Grading

UC Irvine School of Law grades on a scale of A+ (4.3) to F (0.0). IP (in progress) will be assigned at the end of the first semester in all year-long courses.

After grades post to transcripts, the Law Registrar will generate a letter for each in-progress course offered during the semester, indicating the A to F level of performance for each student. In-progress letters will be available in the Law Registrar’s Office until the official grades for the class post at the end of the second semester.

Students can take up to 8 units of Law School upper-level courses on a credit/no-credit basis. Credit/no-credit grading options are at the instructor’s discretion and must be elected and enrolled in by the end of the second week of classes in any semester.

All courses have a required median of B+ (3.3), with the exception of courses where more than 50% of the final transcript grade is based on other than an examination. In such cases, the median shall be between A- (3.7) and B (3.0).

Non-J.D. students are not counted in or graded to the required median.

All examinations will be graded anonymously.

J.D. GPAs will not include grades for non-law coursework.

Awards will be given to the student with the highest grade in each section of first-year courses, and in first-year Lawyering Skills for Best Briefs and Best Oral Arguments.

J.D. class rank will not be made public, as per the Academic Rules, Standards and Procedures (PDF).

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