FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS ONLY

The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Student Handbook, Volume I, Section 2.2, Maximum Work Hours, states as follows:

“The full-time program of instruction in the School of Law is a demanding one designed to command substantially all of the student's time during the academic year. Experience indicates that a student frequently cannot successfully carry a full-time course load if employed in an outside job. Excessive employment is a frequent cause of disappointing academic performance and of academic failure. For these reasons, professional organizations, including accrediting agencies and the bars of many jurisdictions, require that a student enrolling in a full-time program be in a position to devote substantially all working hours to the study of law. The School of Law strongly urges first-year, full-time students and those on academic probation not to accept outside employment.

In no case may a full-time student exceed twenty (20) hours of outside employment per seven-day week during fall and spring semesters. This restriction does not apply to holiday periods.

Part-time students will be permitted to work to the extent that their work does not unduly interfere with the demands of the school.

The School of Law will not grant permission to any student to take a deferred examination, submit a late paper, or alter a course schedule on grounds of employment conflicts.”

I will not exceed twenty (20) hours of outside employment per week during the fall and spring semesters while enrolled in the full-time program at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.