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REGISTRATION--SUMMER 2008

Online registration begins on Monday, March 3rd at 9:00 p.m.

Policies

Registration Instructions

Course Limitations, Grades, Legal Perspectives & Skills

Exams

Tuition & Financial Aid


POLICY REGARDING ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR 2008 DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE and HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE SUMMER COURSES
Graduate students, lawyers, and other professionals join Hamline law students in the DRI and HLI Summer classes. This mixed student pool, plus low enrollment caps to ensure low student/faculty ratios, necessitates a tighter control on the process of adding and dropping courses. A $150 per course, non-refundable tuition deposit will be charged to your account for each course. The tuition deposit will be applied toward the total tuition amount. This deposit will only be returned if the applicant is not accepted into the course. The balance of the tuition is due one week prior to the beginning class session for each course after which no refund will be made. If you are placed on the wait list, you will not be charged the $150 until you have a place in the course. Knowing that students may need to coordinate their Summer classes, Hamline students will be able to register and drop courses online for two weeks, starting Monday, March 3rd at 9:00 p.m., without a deposit charge. On Monday, March 17th at 9:00 a.m., online registration will be turned off and all students enrolled at that time will be automatically charged the non-refundable $150 deposit per course. Students wishing to add a the course after that date will need to fill out a paper application (available on-line at the DRI web site or the HLI website and submit it with the $150 per course deposit* to the HUSL Office of the Registrar. Those wishing to drop a course after that date will need to fill out a Add/Drop form and submit to the HUSL Office of the Registrar (remember: you will forfeit your $150 deposit). If a course is full be sure to place yourself on the wait list. If enough students are interested in a particular course, a second section may be added.

*Students seeking financial aid are not required to submit a deposit with the application. Simply write “Financial Aid” at the top your application. Know that your student account will be charged the non-refundable $150 per credit.

 

POLICIES
You must register online, through Hamline's secure website (Piperline). The following information will help you with the registration process—please read it carefully.


Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. You may register any time during the registration period. For traditional law school courses, the following deadlines apply:

Last Day to Add
Up to the day before a given course starts.
Last Day to Drop (w/o notation on record or financial penalty)
June and July Courses (summer-long)
Thu., Jun. 5
June Courses
Day before 2nd class meeting
July Courses
Day before 2nd class meeting
Short Courses Offered Throughout the Term
Day before the 1st class meeting.


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GET FAMILIAR WITH PIPERLINE
Log in to the secured area of Piperline before the registration period begins. Familiarize yourself with the menus and navigation. If you have never used Piperline, it will take you some time to familiarize yourself with it. Don’t wait until the first day of registration to do this.

HOLDS
Check your registration status in Piperline for any holds that will prevent you from registering (e.g. financial, immunization, academic probation). It is important that you do this before registration starts, so that you have time to take the necessary steps to clear your hold(s). Registration holds can only be removed by the department that placed it. The Office of the Registrar rarely places registration holds. More commonly, holds are set by Student Accounts, Financial Aid or some other department. If you have a registration hold, please contact the appropriate department.

PLAN YOUR SCHEDULE
Make sure you check the course description for each section you select, and verify that you have met the prerequisites. Please see the class schedule via Piperline for course descriptions.

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
-Go to any Hamline University website

-Click on Logins at the top

-Click on Go to Piperline

-Click on Login to secure area

-Enter your User ID (which is your Hamline ID or your social security number, either one works)

-Enter your Piperline PIN, click on Login

-Click on Student Services, then Registration

-Within the Registration Menu you will be able to register for your courses (add, drop and look-up courses), verify and print your schedule (the Student Detail Schedule is recommended).

ERRORS
Errors will be reflected below your registered list of courses with a STOP sign. To determine the specific error, scroll right to the Status field in the last column. A possible Action which allows you to resolve your error is reflected in the pull down column on the left. Below are some errors you may encounter and the Actions required to resolve them:

Status Message

Action

CLOSED - XXX WAITLISTED

Select NONE to drop the selection, or WAIT LIST to add your name to the wait list.

OPEN - XXX WAITLISTED

You may not register for this section because a wait list has been started and there are fewer open seats than students on the wait list. Select NONE to drop this selection, or WAIT LIST to add your name to the wait list.

PREQ-PREREQUISITE MISSING

Select a different section--you do not have the pre-requisite(s) for this section. The system has trouble reading transfer credits and course substitutions used as pre-requisites. If the system does not allow you to register for a section for which you indeed have met the prerequisites, please contact the Office of the Registrar.

DUPLICATE CRN

You have entered the same course twice in the registration grid. Only one of the sections will be saved when you exit.

MAXIMUM HOURS EXCEEDED

You have attempted to register for more credits than you are allowed.

TIME CONFLICT WITH XXXXX

There is a time conflict between two or more sections. You must choose one (you can’t enroll in both even if you intend to drop one later).

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WAIT LIST
If a section is full, you may put yourself on the wait list and register for something else. You may be on as many wait lists as you wish. However, wait listing does NOT mean that you are registered in that section. If you become eligible to enroll, the Office of the Registrar will notify you via email before 5 p.m. May 19th, 2008. You then will have forty-eight hours to change your registration from WAIT LIST to WEB REGISTERED. If you are no longer interested in the section, you may drop the section yourself. After the forty-eight hour period, if you have not registered for the section, you will be automatically dropped from the wait list. This process does not apply to DRI or Health Law Institute courses.

