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Fall 2013 Registration Information

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Fall 2013 Registration Booklet (PDF)

Tentative Spring 2014 Course Offerings (PDF)

REGISTRATION PRIORITY

Priority for registration is determined by class and program. For Hamline Law JD students, class is determined by the time elapsed since matriculation. Class for a first year student is L1, for a second year L2, for a third year L3, and L4 for all others. A student's class is rolled to the next class after each academic year. Visiting away does not toll rolling; a student's leave of absence does. Hamline Law JD students are enrolled in one of two programs: weekday or weekend.

Class and program information is available via Piperline (link path: Student Services, Student Records, View Student Information). Priority for online registration will be as follows:

Monday April 8, starting at 9 p.m.

    L4 Weekday Students (weekday classes only)

    L4 Weekend Students

Tuesday, April 9, starting at 9 p.m.

    L3 Weekday Students (weekday classes only)     

    LL.M Students 

Wednesday, April 10, starting at 9 p.m.

    L3 Weekend Students

Thursday, April 11, starting at 9 p.m.

    L2 Weekday Students (weekday classes only)

 Friday, April 12, starting at 9 p.m.

    L2 Weekend Students

Monday, April 15, starting at 9 p.m.

    All other students

    Weekend classes open to Weekday Students

Students enrolled in the DRI CAPS certificate program may receive registration priority in the core certificate courses (Arbitration and Negotiation) offered in fall 2013. Such registration priority is not a guarantee of enrollment. To receive registration priority, students must complete and sign the DRI Core Courses Priority Registration form (available in the Office of the Registrar) and return it to the Office of the Registrar no later than at 10 a.m. on April 8. Forms submitted after this point will not be considered for priority registration. The Office of the Registrar will seek the DRI approval signature after the form is completed and submitted.  Students with approved forms will be registered, space permitting, according to registration priority (program, class, time of submission) by the Office of the Registrar before registration opens.

Instructions and Policies

Students must register via Piperline. In-person registration is available by appointment only. Please contact the office of the registrar to set up an appointment. The following information explains the registration process. Please read it carefully.

Piperline

Piperline is a secure system that requires user authentication. Know your user ID (which is your Hamline ID number starting with a 9) and PIN. Log in to Piperline before the registration period begins and familiarize yourself with the menus and navigation. Piperline has many features; don't wait until the first day of registration to acquaint yourself with it. You may log in to Piperline from any hamline.edu page (link path: Logins, Piperline, Login to secure area).

Holds

Check Piperline for any holds, status, or condition that may prevent you from registering (link path: Student Services, Registration, Check your Registration Status). A hold can be removed only by the department that set it. Please contact the department listed.

Plan Your Schedule

Piperline offers several views allowing you to see course offering information in various formats. You may view an alphabetical table, a list of full course descriptions, or a date/room/time grid by selecting the appropriate display options on the Hamline Class Schedule screen (link path from any law.hamline.edu screen: Logins, Piperline, Course Listing, select term for School of Law courses). To view a different format, select your preferred option from the drop down menu in the upper left. The schedule in Piperline will offer the most up-to-date information available, and will supersede the information in the printed booklet.

Check the course descriptions to verify that you have met the prerequisites for your planned courses. Please contact the office of the registrar prior to registration if you are using course substitutions or transfer credits to meet prerequisites to ensure proper articulation.

PIPERLINE REGISTRATION

  • You may log in to Piperline from any hamline.edu page (link path: Logins, Piperline, Login to secure area).
  • Enter your user ID.
  • Enter your Piperline PIN. If you forgot your PIN, click on the Forgot PIN button. You will be prompted to answer your security question. If you have forgotten that as well, please send an email using your Hamline University issued email to request your PIN to be reset.
  • The Registration screen (link path: Student Services, Registration) offers options to add/drop, look up section information, view your current schedule and check your registration status. You should verify and print your schedule before ending your registration session.

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 header, the notation None will appear, indicating no action needs to be taken.

Always click the Submit Registration button to process your registration.

Errors

A  stop symbol indicates that a registration error has occurred. Refer to the text under the Status header in the registration grid to determine the specific error. The Action pull down list allows you to take corrective action to eliminate the error condition. 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. You will not be automatically added to the wait list, you are merely being offered the next seat on the wait list. The numeral displayed shows the number of students already on the wait list. You must click the Submit Registration button to register for the wait list.

Open - XXX Waitlisted

You may not register for this section because a wait list has been started and all open seats are being reserved for students on the wait list. Select NONE to drop the selection, or WAIT LIST to add your name to the wait list. You will not be automatically added to the wait list, you are merely being offered the next seat on the wait list. The numeral displayed shows the number of students already on the wait list. You must click the Submit Registration button to save your wait list status.

Pre-requisite and Test Score Error

Select a different course-you do not have the prerequisite(s) for this section. If you are using course substitutions or transfer credits to satisfy the prerequisite(s), you need to contact the office of the registrar prior to registration to ensure proper articulation.

Duplicate CRN

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

Time Conflict With CRN 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.

College Restriction

You are a weekday student trying to register for a weekend class before the section has opened to weekday students. Please check the registration priority dates.

