The Law School uses an anonymous grading system for examinations, which means that instructors do not know which student submitted a particular exam. At the beginning of your Law School career, you will be assigned an exam number, and you must use it (rather than your name) on all of your Law exams. You will find your exam number in your Student Info portal.

Students may not contact their instructors for any matters related to the exam after the exam has opened/started. This is especially true when a student encounters an issue taking an exam-- students cannot communicate directly with their instructors through any means, as doing so undermines the system of anonymous grading. Instead, students should contact the proctor or the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Improperly contacting instructors regarding an exam may result in disciplinary action. This policy also applies to classes where the instructor has indicated that the assignment will be graded anonymously.

Examples of issues include when a student:

• Cannot take the exam on time
• Has problems opening the exam
• Used the wrong exam number
• Took the exam questions instead of turning them in
• Exceeded the word count
• Failed to understand some instruction in the exam
• Missed the deadline on a take-home exam
• Turned the 1L memo or brief in late (if graded anonymously)

If in doubt, for any reason, you should first reach out to the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and not your instructor. 

Students may contact their instructors about their exams or other anonymously-graded assessments after receiving their grades.