Students whose cumulative grade-point averages place them within the top 15 percent of their class, who have completed three years in residence at this school, and who have consistently met the professional standards of this law faculty and the legal profession shall be recommended for honors. In exceptional cases, recommendations may be made for high honors or highest honors.

Students who have completed at least one term of their academic work at another law school and whose cumulative grade-point averages place them within the top 15 percent of their class at this law school may be considered for honors or, in exceptional cases, high or highest honors, at the discretion of the faculty.