Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSThe Admissions Committee shall also identify a select group of approximately 15-25 students foradmission to the summer Early Admission Program (EAP) whose undergraduate GPA and LSAT scoresmay not meet the entry criteria for admission into the regular fall program. The Admissions Committee,in identifying candidates for the EAP, may exercise its discretion in considering a wide range of factors inaddition to the GPA and LSAT and those other factors previously enumerated which demonstrate that theapplicants are capable of success in the study and practice of law.The Admissions Committee shall use a rolling admissions process, meeting to approve or denyapplications on a regular basis from October until mid-May. The Admissions Committee may establish awaiting list to fill potential vacancies in the EAP and the fall class. The Chair of the AdmissionsCommittee will notify applicants in a timely manner of the decisions of the Admissions Committeeaffecting their candidacy.(RM, 3-10-66, p. 8471, 11-11-71, pp. 11220-22; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)COLLEGE OF LAW - CODE OF ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITYTITLE I - THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE CODESEC. 101 — PURPOSE OF CODEThe purpose of this Code of Academic Responsibility is to define academic misconduct and otherethical violations, to prescribe penalties and procedures for enforcement of academic discipline, and toprovide for appellate review.SEC. 102 — SCOPE OF CODEa) The Code of Academic Responsibility applies to all students of the College of Law of theUniversity.b) Each student shall sign a pledge to comply with this Code at the time of enrolling in theCollege of Law. The pledge shall notify students that the College may be required tonotify bar associations when a student is found guilty of violating this Code.The Norman Campus Faculty Handbook includes the complete Code of Academic Responsibility.Sec. 201 — Accepted Principles of Honesty(a) It shall be a violation of this Code for a student to act in conscious disregard of acceptedprinciples of honesty in any academic pursuit or prize competition.(b) Conscious Disregard — To establish a violation of this section, the Council must present proof ofa student’s conscious disregard of accepted principles of honesty. Conscious disregard is amental state embracing either (i) intent to deceive, manipulate or defraud; (ii) guilty knowledge;or (iii) moral awareness that the alleged conduct violated known or accepted principles ofhonesty.(c) Specific Intent — Nothing in this Code shall be construed to require proof of specific intent inaddition to proof of conscious disregard. Specific intent is the offender’s active and consciousdesire to achieve certain prohibited consequences by acting or failing to act.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 138