Tuition and Fees

Current Costs

Costs for each academic year are determined by the Board of Trustees. Lewis & Clark reserves the right to change tuition and/or fees at any time. To review this academic year’s schedule of charges, please visit Law School Costs.

Information regarding billing and payment standards is available on the Student and Departmental Account Services website at www.lclark.edu/go/student/accounts.

In addition to tuition, there are charges for the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), parking and health insurance, unless the health insurance is waived.  Individual sections or courses may have associated fees as well. Check to see if a section has a fee by viewing the section using WebAdvisor

Settling Your Student Account

There are several ways to approach settling your student account balances. Full payments of your costs can be made in person, through the mail, over the phone and online. You many also choose to utilize financial aid including private loans, or establish a monthly payment plan through Tuition Management Systems (TMS), or any combination of these methods.  Please visit the Student and Departmental Account Services website for detailed information regarding settling your student account balances. http://www.lclark.edu/offices/account_services/settling_your_account/

Student Accounts and Billing

Student and Departmental Account Services produce statements itemizing the activity on student accounts.  These statements are delivered electronically.  Lewis & Clark does not mail paper statements.  Electronic billing (E-Bill) is the official means of distributing student account statements.

 For information regarding how E-bill functions, when statements are produced, the semester due date, and how to read your statement of account, please visit: go.lclark.edu/student/account/statements. 

Late Registration and Payment

If a student’s initial class registration occurs after the semester due date, that student’s registration is considered to be a late registration. In such cases, as the semester due date has already passed, Lewis & Clark reserves the right to require the student to settle their anticipated semester charges prior to class registration. Student and Departmental Account Services can work with the student to determine what the anticipated semester charges will be in order to ensure payment precedes registration.

Non-Payment of Charges

Students with outstanding account balances will not be allowed to register or attend courses for future semesters. Existing registration for future terms may be cancelled as a result of an outstanding account balance. Lewis & Clark also reserves the right to withhold transcripts, grade reports, bar certifications and diplomas. Full payment of the balance due is required to facilitate the release of these documents and to clear a student for class registration. Class registration, or re-registration, will be on a space available basis. Additionally, past due balances not covered by fully processed financial aid, are subject to late fees.

Lewis & Clark reserves the right to assess late fees to all past due student accounts. Late fees are assessed as follows: Balances of $999.00 and below are subject to a per semester $10 late fee. Balances of $1,000.00 and above are subject to a per semester $100 late fee.

Spring Term Review

Late spring semester  Student and Departmental Account Services will identify students with outstanding balances. Students with outstanding balances will be notified that registration for future semesters will not be processed until the account balance is settled.

Student Account “Hold”

Students with any outstanding balance will have a “hold” placed on their account. Please review the section Non-Payment of Charges for a discussion on outstanding balances and resulting hold consequences. Students can check WebAdvisor for any active holds.

Dishonored Payments

A $15 fee will be placed on the student account for any payment returned to Lewis & Clark, or its payment processing partner Tuition Management Systems (TMS), by the bank. This fee may not be reversed.

Lewis & Clark’s bank automatically re-deposits all returned checks once, without notice. TMS’s bank does not re-deposit.

Notificaiton is sent to the student of the dishonored payment. The student must make restitution, and remit payment of the returned payment fee, within ten (10) days following this notification.

Lewis & Clark reserves the right to refuse a personal check for payment in certain circumstances.

Division Change Account Adjustment

Students who change from Day Division to Evening Division after the semester has begun may be entitled to an adjustment of their charges. In the fall semester, if the change is made on or before the third Friday of the term, tuition and fees will be adjusted to reflect the evening division rates. *In the spring semester, if the change is made on or before January 31, tuition and fees will be adjusted to reflect the evening division rates. The actual dates for the division change deadline are published on the Academic Calendar, maintained by the Registrar’s Office. For students receiving financial assistance, a change of division may result in an adjustment in eligibility.

*In the event the spring semester deadline of January 31 falls on a weekend, the official deadline will be the Friday preceding the weekend.

