The Reinstatement and Probation Committee shall have jurisdiction and final authority over all reinstatement petitions. The Committee is authorized to grant or deny relief incident to reinstatement, including extension of time to complete studies for the J.D. degree. In extraordinary circumstances, the committee may grant academic bankruptcy for one semester to any student dismissed at the end of his or her first year. The Committee shall not have the power to change or eliminate grades.

Appeal to the Reinstatement and Probation Committee

1. Every student who has been dismissed for academic reasons shall have a right to appeal, which appeal shall be taken to the Reinstatement and Probation Committee. The decision of that Committee shall be final.
2. No student dismissed shall be readmitted unless the Reinstatement and Probation Committee shall find that compelling reasons justify his or her readmission. Students dismissed will not ordinarily be readmitted to the school. Any student seeking readmission shall present to the Reinstatement and Probation Committee clear and convincing evidence that the difficulty which led to dismissal has been eliminated. The Reinstatement and Probation Committee may set whatever conditions it considers appropriate on readmission, provided that the committee shall not allow any readmitted student more than two semesters to remove any grade point deficiency. (See Dismissal supra, and The Procedural Rules for the Reinstatement and Probation Committee, available from the Student Records Office.)