GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
“Nuts and Bolts” of Add/Drop
for
JD Students
August 2014
Office of the Registrar
600 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington DC 20001
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202-662-9220, facsimile 202-662-9235
Table of Contents
I. REGISTRATION INFORMATION
II. ONLINE REGISTRATION RESOURCES
A.
Online Curriculum Guide
B.
Open/Closed Lists for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
III. COURSES WITH RESTRICTIONS
A.
Prerequisites
B.
Time Conflicts (Overlaps)
C.
Professor Permission
D.
Mutually Exclusive Courses
E.
Enrolling in Graduate Courses
F.
Cross-Listed Courses
IV. ADDING, DROPPING, AND WAITLISTING THROUGH MYACCESS
APPENDIX A: SCHEDULE PLANNING RESOURCES
APPENDIX B: EXPLANATION OF ADD/DROP/WAITLIST MESSAGES
APPENDIX C: REGISTRATION REGULATIONS/GUIDELINES
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J.D. Full-Time Students:
B.
JD Part-Time Students:
APPENDIX D: DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
APPENDIX E: 2014-2015 REGISTRATION TIMELINE
A.
Fall 2014
B.
Spring 2015
APPENDIX F: TAKING COURSES OUTSIDE THE LAW CENTER
A.
Taking Courses in the Graduate School at Georgetown University
B.
Taking Courses at Another Law School
APPENDIX G: REGISTERING ON THE WEB
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I. REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The purpose of this guide is to briefly explain how to use the registration system in
MyAccess. Using MyAccess, you can go online and see the courses in which you are
enrolled and make changes to your schedule, if necessary.
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To log into MyAccess, see pages 5-7.
If you have not already done so, you should go online and review the courses in which you
are enrolled (see pages 7-10). If you are satisfied with the courses for which you are
registered, then you do not have to do anything further. However, most students find that
they want to make some adjustments to their Fall and Spring schedules.
If you are waitlisted for a course and wish to see your place on the waitlist for a particular
class, see page 11.
To claim your seat as a waitlist lottery winner, see page 11.
To add yourself to an open course, add yourself to the waitlist for a closed course, or drop
yourself from a course in which you are enrolled or waitlisted, see page 10.
II. ONLINE REGISTRATION RESOURCES
The following online resources are available in order to assist your course selections:
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A. Online Curriculum Guide
http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/
B. Open/Closed Lists for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Updated lists will be available each day during the Add/Drop period:
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-services/registrar/course-registration/RegistrationInformation.cfm
Additional schedule planning resources can be found in Appendix A.
III.
COURSES WITH RESTRICTIONS
A. Prerequisites
If a course has one or more prerequisite course requirements, it will be specified in the
Curriculum Guide. If you attempt to add yourself to a course for which you lack a
prerequisite, you will receive the message “Prerequisite and Test Score Error” and will not be
able to add yourself to the course (see Appendix B). MyAccess keeps track of all the courses
you have taken at Georgetown but may not track courses you have taken elsewhere.
• If you get a “Prerequisite and Test Score error” message but believe that a course you
have taken elsewhere should satisfy the prerequisite requirement, then you should send
an email to the Office of the Registrar at lawreg@law.georgetown.edu so that we can
verify the requirement and enroll or waitlist you in the course.
• Sometimes students who have not taken the requisite courses believe that their work
experience or other coursework should provide the necessary background knowledge to
be successful in the course. These students should contact the professor and request a
waiver of the prerequisite and also send an email to the Office of the Registrar
(lawreg@law.georgetown.edu) indicating that they have requested a waiver. Waivers for
Fall 2014 courses must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar, no later than the
first day of add/drop (Tuesday, September 2nd). No special form is required.
• Note for Spring 2015 registration: You will be permitted to enroll in a Spring course that
requires a prerequisite, but if by the end of the Fall 2014 Add/Drop period you have not
enrolled in or obtained a waiver from the professor for the prerequisite course, the course
will be dropped from your schedule.
B. Time Conflicts (Overlaps)
Under no circumstance can a student enroll in courses which have a time conflict.
Therefore, the course scheduling program will not permit enrollment in courses with
overlapping times (see Appendix B).
C. Professor Permission
If a course has a professor permission notation in the Curriculum Guide permission of the
professor is required. Professors will provide a list of accepted students to the Office of the
Registrar, and the students on that list will be enrolled (see Appendix B).
D. Mutually Exclusive Courses
If a course has a Mutually Exclusive notation in the Curriculum Guide, it is mutually
exclusive with at least one other Law Center course. Students will not be enrolled in two
mutually exclusive courses, whether the courses are in the same or different semesters (see
Appendix B).
E. Enrolling in Graduate Courses
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We offer both J.D.-level and graduate-level courses. J.D.-level courses have a “LAWJ”
designation. Graduate-level courses have a “LAWG” designation. J.D. students are free to
take up to 6 credits of non-cross-listed courses in the Graduate Program at the Law Center.
