Double Degree Programme:
Columbia Law School

 

Grading/ Award of Degrees

The LLB will be awarded from LSE on the basis of the student's performance on the final (second) year of study at the LSE and first year of study at the Receiving Law School, in parity with other LLB students at LSE whose degrees are awarded on the basis of their results in year 2 and year 3 (Part I and Part II). Grades awarded in individual subjects taken in the first year of study at the Receiving Law School will be weighted and translated so as to fall within the LSE degree-awarding rules. A standardised formula is used for grade translation, based on the proportionate distribution of grades at the Receiving Law School as compared to LSE.

The JD will be awarded on the basis of the grades achieved by the student during the two years' course of study at Columbia.

In the event that students choose to take an essay course at the Receiving Law School, it is recommended that they submit all of their coursework by the regular deadline and not seek an extension, in order to allow for all of their grades at the Receiving Law School to be assigned and provided to LSE in time for LSE's exam board (usually held in June) at which LLB degrees are awarded. If coursework is completed too late, whether or not because an extension was granted, the award of the student's LSE degree may be delayed by as much as one year.

 

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