnings

Journals are to maintain an internal system of recordkeeping that will serve as a mechanism for warning those journal members who fall behind in the completion of hours attributed to a member's academic work. Journals must give timely notice in writing of unsatisfactory performance to journal members by dates specified each semester.

Certification of Completed Academic Work

Journals must certify the completion of hours attributed to a member's academic work. For third-year students who elect to register for one or two credits during the fall semester, the EIC must certify the completion of credit hours attributed to that semester by the last day to drop a class for the fall semester.

Definition of Academic Work on a Journal

Academic work is work that facilitates skill development in legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, legal problem-solving, or legal written or oral communication. The types of work presumed to be academic work include:

• The duties and responsibilities routinely attributed to the journal's Editor(s)-in-Chief
• Edit, copyedit, write, or proof a piece of legal writing to be published in a journal publication
• Compete in a moot court competition or judge a practice moot court argument
• Evaluate the merits of a brief, oral argument, writing competition problem or submission, article, Note, online forum submission, or similar academic work product submitted for consideration for publication
• Academic work performed in the course of developing an intellectual life program or symposia event
• Legal research necessary or incidental to any of the above

Journal Position Description Approval for Academic Credit

A position description is deemed to be credit worthy if the Dean or Faculty Advisor determine that the academic work attributed to each position is commensurate with the scope of the work involved and the amount of time required to complete said academic work. A third-year student is entitled to ungraded academic credit only if the position has prior approval and been incorporated as an addendum to the Journal's bylaws prior to the first day of classes each academic year.

Academic Credit Deadlines for Journals

The following deadlines apply to Academic Credit for Journals: | Date | Deadline Description | | --- | --- | | Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | Fall 2025 classes begin | | Thursday, September 4, 2025 | End of add/drop on COURSES. Third-year students must specify the semester to which credit(s) are to be allocated. EIC's to confirm position held by each journal member and the corresponding credit(s) allocated to the position held. | | Monday, December 1, 2025 | Certification of completion for the completion of hours for fall semester. | | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Spring 2026 classes begin | | Monday, February 2, 2026 | Last day to add Directed Research | | Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | Certification of completion for the completion of hours for fall and spring semesters. |