F. Cross-Listed Courses
Cross-listed courses are designated with different course departments. These cross-listed
courses have a certain number of seats allocated to J.D. students and Graduate students.
These courses have the same course number for both J.D. and Graduate students, but begin
with the prefix “LAWJ” for J.D. students and “LAWG” for Graduate students. J.D. students
must register for a cross-listed course using the “LAWJ” prefix.
See Registration Regulations/Guidelines at Appendix C.
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ADDING, DROPPING, AND WAITLISTING THROUGH MYACCESS
Registering for classes at Georgetown Law is accomplished through an online application,
MyAccess. If you are a transfer student, you submitted registration requests for both the Fall
and Spring semesters and were able to see the results of your course requests on August 11.
(See Appendix E for the Registration Timeline). Beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard
Time on August 25, 2014, you will be able to add, drop, and waitlist courses for both the Fall
and Spring semesters. When you have selected courses which you would like to take, you
must register for them online via MyAccess.Following are the steps you will take to log into
MyAccess:
1. Open MyAccess from the Registrar’s website:
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/registrar
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2.
Click on MyAccess
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3. Enter your NetID and NetID Password.
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Your NetID password was provided to you by the Admissions Office on your NetID letter.
Enter your NetID and password in the fields.
(This password will expire and you will need to change your password as soon as
possible to something permanent by navigating to http://netid.georgetown.edu and clicking
on “Change your NetID password.” The rules for selecting a new password are outlined.)
Please note: To have your NetID password reset, please go to the Law Center's Service
Desk, McDonough Hall, Room 152, or contact them at help@law.georgetown.edu, 202-6629284. You must bring your GoCard for identification purposes.
4. Click on Student Services.
5. Click on Registration.
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ick on Registration (Add, Drop, or Waitlist Courses).
7. Select the term you would like to view (either Fall 2014 or Spring 2015) and click Submit.
(Click Select Term on the Registration page to change to another term later.)
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8. Your current schedule will be displayed. It will show any courses you are registered or
waitlisted for.
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To add a new course, type its CRN (Course Reference Number) into the Add Classes
Worksheet and click Submit Changes. Course CRNs are listed in the Curriculum
Guide. See Appendix B for a listing of registration error messages.
• If the course you have entered has a waitlist, you will see the message “Closed - [n]
Waitlisted” or “Open - [n] Waitlisted.” To add yourself to this waitlist, choose Waitlisted
from the Action menu and click Submit Changes. If you do not choose Waitlisted and
Submit Changes, you will not be added to this waitlist.
9. To drop a course, select Drop on Web from the Action menu and click Submit Changes.To
view your place on a waitlist, click on My Waitlist. (To get back to the Registration menu,
click Student Services at the top of the page.)
Please note: Being on a waitlist means that you must log in to MyAccess each day to see
if you have “won” a seat in a course. Students win seats in a waitlisted course as seats
become available.
Any courses for which you are waitlisted will appear. Click on the course Section to view
your position on the waitlist. If you added yourself to a waitlist recently and your name
appears under “Pending Requests,” it will be processed the next time the waitlist is run and
your name will be moved to “Waitlist Results.”
If you see “Winner” under Waitlist Status for any courses, you can claim your seat on
the Add or Drop Courses page. A link to that page appears above your list of waitlisted
courses, or you can get there by clicking on the Student tab at the top of the page.
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10. On the Add or Drop Courses page, choose Web Registered from the Action menu to claim
a seat that you won off the waitlist, and click Submit Changes.
Please note: if you would like to be enrolled in a course that you have won in the daily
waitlist lottery, you must claim your seat by 5:00 PM EST on the day the seat was won or the
seat will be forfeited. This Expiration Date is listed on the My Waitlist page.
REMEMBER TO CLICK EXIT WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED.APPENDIX A: SCHEDULE
PLANNING RESOURCES
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Academic counseling and scheduling advice is available through the Office of J.D. Academic
Services, 352 McDonough Hall, 202 662-9041.
Course Descriptions: Available in the Online Curriculum Guide
(http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/). The Online Curriculum Guide includes all
course descriptions, including those that are new or revised.
Biographies of Fulltime, Visiting, and Adjunct Faculty: Available in the Online Curriculum
Guide (http://apps.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/).
All other Online Registration and Scheduling Resources: Available online at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-services/registrar/course-registration/RegistrationInformation.cfm.
APPENDIX B: EXPLANATION OF ADD/DROP/WAITLIST MESSAGES
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Open - [n] Waitlisted or Closed - [n] Waitlisted: There is a waitlist for the course. Note:
You have not been added to the waitlist. To add yourself to the waitlist, choose Waitlisted
and click the Submit Changes button.