Repeat Count Exceeds XXX

You have already taken this course as many times as permissible. You must select another course.

WAIT LIST

If a section is full, you should put yourself on the wait list and register for a second choice course. (Please see Action column above for instructions on how to add yourself to the wait list when offered a wait list seat.) The associate dean of academic affairs uses wait list enrollment numbers to gauge interest in courses when considering adding seats or sections to the current term schedule and determining course offerings in subsequent terms. You may be on as many wait lists as you wish. Wait listing yourself for a section does not mean that you are, or will be, registered in that section. You will be notified via email if you become eligible to enroll. Notices will be sent to Hamline University-issued email accounts only.

COURSE OFFERING CANCELLATION

All courses are subject to cancellation if minimum enrollment is not reached. Cancellation of courses may impact financial aid eligibility. If fewer than eight students register for a course other than a clinic or externship, the course will be reviewed by the associate dean to determine whether it should be canceled. If a course must be canceled, students registered for the course will be promptly notified and assisted in selecting another course.

Registration Help

If you need assistance with the registration process, contact the office of the registrar at 651-523-2468 or by email to lawregistrar@hamline.edu.

 

NON-PIPERLINE REGISTRATION

 

BUSINESS LAW INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE

For information regarding the Business Law Institute certificate please see http://law.hamline.edu/businesslaw/certificate.html

 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE CERTIFICATES

For information regarding the Dispute Resolution Institute certificates please see http://law.hamline.edu/Content.aspx?id=684

HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE CERTIFICATES

For information regarding the Health Law Institute certificate programs, please see http://law.hamline.edu/healthlaw

JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM

For information regarding the MBA, MFA, MPA, MNM or MAOL joint degree programs, please see http://law.hamline.edu/dual_degrees/index.html

INDEPENDENT STUDY

An Independent Study Registration form must be completed, signed by a full-time faculty member and returned to the office of the registrar. The form is available from the office of the registrar and online (link path from the office of the registrar's home page: Forms, Independent Study Registration).

OVERLOAD/UNDERLOAD FORM

Approval from the associate dean of academic affairs is required to register for credit loads outside the following parameters:

Weekday students: 12-16 credits

Weekend students: 8-11 credits

In no event may a student exceed seventeen credits in fall or spring, ten credits in summer, or three credits in J-term. The Overload/Underload Status Request form is available from the office of the registrar and online (link path from the office of the registrar's main page: Forms, Overload/Underload Status Request). Once completed, the form must be returned to the office of the registrar for submission to the associate dean.

FOUNDATIONAL COURSE REGISTRATION FOR UPPER LEVEL STUDENTS

Upper level students who need to enroll in a first year course (including FEP students, transfer students, and students who need to re-take a course) should use their Hamline issued email address to email the office of the registrar at lawregistrar@hamline.edu with "Upper Level Registration for First Year Course" as the subject line and student ID number, first, second and third schedule choices for the required class in the body of the email.

BAR COURSES

If you currently anticipate taking the bar in any state other than Minnesota, consult the bar exam resources for that state to see what subjects are tested.

HUSL courses that teach subjects tested on the Minnesota bar exam are listed below.

  • Civil Procedure I and II
  • Commercial Law: Payment Systems
  • Commercial Law: Sales and Leases of Goods
  • Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Constitutional Law I and II
  • Contracts I and II
  • Corporations
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure I
  • Evidence
  • Family Law
  • Modern Real Estate Transactions
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Property
  • Torts I and II
  • Unincorporated Business Entities
  • Wills and Trusts 

LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

The following fall 2013 courses meet the legal perspectives graduation requirement (applies to students who matriculated before fall 2010):

  • Seminar: Business Law & Ethics
  • Seminar: Chinese Law
  • Seminar: Genetics
  • Seminar: Law and Religion
  • Seminar: Native American Law

SKILLS COURSES

The following fall 2013 courses fulfill or apply toward the two-credit skills graduation requirement:

  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Advanced Legal Research
  • Arbitration
  • Client Interviewing and Counseling
  • Clinics
  • Competitions
  • Cyber Skills and Dispute Resolution
  • Externships
  • Legal Drafting
  • Negotiation
  • Pretrial Skills
  • Trial Advocacy

GLOBALIZATION REQUIREMENT

(Replaces International Law requirement for students who begin their second year in fall 2013 or later)

At least two credits must be in one or more Globalization course(s) certified by the Associate Dean as meeting this requirement. Globalization courses emphasize international or comparative themes. The courses certified as meeting this requirement are designated in the course schedule and include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Admiralty
  • Advanced International Business Negotiation
  • Comparative Law: Foreign Legal Systems and the American Lawyer
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Litigation in United States Courts
  • International Commercial Arbitration: Theory and Practice
  • International Human Rights Law
  • International Law
  • International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement
  • Norwegian Law and Legal System

In addition, any Hamline or other ABA approved foreign program with an international or comparative law focus would likely be allowed.

