Candidates for the Juris Doctor degree are permitted to take, during regular law school session only, two courses in UCLA departments other than the School of Law for a maximum of six (6) semester units of School of Law credit. (A four unit quarter course converts to 3 semester units.) This option is not available to joint degree students, or to students on probation or subject to special requirements (see Sections V.B AND V.C of the Summary of Academic Standards). A course so taken must be supplementary to a student’s legal studies and the prior written approval of the Assistant Dean for Students must be obtained. Such outside courses must be graded on an "A,B,C,D" or "F" basis, and the grade of "B-" or better in the outside course and satisfactory completion of the law course are required in order to receive units and proportional residency credit toward the Juris Doctor degree. The outside course with the earned letter grade will appear on the transcript. In addition, when the course is applied for law school credit, the grade of "B-" or better is recorded on the academic record as a Pass and no grade points are calculated into the grade point average. If a student receives an outside course grade inferior to the grade of B-, and has petitioned for outside course credit, the following rules shall apply in determining the nature and amount, if any, of unit and residency credit that will be awarded the outside course as well as the effect the grade will have for retention and other purposes:
a. In all outside courses, a grade of "D" or "F" will be treated by the Law School as the grade of "F" for all purposes.
b. A grade of "C" in an upper division undergraduate course will be treated by the Law School as the grade of "D" for all purposes.
c. A grade of "C" in a graduate course or in a lower division undergraduate course will be treated by the Law School as the grade of "F" for unit credit, retention, and any cumulative grading purposes (e.g. Order of the Coif), but will be treated as a credit grade for residency purposes.
For purposes of residency credit, units earned outside the Law School during the Fall quarter apply to the Law School residency requirement for the Fall semester in the same calendar year. Units earned outside the Law School for either the Winter or Spring quarter apply to the Law School residency requirement for the Spring semester of the same calendar year. (Note: A maximum of 4 quarter units [converts to 3 semester units] may be taken in Spring Quarter and applied toward residency credit for Spring Semester.)