MESSAGE FROM DEAN DESSIN REGARDING TRANSFER OF CREDITS TOWARD YOUR LAW DEGREE
Dear Students:
This is a reminder that we will ONLY transfer credits from elsewhere in the University toward your JD if you complete the Transfer of Graduate Credits form, which is available at:
This applies whether you are in a joint degree program or not. To ensure that the credits will count toward the JD, you should complete the form at the beginning of any semester in which you take graduate coursework that you wish to count toward your JD.
This is also a reminder that overloads (more than 16 credits for full-time students OR more than 10 credits for part-time students) must be approved through my office. For purposes of determining overloads, we count JD credits PLUS any other credits taken in the same semester elsewhere in the University that you plan to count toward your JD. If you register for an unauthorized and impermissible overload, we will not count the unauthorized credits toward your JD. This could have the effect of delaying your graduation.
Therefore, if you have taken or try to take more than 16 credits as a full-time student or 10 credits as a part-time student in any semester, whether at the law school or elsewhere in the University, and have not received prior authorization for those additional credits, they will NOT be counted as credits toward your minimum of 88 credits to earn your JD degree.
If you have any questions, please contact Dean Dessin at cld3@uakron.edu. Transfer of Credit forms and Overload Request forms should be sent to our Registrar, Terri Bisesi, at tbisesi@uakron.edu.