Clinic registration

Each clinical experience requires students to consider questions of professional ethics as attorneys. Clinic experiences are three credits each. To be eligible to register for a clinic, students:

  • Must be in good standing
  • Must be eligible for Certification under MN Supreme Court Rule 2 for Student Practice
  • Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Professional Responsibility (see each section for details)

Students can apply for clinics by using the Clinic Job Application Form in the Career Services Office (CSO) Symplicity job bank. Students rank the clinics in which they have an interest in participating in the coming semester. Students are accepted for clinics based on their preferences and the needs of the clinic. The deadline for applying for a fall 2013 clinic was March 15, 2013.

Students may earn credit for a second clinic, but students who have not yet taken a clinic have registration priority. Clinic student directorships are not counted as part of the two clinic limit.

EXTERNSHIP REGISTRATION (Formerly called Practicum)

Three-credit externships are available in these areas: Criminal Law, Dispute Resolution, Health Law, Judicial Clerk, Private Attorney, and Public Interest. An up-to-date list of externship placement sites with attorneys committed to mentoring student externs for fall 2013 will be posted on the Hamline Law website (http://law.hamline.edu/experiential/externships.html). Professional Responsibility is a prerequisite or concurrent requirement for all externships, except judicial clerks. Other prerequisites, listed on the web site, vary by placement. Externships are graded pass/no pass.

Students who register for an externship will receive a site preference form shortly after registering, to be returned promptly to the Externship Office, with a copy of a current resume. Tentative matching between sites and students will be accomplished quickly, and students will be notified of their next steps (interviews with sites, letters of interest if required, etc.) as soon after they register as possible. The goal is to accomplish the fall 2013 extern placements prior to the end of spring semester finals.

After the site preference form is submitted to the externship office, students can drop an externship only with the approval of the externship director. 

For Health Law externships, students will receive a notice to contact Professor Barbara Colombo after registering in order to follow the matching procedures used by the Health Law Institute.

For Judicial Externships, students will receive a notice and form shortly after registering to start the matching process for judicial externships.  Judicial externships usually require student commitment to 4-hour blocks of time.

CONDENSED SCHEDULE COURSES

The following fall 2013 courses have abbreviated schedules:

  • Accounting for Lawyers meets Aug. 22 - Oct. 3
  • Legal Drafting: Wills and Trusts meets Aug. 17 - Sep. 28

COURSE LIMITATIONS

Semester Limitations

Students may not earn credit for more than four credits in online courses per semester. Students must also have earned 28 credits before taking online courses.

Academic Year Limitations

Students may not, within the same academic year, receive credit for participating in more than one of the following:

  • Law Review
  • Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy

Law School Career Limitations

In the course of your legal education students may not take more than:

  • Two independent studies
  • Two practicums, including extended practicums (a year-long prearranged extended practicum counts as one)
  • Two competition courses
  • Two clinics, excluding student directorships
  • Four credits in legal drafting credits
  • 12 credits in "distance education" courses, including online courses
  • 23 credits derived from the following types of courses:
    • Externship
    • Moot court or other competition
    • Law review or journal
    • Independent study
    • Course exchange or joint degree course
    • Structured Study Group Leader
    • Legal Research & Writing Teaching Assistant
    • 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 Hamline Law 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.
    Students may earn credit for more than one seminar, but students who have not yet taken a seminar have registration priority for seminars.

FINAL EXAMS

Final exams will be held from Thursday, December 5 - Wednesday, December 18. The exam schedule will be posted on the office of the registrar's web site.

Exams are graded anonymously. Each term students are assigned a 4-digit midterm exam number and a 5-digit final exam number to be used for all exams during that term. These numbers are available via Piperline (link path: log in to Piperline, Student Services, Registration, Student Detail Schedule). Exam numbers are listed below Total Credit Hours at the top of the page.

GRADES

Letter grades based on a 4.0 system (A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F) are issued for all HUSL courses except those indicating a pass/no pass grade modality in the course description.

FINANCIAL AID

In order to receive financial aid, students should complete their 2013-2014 FAFSA. This can be done online at www.FAFSA.ed.gov. For more information contact Student Administrative Services at 651-523-3000.

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 East Hall Building, by mail, by phone, or via Piperline.

TUITION REFUND

If a student officially withdraws from Hamline Law during the fall semester, the amount of tuition owed is calculated from the date of record of withdrawal or leave, not from the date the student ceases to attend class. If the official withdrawal takes place within the first 10 business days of class for students enrolled in the weekday program or the first two weekends for students enrolled in the weekend program, no tuition is owed. Subsequently, tuition owed will be calculated daily on an increasing scale based on the percentage of the days in the term before the official withdrawal date. The above process is also used to calculate the refund due to a student who drops from full-time (12-16 credits) to part-time status (8-11 credits). Please see the academic calendar for add/drop dates. Students who withdraw after 60 percent of the term has passed will be responsible for all tuition charges.

VA BENEFITS

Students eligible for VA benefits should contact Joshua Nelson, financial aid counselor, at 651-523-3000 or by email.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

Hamline University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, ethnic background, national origin, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, religion, age, or veteran status in its employment or educational opportunities.

 

Hamline University is registered as a private institution with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to sections 136A.61 to 136A.71. Registration is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution may not transfer to all other institutions.