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS FROM WAIT LIST TO **WEB REGISTERED**

  1. Login to Piperline.
  2. Access your schedule for the Summer 2008 term.
  3. Find the class in which you are wait listed. Note the CRN (you will need it in the next step).
  4. Change the Action value from None to **Web Drop/Delete**. (You must first drop the wait list registration to prevent a duplicate CRN error.)
  5. Click the Submit Registration button.
  6. Type the CRN in the first box of the Add Classes Worksheet.
  7. Click the Submit Registration button.
  8. The enrollment Status will change from Wait List to **Web Registered**.

SUCCESSFUL PIPERLINE REGISTRATION
Courses for which you are successfully registered will have two identifiers in the registration grid:
• Under the Status header, WEB REGISTERED and the date of registration will appear.
• Under the Action heading, the notation None will appear, indicating no action needs to be taken.
Always click the Submit Registration button to save your final schedule.

REGISTRATION HELP
If you need assistance with the registration process, the Office of the Registrar is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may email or call the Office of the Registrar at lawregistrar@hamline.edu / 651.523.2468.

NON-PIPERLINE REGISTRATION FORMS

Independent Study
This form must be completed, signed by the full-time faculty member, and returned to the Office of the Registrar. Forms are available in the Office of the Registrar and online at http://law.hamline.edu/registrar/forms_menu.html

Overload/Underload
Approval from the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Carol Swanson, is required to register for more than eight credits. Forms are available in the Office of the Registrar and online at http://law.hamline.edu/registrar/forms_menu.html

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LAW SCHOOL CAREER LIMITATIONS
In the course of your legal education you may not take more than:

One Independent Study

One Practicum

5 credits of Moot Court or other Competition credits

12 credits of "distance education" courses

23 credits derived from the following types of courses:

1. Field Placement

2. Moot Court and other Competition

3. Law Review or Journal 4. Independent Study

5. Course Exchange or Dual Degree Course

6. Course for credit that is substantially based upon time expended outside a regularly scheduled class time at the School of Law or another ABA accredited law school. This rule does not apply to seminars, clinics which require a substantial classroom component, foreign study programs approved by HUSL or another ABA accredited law school, and courses conducted by HUSL or another ABA accredited law school in accordance with ABA standards for distance education.

 

GRADES
Degree seeking students receive letter grades based on a 4.0 system (A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F) for all HUSL courses except those indicating a Pass/No Pass grade in the course description.

LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
The following Summer 2008 courses apply toward or satisfy the 2-credit Legal Perspectives graduation requirement:
Legal History
Selected Topic: Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution
Selected Topic: International Trade Dispute Resolution: A European Perspective
Selected Topic: Law & Cinema
Selected Topic: Police Practices
Seminar: High Profile Trials
Courses in any of the HUSL summer abroad programs

LEGAL SKILLS
The following Summer 2008 courses apply toward or satisfy the 2-credit Legal Skills graduation requirement:
Legal Drafting: General Principles
Practicum: General
Practicum: Judicial Clerk
Selected Topic: Deposition Practice
Selected Topic: Art of Argumentation

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FINAL EXAMS
June Courses
Fri., Jun. 27 (Morning, Afternoon and Evening self-scheduled exam sessions, no Day classes)
Sat., Jun. 28 and Sun., Jun. 29 (Morning and Afternoon self-scheduled exam sessions)

June and July Courses (summer-long) and July Courses
Mon., Aug. 4 - Sun., Aug. 10

Exams are graded anonymously. Each term students are assigned a 5-digit final exam number (summer exam numbers begin with the numeral "5") to be used for all exams. These numbers are available via Piperline. Make sure you look up your exam number before your exam begins. To locate your exam number on the web

-Go to the Hamline University website

-Click on Logins in the upper right corner

-Click on Go to Piperline

-Click on Login to secure area

-Enter your User ID (which is your Hamline ID or your social security number, either one works)

-Enter your Piperline PIN, click on Login

-Click on Student Services, then Registration

-Click on Student Detail Schedule

-Select the appropriate term from the drop down menu. Exam Numbers are listed below "Total Credit Hours" at the top of the page.

SUMMER TUITION: $1000/credit

PAYMENT AGREEMENT
Details regarding tuition, fees, and payment plans can be found at www.hamline.edu/studentaccounts. Payment may be made in person at the Cashier's Office in the Law/Grad Building, by mail to Student Accounts Office; MS-A1770; 1536 Hewitt Avenue; Saint Paul, MN 55104-1284, by phone, or on the web via Piperline.

FINANCIAL AID
In order to receive financial aid, students should complete their 2008-2009 FAFSA. This can be completed online at www.FAFSA.ed.gov. For more information contact Student Administrative Services at 651.523.3000.

VA BENEFITS
Students eligible for VA benefits should contact Colleen Clish in the Office of the Registrar at 651.523.2424 or email.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

Hamline University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation or veteran status in its education and employment programs or activities.

 

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