Each J.D. student, after the first year, may elect to take up to two upper-class courses at Cornell Law School on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Students must make this election to the Law School Registrar’s Office during the S/U election period for the semester immediately following the end of the course add/drop period. If made, the election shall be irrevocable. Students may not make this election in courses that they use to satisfy the law school’s upper-class writing requirement.

In addition, instructors may designate specific courses that they teach as not eligible for the S/U election. Instructors of courses offered solely within the Cornell Law School program may not require S/U for students, except when expressly approved by the faculty for distinctive courses such as directed reading and writing, supervised teaching, multicultural work environment, and full-term externships. These courses will be marked as SX/UX, meaning they are graded exclusively on an S/U basis, and do not count against the 2 course limit for S/U grading.