Registration Instructions and Priority Planning
Registration Guidelines
Registration Instructions Using WebAdvisor
Schedule Updates for Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
On-Line Registration:
Evening-only Students* - June 1, 6pm - midnight
Priority Class Registration - June 2 & 3 - at appointed times;
Registrations Completion June 4 - at appointed times;
Open Registration begins June 4 - at appointed times.
Waitlist Sign up begins June 5
Priority registration on June 2, 3 and 4 for day division students and students who do not qualify for evening-only. These students will be appointed registration times. To see your assigned times for these days, go to WebAdvisor Student Menu screen, click on ‘My Registration Permissions’ found below the Registration header. Then choose the correct semester. Note: Both semesters, fall and spring, will have the same time assignments.
* Evening-only students, students who always have been and will continue to be evening division students and who will take only evening classes, must confirm their status to the Registrar’s office, lawreg@lclark.edu. Failure to abide by the qualifications of evening-only status may be considered an Honor Code violation. Evening-only students will register for all classes for fall and spring on Sunday, June 1, 6-pm to midnight.
General Course Selection Instructions
Consult the course descriptions and schedule and exam schedule to select classes. In addition to your interest in a class, you should consider graduation requirements, state bar subjects, courses needed as prerequisites, how often a course is offered, and the division in which a course is scheduled. You should also include some courses that may be challenging or an entirely new subject to you. This is your opportunity to explore.
You should not hesitate to make an appointment to discuss your schedule with someone on the faculty or in the administration. The environmental and business areas are well-covered by Associate Dean Lisa LeSage (business) and Associate Dean Janice Weis (environmental and natural resources) and Assistant Director Lin Harmon (environmental and natural resources). Associate Dean Martha Spence helps with general curriculum guidance. Libby Davis, Assistant Dean for Career Services, eadavis@lclark.edu, does general advising and as the supervisor of the externship program is particularly helpful in planning curriculum for those thinkg of externships. All of the staff listed can help with general as well as specific curriculum planning. Many faculty members are glad to give scheduling advice and if you are interested in a particular area of law, you may wish to contact a faculty member who teaches a core course in the area that interests you.
You are responsible for your own final exam schedule. If you have two exams on the same day, you will be expected to take them on the same day. The fall 2008 semester exams will be held December 8-19. Spring 2009 semester exams will be held April 30 - May 9.
Note: There will be one Saturday exam pick-up time in the Fall 2008 semester. It will be at 1:15pm on December 13. There will be two Saturday exam days for Spring semester 2009, May 2 and 9.
You are registering for both fall and spring semester. Prepare a listing of classes for fall and spring in order of priority. For each class, indicate the course priority, the course number and section, the class title, the teacher and the hours of credit. Use a Class Selection Worksheet to prepare your schedule before going on-line to select classes.
Most courses are open to all upper division students. However, some classes, such as the Clinical Internship Seminars, can only be registered for by invitation of the professor. These classes require a special procedure for registration, usually an application that must be submitted by a deadline date. Official registration will occur after the candidates have been selected. No one can register for this type class on-line. Registration will be done through the Registrar’s office. Please check the course descriptions when registering to determine if a class has special registration qualifications.
Note: Applications that are listed as due the day of registration will be due 10:00am, June 2, 2008.
If you are planning to try for law review, you will register for those hours in the Fall during the add/drop period at the beginning of the semester through the Registrar’s office.
Note: Students who did not take the required courses, Criminal Procedure I and/or Property during their first year must take the section marked “(ud)” meaning upper division. These sections are scheduled in the evening. There will be no exceptions to this policy. It is strongly urged that you not wait until your final semester to take your required courses.
Priority On-Line Registration
The object of the priority registration is to allow day division students and students who do not qualify as evening-only students the chance to register for preferred classes, one class per semester each day, thus spreading class sign up over the complete student body Evening-only Students see the paragraph below). Classes will still close. Consequently, when selecting your priority classes, you should try to determine which classes are likely to close, register first for them, and have a second or third choice as back-up should your first choice class close. No one will be allowed to sign up for a waitlist for a closed class until June 5.
The initial priority registration for both fall and spring semester for all students except "evening only" will be start June, 2. In order to give students the fairest opportunity to get into the classes each wants, a priority registration procedure has been set up. Students were randomly assigned to groups of 50 - 60 students when first allowed to register on-line. Every year the students who will be 2nd year are randomly assigned to these registration groups. Each group is assigned to a registration time period each day of the assigned registration period; each time period is 30 minutes long. The start time represents the earliest your group can start registering. You may register that day anytime after that time period starts. We rotate the start times so that groups will have an early start time and a later start time assigned during the registration days. You will be notified by email when the priority start times will be available on "My Registration Permissions" found on WebAdvisor. This will occur well before the Priority Registration days.
You will have two days of priority registration, June 2 and 3. Each day after your time period starts, you can register for one priority class for fall semester and one for spring semester. The first day of priority registration you will have a total of one class for fall and one for spring (if you are planning to attend both fall and spring semester) At the end of the second priority day, you will have a total of two (2) classes registered for fall and two (2) for spring.
