Is the law school’s summer program in New Orleans a “Lagniappe semester” like the undergraduate program?
No. The law school’s summer program in New Orleans will follow the same format that it always has in prior years (six weeks of classes), with the only difference being that there will be more courses offered than in a normal New Orleans summer session. Because the maximum number of credits a student may take is nine, no student can be “full time,” and tuition will be charged on a per credit basis rather than on a semester basis. Thus, the summer session is not a “semester” in any ordinary sense of the term. 36. Will the law school waive its six-semester-as-a-full-time-student residency requirement for a current 2L student who earns enough credits in summer 2006 to meet the 88-credit requirement by only attending five full-time semesters? The law school will not waive the six-semester residency requirement for any student, with one exception. The law school will waive the residency requirement for a current 2L student who earns 88 credits by attending only five regular full-time semeste
