Law Student Affairs Office

This winter, Professor Adelle Blackett (at right) is leading an innovative student-initiated seminar aimed at students who are interested in how Critical Race Theory applies to the law.
Maria Marcheschi

Review of final examinations

During the first 2 weeks of the proceeding term, final examinations are held with instructors for viewing. Please consult with instructors on procedures to follow in order to review the exam. At the end of the 2 week period, exams may be viewable through the SAO until March 1st, 2012. Once the deadline has passed, these documents may no longer be made available.

Supplemental exams

A student who receives a failure or a grade of "D" for a required course and who does not write, or who fails, the supplemental examination, must re-register for that course in the next term in which it is offered.

Regular supplemental examinations are available to a student who has failed a course, but is not required to withdraw from the Faculty. Regular supplemental examinations may be written in up to two courses which do not exceed a total of seven credits together, or in any one course even if it exceeds 7 credits.

The grade received on a supplemental examination is final. Both the original grade and the supplemental grade appear on the student's transcript and are factored into the GPA. No provision can be made for further deferral of supplemental or deferred examinations.

Students who wish to write supplemental examinations for failed courses must apply via Minerva. The Minerva supplemental examination application opens on Minerva for Fall 2011 term course on February 1, 2012. The deadline to submit an application is March 1, 2012.

Supplemental examinations are written at the Law Faculty between August 13 - 23, 2012. The Supplemental exam schedule will be available at the end of July and posted on the SAO web site.

Graduate students should refer to the GPSO regulations under section 6. 6.14 Failure Policy.

All enquiries should be directed to the Student Affairs Office via info.law@mcgill.ca.

External contests and bursaries

Don't forget to check our External contests, prizes and bursaries page regularly for various external funding opportunities for undergrad and graduate law students. The latest posting is Concours de dissertations sur les questions constitutionnelles 2012 [.pdf]

Advising Drop-in Hours (as of January 30, 2012)

Students are encouraged to seek academic and/or personal advice from an adviser or counsellor as necessary.

We provide information and guidance for both graduate and undergraduate students on the following: programs, degree requirements, registration, advising, course changes & schedules, procedures for withdrawal, exam schedules & conflicts, deferred & supplemental exams, rereads, academic standing, leave of absence or term away, and graduation.

Drop-in hours (as of Jan. 30, 2012)

Monday: 11:30 – 12:30
Tuesday: 10:00 – 11:00
Wednesday: 16:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 9:00 – 10:00

Appointments can also be made with Asst. Dean Topsakal, Assoc. Dean Lametti, or Nancy Czemmel by emailing the SAO.

Following your appointment, please take some time to complete our CDO & SAO Counseling Feedback Survey.

Posting events to the calendar

To have an event posted on the main Faculty web calendar, email the information (bilingual title, description, and contact info) to the Faculty's Web Communications Editor.

To qualify for posting, events must be of academic interest or involve a Faculty member (as speaker, moderator, etc.). With some exceptions, social events such as Coffee House, etc. are not usually promoted by the Faculty, but instead are posted on the Law Students' Association site.