Faculty of Law

Current Students

Exemption from Interim Assessment

Overview

1. The Bond Law Degrees are not offered "externally" and students are expected to attend lectures, tutorials, examinations and other required academic activities as and when they are offered on campus.

2. One of the distinctive features of the Bond degree is the requirement that students develop the skills of oral presentation and justification of legal argument in an interactive oral environment and in formal written papers. These skills are a central and crucial part of the degree.

3. The Faculty of Law also recognises the vital importance of a satisfactory career path to our graduates. Accordingly, students in the final stages of their degree who have demonstrated the skills outlined in paragraph 2 (above) may be given special consideration in respect of up to two subjects if precluded from attending or participating in interim assessment tasks due to permanent employment commitments.

4. Students are expected to forecast and budget their financial commitments prior to enrolment generally, and in each semester. General financial hardship would not normally be regarded as a relevant consideration and students experiencing financial difficulties are encouraged to defer their studies until such time as they can consolidate their finances.

Policy

1. Applications for exemption from tutorials or other interim assessment tasks must be submitted to the Head - Academic Programs and Student Support.

2. Students who are granted an exemption from any aspect of interim assessment may be required to substitute some activity of equal academic worth in place of the exempted activity. This substitute activity will carry the same marks as the exempted activity.

3. Students will not be granted an exemption (except in the most extraordinary and unusual circumstances) unless they are in their final semester and then not for more than two subjects and only when they are precluded from participating in interim assessment exercises by reason of employment considerations.

4. Exemptions will only be granted after the explicit acknowledgment by the student that no further special consideration or arrangements will be granted (ie the students must comply with all other assessment requirements and present themselves on campus to sit for examinations and other assessment at the normally scheduled time).

5. This policy will apply in respect to all applications for exemption from tutorials, skills exercises or other participatory assessment exercises.

Administrative Procedures

1. Formal application is to be made, in writing, to the Deputy Dean supported by such documentary evidence as is necessary to prove and support the reasons underlying the application.

2. Upon receipt of the application, the Deputy Dean will determine whether the application should, in principle, be considered and, if so, she/he will confer with the Subject co-ordinator to determine an appropriate substitute project/s.

3. If the Deputy Dean determines that the application should be granted, he will relay that decision to the applicant in writing, advising the student of the requirements as to the substitute activity and such other conditions as he deems appropriate.

4. Subject Co-ordinators should ensure this exemption is denoted on the excel sheet so the required adjustment in marks is made at the end of semester.

Policy Number: LAW002
Policy Name: Exemption from Interim Assessment
Contact Person: IT & Administration Manager
Date of Approval: 1998
Date Last Amended: 14 April 2007
Date of Next Review: Sept 2008