Students enrolled in the School of Law are subject to the provisions regarding student conduct and procedures governing student discipline contained in the separate publication entitled “UCLA Student Conduct Code.” Copies of this document are available at the main campus Office of the Dean for Students, 1206 Murphy Hall, or online.
Students caught cheating on examinations or papers, committing plagiarism or submitting work which is a “multiple submission” [i.e., the resubmission of any work which has been previously or simultaneously submitted for credit in identical or similar form in one course to fulfill any of the requirements of another course without the prior consent of the current instructor(s)], or submitting written work drafted or edited in any way by an artificial intelligence (AI) content generator (including but not limited to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing AI Chatbot, and Google's Bard), without the prior and explicit approval by the instructor, are subject to University disciplinary proceedings pursuant to the UCLA Student Conduct Code. In the event that the instructor grants approval to use AI content generators in drafting or editing submitted written work, unless the instructor explicitly states otherwise, the student must disclose the name of the AI content generator used and the prompts given to the AI that produced the draft or edited content. Documentation of any resulting proceedings and/or disciplinary action will remain contained in the student's admissions file for the period of time the file is retained. The occurrence of such disciplinary proceedings will be communicated to the Bar Examiners to whom the law school must certify candidates for bar admission.
The School of Law will report to the University for appropriate disciplinary proceedings any misrepresentation by a student of the student's academic record. Should disciplinary proceedings result in a finding that a student has made a willful misrepresentation that finding will be reported to the governing Bar Association or Committee of Bar Examiners of any state in which the student seeks admission to the Bar.
When students report their GPAs either verbally or in writing, the GPA may be rounded up only to the second numeral behind the decimal point (nearest hundredth) (i.e., 3.765 may be rounded up to 3.77, but not to 3.8 or 3.9; or 3.699 may be rounded up to a 3.70). As an alternative, students may state the entire GPA or drop one or more of the three numerals behind the decimal (i.e., 3.763 may be reported as 3.76 or 3.7). “Rounding up” means that the third numeral behind the decimal point (nearest thousandth) is a 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 which, when “rounded” and then dropped from the GPA, makes the second numeral behind the decimal point one number higher than originally calculated. Students may not use numbers beyond the third numeral behind the decimal point of their GPA for rounding or any other purpose.
The School of Law, in accordance with Federal, State and campus rules concerning the privacy of student records, will not disclose information concerning a student's record to a prospective employer unless the student first makes such disclosure. However, the School of Law will respond to requests from prospective employers of students concerning a student's academic record provided the prospective employer first discloses to the Records Office the information given by the student to the prospective employer. For the purposes of this policy, it is immaterial whether the information given by the student to the prospective employer was written, as on a resume, or oral, as during an interview. Similarly, it is immaterial whether the prospective employer's request for information concerning a student's academic record is made orally or in writing, as long as the request specifies what information was given by the student to the prospective employer.
Upon receipt of a request from a prospective employer which complies with this policy, the Records Office will make a reasonable effort to contact a student whose academic record is the subject of a request in order to determine whether the student disclosed the information included in the prospective employer's request. A “reasonable effort” is an email message, a letter or phone call to a student currently on a clerkship or externship, which gives the student one calendar week to contact the Records Office. Depending on a student's response, the Records Office will take one of the following steps:
The Records Office will assist student efforts to disclose accurate information to prospective employers by releasing to students, on request, non-confidential information contained in their own academic file. Information in a student's academic record which is subject to disclosure under this policy includes, but is not limited to, a student's: Score on a Law School Aptitude Test; cumulative law school GPA; grade in one or more specific courses; academic standing and class rank (if any); and honors or awards given in connection with a law school course program.
Once admitted to the School of Law, a student has a continuing duty to update the information included in the student’s application for admission. This includes a duty to disclose any and all omissions from the application for admission, and it includes a duty to disclose any and all conduct and events that occur after submission of the application, if such conduct or events would have required disclosure in the application for admission. This duty of disclosure continues until the student has graduated or formally withdraws from the School of Law. Students must disclose upon the occurrence of the event (e.g., an arrest) and cannot wait for resolution of the matter before disclosing. Failing to make the necessary disclosures described herein, or disclosure of conduct in violation of university policy or federal, state or local laws, may result in disciplinary action up to and including revocation of an offer of admission or dismissal from the university. Disclosure should be made to the Dean of Students.