Time conflict with [CRN]: Time conflict with the course listed.
Repeat count exceeds 0: You have already taken this course.
Duplicate Course with Section/Duplicate CRN: You are already enrolled in the same or
another section of this course.
Maximum hours exceeded: Your credit limit has been reached. See Appendix C.
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Instructor: Professor Permission course.
Student Not Eligible to Register: A registration or student account block may be in place.
Prerequisite and Test Score Error: This course has a prerequisite that you have not
successfully completed at Georgetown.
Mutual Exclusion with [CRN]: This course is Mutually Exclusive with the course listed.
Department Restriction: You tried to enroll in the incorrect section of a cross-listed course.
J.D. students may only enroll in the “LAWJ” section and LL.M. students may only enroll in
the “LAWG” section.
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APPENDIX C: REGISTRATION REGULATIONS/GUIDELINES
A. J.D. Full-Time Students:
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have registration priority for §§01 through 04 courses;
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may register for 12 to 16 credits per semester;
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may register for 17 credits with written approval from an academic advisor;
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may hold up to 18 credits until the end of Add/Drop;
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may take up to 6 credits of LL.M. courses in their J.D. career; and
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may petition to waive the 12 credit minimum and the 6 credit maximum of LL.M. courses
listed above, by sending an email request to an academic advisor (see online list at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-life/advising-counseling/jd-advising.cfm), no later
than 5:00 p.m. EST on the first day of the add/drop period; and
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may register for any needed first-year elective courses by sending an email request to the
Registrar’s Office at lawreg@law.georgetown.edu; and
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may drop a course from his/her schedule by the end of the add/drop period without a
transcript notation. In order to withdraw from an upperlevel course after the end of the
add/drop period, you must download the Withdrawal form and schedule an appointment to
meet with an Academic Advisor. The form should be completed (including obtaining any
professor or other required permissions, if applicable) and submitted to the Advisor prior to
the meeting. The completed form must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar no later
than the last day of class for the course in which you are requesting the withdrawal, so
please plan accordingly. The Withdrawal form is available online at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-services/registrar/course-registration/CourseWithdrawals.cfm. Withdrawals are subject to the Tuition Refund Schedule.
B. JD Part-Time Students:
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have registration priority for §§07, 17, 27, and 97 courses;
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may register for 8 to 12 credits per semester;
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may take up to 6 credits of LL.M. courses in their J.D. career;
d.
may petition to waive the 8 credit minimum and the 6 credit maximum of LL.M. courses
listed above, by sending an email request to an academic advisor (see online list at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-life/advising-counseling/jd-advising.cfm), no later
than 5:00 p.m. EST on the first day of the add/drop period; and
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may register for any needed first-year courses by sending an email request to the Registrar’s
Office at lawreg@law.georgetown.edu; and
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may drop a course from his/her schedule by the end of the add/drop period without a
transcript notation. In order to withdraw from an upperlevel course after the end of the
add/drop period, you must download the Withdrawal form and schedule an appointment to
meet with an Academic Advisor. The form should be completed (including obtaining any
professor or other required permissions, if applicable) and submitted to the Advisor prior to
the meeting. The completed form must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar no later
than the last day of class for the course in which you are requesting the withdrawal, so
please plan accordingly. The Withdrawal form is available online at
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-services/registrar/course-registration/CourseWithdrawals.cfm. Withdrawals are subject to the Tuition Refund Schedule.
Note to visiting students: Georgetown Law graduating students will have priority for wait-listed
seats over graduating students from other institutions.
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APPENDIX D: DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
1. Students who matriculated at the Law Center in August 2008 or thereafter: 85 credits
2. A minimum of 54 academic credits must be earned at the Law Center;
3. the required first year curriculum (Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law: The Federal System,
Contracts, Criminal Justice*, Legal Research and Writing, Property, Torts, the first-year
elective*, and Week One: Law in a Global Context*);
4. the upperclass legal writing requirement (designated by 'WR') in the Online Curriculum
Guide;
5. a course in Professional Responsibility;
6. the required time in residence ("Residency Requirement") as outlined in the Georgetown
Law Student Handbook; and
7. the minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00/4.00 in Law Center courses.
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Students who transfer to the Law Center after their first year are not required to take Criminal
Justice, the first-year elective, nor Week One: Law in a Global Context. Transfer students
who wish to enroll in a clinic or a course requiring completion of Criminal Justice as a
prerequisite, may enroll in the 2-credit course, Criminal Procedure and fulfill that
prerequisite. Transfer students may also take Criminal Law (which is a different course from
Criminal Justice or Criminal Procedure) or other courses in the criminal law cluster. (Note:
Criminal Law will not satisfy the prerequisite requirement for a course requiring Criminal
Justice or Criminal Procedure.)
