Dear Students:
This letter is to reassure all of you about our plans
for the fall and to further let you know that we
intend to be as flexible and understanding as
possible.
We have all suffered serious losses and an emotionally
draining dislocation. With that in mind, we have done
our best to put together the following program to
accommodate you all. I am determined to ensure that
all students graduate in time and complete a degree
course of the highest caliber.
For those students who wish to attend another law
school this fall, we have arrived at a policy agreed
to by Dean Ponoroff of Tulane Law, the leadership of
the American Association of Law Schools, and me.
Under this policy, any student enrolled at Loyola Law
School may be accepted as a "transient/visiting"
student for the fall semester. Acceptance to another
school for the fall is conditioned upon the student's
financial good standing, that is, meeting all
financial obligations to Loyola Law for the fall
semester. All current student scholarships will
remain in effect.
For those wishing to continue at Loyola Law during the
fall semester, we will be providing the following
program based at the campus of the University of
Houston Law Center in Texas:
1. A full, comprehensive 1L semester program for
civil and common law students. These courses will be
taught by regular full-time faculty of Loyola Law
School.
2. Many upper-class courses – also taught by regular
full-time faculty of Loyola Law School – will include:
Evidence, Trusts and Estates, Constitutional Law,
Federal Income Tax, Successions, Family Law, Persons,
Environmental Law, Secured Transactions, Education
Law, Poverty Law, and other courses to be finalized in
the next few days. The faculty is also willing to
offer self-designed independent study options.
Current restrictions on the number of independent
study courses will be waived for students who take an
independent study option for this fall.
3. We anticipate that classes will be offered both
during the regular work week and on the weekends.
4. Although we are not in the position to provide
housing for students, we have been assured that the
University of Houston and its law students are willing
to help locate affordable accommodations, which may
include limited dormitory space or (on mutual
agreement) the sharing of accommodations with Houston
Law Center students.
5. We will be establishing an office for career
services at the University of Houston Law Center.
Please keep well and don’t panic. Compared to the
problems currently being endured by thousands still in
New Orleans, ours pale into insignificance.
--BB