During the priority registration days, June 2 and 3, the system will not check for co/pre-requisites. You will be able to add your priorities without concern for first registering for the requisite courses. However, be sure to register on June 4 for the necessary required courses. We will be checking to be sure all students sign up for the co/pre-requisites. The system will resume checking the requisites automatically on June 4.
On June 4, students will again register by appointed times and complete registration for the fall and spring semesters. You will have through September 1 to rearrange both your fall and spring schedules on-line by adding open classes and dropping classes from your schedule. Spring on-line registration will resume November 3 through December 3 and again January 5 - 19.
Evening-only Students Registration: Students who qualify for evening-only status will register for all fall and spring semester classes on Sunday, June 1, 6pm to midnight. This is to assure these students enrollment in evening classes. The next opportunity for evening-only students to register will be June 4 at 6:00pm, after all the day division and non-evening-only students have registered.
To qualify as an evening-only student, students must have entered school as an evening division student, attended all semesters as an evening student with the intent of continuing as an evening student for the 4-year program and will attend classes only in the evening. Failure to abide by these standards may be considered an Honor Code violation.
Students who meet these qualifications must request this status from the Registrar’s office each year to be assigned to the correct registration group. Contact the registrar’s office via email,lawreg@lclark.edu by May 23.
Wait List Sign-up: Sign-up for waitlists for closed classes will start June 5. To determine the policy for managing your wait lists, check the Manage My Waitlist section in the registration instructions for using Web Advisor.
Beginning August 3, wait list registration for fall only will begin. Those first on wait lists that have openings will be notified by email that they may register for the class. Three (3) days will be given to transact your decision. It is very important that you watch your email after August 3 if you are on a wait list. See: Wait List Invitations. Wait list invitations for spring semester will be sent starting November 3, 2008.
Registration instructions for using Web Advisor are listed for your convenience.
We will notify anyone who has applied for classes that require applications when it has been determined who may register. At that time we will request that you advise us of your decision to add. All special permission classes have to be registered by the Registrar's office. mission classes have to be registered by the Registrar’s office. See: Professor Consent and Application Needed to Register.
Priority Planning
While there is no way to identify with certainty which courses will close, we can offer some suggestions for determining which classes you may want to consider as priority for your schedule.
- You should consider the class size (seminars are limited in range from 14 - 20 students); other classes are usually capped according to room size. Classrooms 1,2,3 and 4 are capped between 72-89; classrooms 5 and 6 are capped at 39; classrooms 7 and 8 are capped at 58.
- Consider the number of other courses offered in the same time slot.
- Who is the instructor?
- How frequently is the course offered – every year? Twice a year? Every other year?
- Any other factor that you may consider relevant such as how badly you need the class to fulfill certificate or graduation requirements.
Most students get into most of the classes for which they register. You should get into your most preferred classes if you take the factors above into account. There is also registration movement during the summer and during the add/drop period for each semester.
After June 4, you may put yourself on a wait list. At that time, be sure to check how many are on the wait list before you add yourself and again after you have added to determine approximately what number you are on the wait list. The Registrar’s office will not give out wait list position information. Remember too in determining priority classes, the real key is trying to determine how many other people are going to make that class a priority.
Note: If for some reason, you will not be able to use the on-line registration procedure and you would like the Registrar’s office to process your registration, please contact us by May 30, lawreg@lclark.edu. We will advise you accordingly.
Potential Problems with On-Line Registration
Registration instructions for using Web Advisor are listed for your convenience.
Problems that may arise when registering on-line which will cause your registration not to be processed or processed erroneously include: - Time Conflicts - registering two classes that overlap in time.
- Too many credits for your division load (day vs evening). Day Division load is capped at 17 credits; evening is capped at 12. If you want to change divisions, you must petition before registering.
- Trying to add a class that needs professor consent or an application. (These classes have to be registered through the Registrar’s office with professor consent confirmed).
- Trying to add a class without the necessary pre-requisites
- Trying to add a class in the wrong semester or adding the wrong class section. You are responsible for the course information that appears on your schedule on WebAdvisor.
- Missing your invitation to add a class for which you are wait listed.
- Cashier Office holds for past tuition and fines that are overdue.
- Failure to check your schedule to be sure the class has been added or dropped correctly
Note: Students cannot withdraw for the semester by using the on-line registration screen. You must submit a written notification. You may do so by email, lawreg@lclark.edu. The date you submit your written statement is the date used for the withdrawal transaction. Time Conflicts
Students may not register for classes that have a time overlap. If you try to add a class that conflicts in time with a currently listed class, the new class will not be added. If you try to add classes together that conflict in time, it is possible that neither will be added. If you try to replace a class on your schedule with one that conflicts in time, be sure to drop the current class or the new class will not be added. Please be careful to avoid schedule conflicts.
Division Changes
Division changes (Day or Evening) must be petitioned. You may make your Division Change on-line using an electronic petition. Please mark the appropriate line(s), indicating which semester(s) the change(s) will take effect. You may also send an email statement to Law Reg, lawreg@lclark.edu, stating you want to change division and indicate which semester the division change will take effect. The Registrar’s office will change your division within one business day of receiving the form.