APPENDIX E: 2014-2015 REGISTRATION TIMELINE
A. Fall 2014
August 25, 2014 at 1:00 PM EST: Transfer students may add/drop/waitlist courses via
MyAccess.
August 25, 2014 at 3:00 PM: “Nuts and Bolts” of Add/Drop session.
August 28, 2014: Waitlist requests submitted by 5:00 PM EST on August 28 will be
included in the waitlist lottery results available on Friday, August 29.
September 2-9, 2014: First week of classes: Fall & Spring add/drop and waitlist activity held
daily.
End of Fall Add/Drop Period: Last Chance Lottery for Fall courses. Details will be sent
via email during the Add/Drop period.
B. Spring 2015
January 5-9, 2015: Week One Courses
(Upperclass courses may also be offered.)
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January 12-20, 2015: First week of semester-long classes: Spring add/drop and waitlist
activity held daily.
End of Spring Add/Drop Period: Last Chance Lottery for Spring courses. Details will be
sent via email during the Add/Drop period.
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APPENDIX F: TAKING COURSES OUTSIDE THE LAW CENTER
A. Credit for Courses in the Graduate Schools of the University
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Some courses in other graduate schools of the university are “cross-listed” with
Georgetown Law. Georgetown Law students must register for these courses via the
Georgetown Law registration process, using the LAWJ number appearing in this
course schedule.\
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J.D. students may take a maximum of 6 credits of graduate-level courses on the Main
Campus of the University with the permission of an academic advisor. Because all
students earning a J.D. from the Georgetown Law must take 54 credits at the Law
Center, transfer students who are eligible to transfer in 31 credits from their previous
law school may not be eligible to take courses on the Main Campus for credit.
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Students do not preregister for Main Campus courses during the Law Center’s
preregistration process and may not enroll themselves in Main Campus courses.
Students seeking approval to take a Main Campus course in the Graduate or
Undergraduate Schools should contact the Director of J.D. Programs at 202-662-9041
to schedule an appointment. Requests for Spring 2015 courses are due by January 2,
2015.
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PLEASE NOTE: Classes on the main university campus begin in the Spring on
Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Business School classes may follow a different
schedule than other schools or departments on the Main Campus.
B. Credit for Study Outside the Law Center
Credit for courses taken outside the Law Center's J.D. or Graduate Programs is given under
the circumstances described below. Students should be aware of the following academic
policies that apply to transfer of credit from another division of the University or another
institution.
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Students considering taking classes and transferring credit from other ABA-approved law
schools must consult with the Director of J.D. Programs at 202-662-9041 or 352
McDonough Hall to be advised of all applicable rules and necessary procedures and to
obtain approval for the course work. Students must have a compelling reason to request
permission to take a course at another law school in the Washington, D.C., area during a
semester in which the student is enrolled at the Law Center. The Law Center will accept
no more than 6 credits in this situation and the courses must be approved prior to the
student's enrollment at the other law school.
Under certain circumstances, credit for clinical programs will not transfer. Students
contemplating taking a clinical course at another ABA-approved law school must consult
the Associate or Assistant Dean for Clinical Programs before enrolling in the course.
A minimum of 54 credits must be earned at the Law Center.
A passing grade is required for transfer of any credits from another school toward the
degree requirements at the Law Center.
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All approved credits undertaken at another ABA-approved law school will be displayed
on the student's Law Center transcript. These grades are not included in the student's Law
Center cumulative grade point average.
Please refer to the Georgetown Law Student Handbook section, Academic Evaluation and
Attrition Standards, for the rules that govern how courses taken at other schools affect
academic evaluation and attrition and academic and graduation honors.
No credit is given for internships or externships offered at other institutions.
For more information about taking courses outside of the Law Center, please see the
Georgetown Law Student Handbook.
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APPENDIX G: REGISTERING ON THE WEB
Computers are available for web registration at the Georgetown Law locations listed below:
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McDonough Hall. Fourteen PCs will be available at all hours in the third floor atrium area.
The Williams Law Library. Computers in the Williams Law Library are available daily (7:00
a.m. to 2:00 a.m.). Computers are located in the Student Computer Lab (3rd floor, 24 PCs),
the Computer Learning Center (2nd floor, 24 PCs except when classes are scheduled), and on
the fourth and fifth floors (6 PCs each).
The International Wolff Law Library. Computers in the Wolff Law Library are available
Monday – Friday (8:00 a.m. to midnight), Saturday (9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.), and Sunday
(10:00 a.m. to midnight). Computers are located on the 3rd floor (18 PCs) and the 4th floor
(2PCs in the open and 12 PCs in the Computer Learning Center).
Gewirz Student Center. One PC is available in the Third Floor Lounge, 24 hours a day, for
Gewirz residents only.
Personal Computers. Students who have web access through the Law Center network or
another Internet Service Provider may use their own computers.
Computers are also available for web registration on the Main Campus.
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