- An LL.M. student who fails to attend classes for two consecutive weeks or a total of ten instructional days during the semester (or the equivalent), without the clearance of their instructors whose classes are missed, may be subject to dismissal from the program by the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and the Dean of Students. A student so dismissed may appeal the decision to the Graduate Studies Committee. A professor may create stricter attendance policies for any given course.
- For in-person courses:
a. An LL.M. student’s remote attendance via livestream or access to a video recording of a class meeting or meetings shall be permitted only if approved by the UCLA Center for Accessible Accommodation (CAE)
b. In all other cases, the law school’s expectation is that LL.M. students will attend class in person, even when it is not convenient for them to do so. If the course instructor chooses, the instructor has discretion to grant exceptions and provide access to live streams or class recordings to students for reasons such as an illness, personal obligations, or a family emergency. But the student’s requests to attend class remotely via livestream or access to video recordings should not cumulatively exceed 16% of a course’s class meetings.
c. Any LL.M. student’s request to attend more than 16% cumulatively of the course’s class meetings remotely via livestream or access to video recordings requires approval from the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs after consultation with the instructor. The Assistant Dean may grant this approval only in exceptional circumstances. In any event, the student may not be approved to attend more than 33% of the course’s total class meetings remotely via livestream or access to video recordings.