Note: Once a division change has been made, you are assumed to be in that division until another petition is filed. You may indicate two division changes, one for each semester, if that is your plan. Day Division Students - Working Hours
The ABA requires that all full time students - students taking more than 12 hours in a semester, devote substantially all working hours to the study of law. Consequently, such students may not work at a job more than 20 hours per week. All day division students must certify that they adhere to the this standard. Anyone requesting to be a day division student is expected to know and abide by this rule.
Professor Consent or Application Needed to Register
Individual Research, Environmental Clinic: PEAC, International Environmental Law Project, Regional and National Moot Court competitions, Law Reviews, Clinical Internship Seminars, Externships and other courses that require the permission of the faculty teaching the course, may not be added without the professor’s written consent. Forms for professors to give consent are available at the Law Registrar’s website or office. The registrar will accept an e-mail from the professor as consent for the student to take the course. Any class that needs professor consent will not be available for on-line registering and will only be done internally after the consent has been given.
Prerequisites
Some classes require a prerequisite or co-requisite are a requirement for registration. This information is found on the course description information. During the Priority Registration days, June 2 and 3, you may register for a class as a priority class without having the co/pre-requisite needed. However, this does not mean that you will not need to register later for the pre-requisite class(es).
After June 3, if you try to register for a class without the necessary preliminary class(es), you will not be allowed to add the class. Take this into consideration when registering. Be sure to add the prerequisite class to your schedule before attempting to add the course that requires the prerequisite. Some professors will override prerequisites if you prove to him/her that you can qualify to take the class without the preliminary class. You need the professor’s confirmation, signature or email message, to override the prerequisite. All overrides of prerequisites must be done in the Registrar’s office. If you have questions about prerequisites, please contact the Registrar’s office.
Note: The priority registration dates, June 2 and 3, are the only times a student may add a class needing a pre or co-requisite without first having the pre or co-requisite listed. Registration Restrictions
If you should owe money for tuition not paid, you will not be allowed to register. You will want to check the WebAdvisor site, My Holds and Restrictions, found under the header Academic Profile on the Student Menu. If you have a hold it will advise you if the hold will effect your ability to register. If it does, you will want to be sure to take care of this before registration starts so you will not lose your chance to register.
Responsible for Your Registration
You are responsible for your registration. Check your schedule on WebAdvisor to be sure that you have the correct classes listed. If you want a printed schedule, ask the Registrar’s office. You can add and drop classes on-line through the last day indicated on the calendar for on-line registration/add-drop for either semester. After that all adds and drops must be done through the Registrar’s office. You may be held responsible for examinations if you neglect to drop a class that is erroneously listed. You will not be given credit for a class that you are attending if you are not registered
Wait List Invitations
Wait lists will be maintained on the computer. You may add and/or delete your name to any wait list. Should a seat open in a class for which you are first on the wait list you will be sent an email message advising you that you may add the class. You will be given 3 days to respond. If you do not respond within that time, your name will be dropped from the wait list and the next student on the wait list will get your chair.
Wait list invitations for Fall 2008 will start being sent out on August 1, 2008 and will continue being sent through August 29. Wait list invitations for Spring 2009 will be sent from November 3 through December 3 and again January 5 through 16th. Mark your calendar if you are on a wait list and check your email every other day during the wait list invitation period.
Important: Clean up your wait lists to assure that you are not listed for classes that you do not want. This will keep the overall wait lists composed of those who want the class.
Externships
If you have been approved for a Fall 2008 externship, your registration will be entered by the Registrar’s office using your Supplemental Registration information to confirm the correct externship and professor. If you hope to do a Spring 2009 externship, register for course selections you plan to take if the externship is not approved by the curriculum committee. In the event the externship is granted, the course selections will be dropped and the externship added through the Registar’s office.
Anyone approved for an externship or interested in applying should see the course description “Externship Classroom Component” for information about the classroom components for the externship and an explanation for how and when to register.
If you are thinking about doing an externship in the future, note that significant advance planning is required for externships. Talk to the Assistant Dean of Career Services if you think you may be interested in one. Applications for Spring 2009 externships will be due in October 2008. Please refer to What's What for detailed information on externship requirements. Application packets are available at the Career Services office.
Underloads
Day division student registering for 12 or 13 hours and evening students registering for 8 hours must petition to underload. Once your schedule is set and it is determined that you will carry an underload, please submit a petition to the Registrar’s office. The Day division students normally take 14 - 17 hours per semester with the maximum being 17 credits. Evening division students take between 9 and 12 credits per semester, with the maximum being 12 credits. There are no overloads for either division.
Faculty Evaluation Information
Faculty evaluations are available for student review. The numerical summaries for each question for each faculty member are on the web site, Faculty and Course Evaluations. You will find the faculty evaluation sheets with comments on them in Boley Library's "On Reserve" section.
For complete information regarding the registration instructions for on-line registration on WebAdvisor see the webpage, Registration Instructions Using WebAdvisor. You will want to read this information over carefully and become familiar with the procedure.
| 