Refund of Credit Balances

Student account refunds will be processed after the first day of classes in each term and only when a credit actually exists on a student account. If the credit is the result of a reduction in a student’s charges, the refund will be issued after all necessary adjustments are complete. If the credit is the result of financial aid, the refund will be issued only after the disbursement of funds is posted to the student’s account. Estimated financial aid does not qualify for a refund.

Refunds resulting from an overpayment of financial aid are to be used to cover education-related expenses such as off-campus living expenses, transportation and/or books and supplies.

Credit balances will be refunded either via electronic payment or via paper check. If the refund is a paper check payable to the student, the check will be mailed immediately to the student’s preferred mailing address on file with the school. Refunds delivered via electronic payment will be deposited into the bank account designated by the student.

If all of a student’s expenses are covered by a formal billing arrangement between Lewis & Clark and the student’s employer, a government agency or other sponsor, credit balances will be refunded to the third-party sponsor. Any exceptions to this standard will be at the discretion of the sponsor. In all other cases, credit balances on a student’s account will be refunded in the name of the student.

Policy of Charge Adjustment: (Withdrawals and Dismissals) 

Withdrawals Charge Policies

Total withdrawal from all classes is effective as of the date the student initiates the official withdrawal process with the Office of the Law Registrar.

The following information is applicable in the fall and spring semesters. Details of the summer policy of charge adjustment will be updated in the near future.

For students who process a total enrollment withdrawal, the tuition charge for the semester will be pro-rated on a per-day basis, based on the academic calendar, up to the 60% point of the period of instruction. After the 60% point, there will be no adjustment to tuition charges.

For LLM students who process a total enrollment withdrawal: The LLM fee will be pro-rated on a per-day basis, based on the academic calendar, up to the 60% point of the period of instruction. After the 60% point, there will be no adjustment to LLM fee charges.

On or before the 15th day of instruction, if a student processes a total enrollment withdrawal, the fee for the school’s student health insurance plan and the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) Assessment will be reversed in full. If a student withdraws after the 15th day, the fee for the school’s student health insurance plan and the LRAP Assessment will not be adjusted.

Please note: If claims have already been processed through the student health insurance plan before the student’s withdrawal, the insurance fee will not be reversed.

Special Fee Assessment for Dropped Classes:

If a student drops or withdraws from a course that has an associated fee, the course fee is handled in the following way: If the student drops the course before the late add/drop period begins (as defined on the academic calendar), then the course fee is reversed in full. If the student withdraws from the course on or after the start of the late add/drop period as defined on the academic calendar, then the course fee is not adjusted.

Information as to the effect of a withdrawal on financial aid can be found in the Financial Aid Policy: Withdrawal Refund/Repayment Policies section on this page. Once the adjustments to a student’s charges and financial aid are complete, overpayment refunds will be processed. Please refer to the previous page for Refund of Credit Balances and details of Lewis & Clark’s refund policy.

The following types of withdrawal have special rules:

A. First year students ”“ fall semester: First year students who find it necessary to withdraw after June 15th will forfeit the total of acceptance deposits paid. However, first year students, who withdraw before or on the first day of the fall semester, will have 100% of their tuition, fees and health insurance charges reversed. After the first day of the fall semester, first year students who withdraw will be subject to the same withdrawal policies as continuing students. These policies are outlined above.

B. First year students ”“ spring semester: If a first year student’s fall semester cumulative grade average is 1.5 or lower, he or she will be eligible for a 100% reversal of spring tuition and fees if he or she officially withdraws within one (1) week subsequent to the posting of fall semester grades. In any other circumstance, first year students who withdraw from the spring semester will be subject to the same withdrawal policies as continuing students. These policies are outlined above.

Military Leave

A student called to active duty in the military shall have 100% of their charges for tuition and fees reversed for the semester or summer session during which military leave occurs.

Dismissals

Academic: A student who is academically dismissed as a result of fall semester work will have 100% of spring semester tuition reversed. A student who enrolls in summer school courses before notification of academic dismissal will have 100% of the summer school tuition reversed. No credit will be granted for the course work.

Suspension, Expulsion or Dismissal Other Than Academic Dismissal: The date that formal charges are served or that notice of suspension, expulsion or dismissal is issued, will be the date used in pro-rating a student’s charges. Information explaining the policies of charge adjustment can be found under “Withdrawals” at the top of this page.