A letter grade for every student will be entered by the faculty member. Subject to the limitations described below, a student may choose to be graded on a Pass, D, F system whereby a grade of A, B, or C (including pluses and minuses) is entered on the student's transcript as a Pass. A grade of D or F is in all cases recorded as such. The Pass, D, F option is available each semester and must be exercised separately for each course for which the student does not wish to have a letter grade entered. The limitations on the Pass, D, F system are as follows: (1) required courses and clinics may not be taken on a Pass, D, F system; (2) a student may opt for Pass, D, F only once each semester; and (3) no more than 12 credits in which the student opted for a Pass, D, F designation (not including credits for which grading on that basis is mandatory, such as journal participation credits) can be applied to the degree. To be eligible to graduate with honors, a student must have 68 law school credits of letter grades. Therefore, graduating students who have 16 or more credits of Pass may not be eligible to graduate with honors.
The following enterprises are graded only on a Pass/F basis: Intensive Deposition Advocacy; Intensive Trial Advocacy; International and Interscholastic Moot Court; Intramural Mock Trial and Moot Court Boards and Competitions; Judicial Externship; Negotiations and Client Counseling Competitions; New Jersey Attorney General Externship; Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal; Rutgers Law Record; Rutgers Law Review; Rutgers Race and the Law Review; Teaching Assistant.; and Women's Rights Law Reporter.
