When the student completes the exam or when time has expired, whichever is sooner, the student shall submit to the proctor a signed statement (“Honor Statement”) which represents that the student has not engaged in any form of dishonesty or otherwise gained an unfair advantage with respect to the examination. The statement must be physically separated from the examination questions and answers. Failure to submit the signed statement shall constitute evidence that the student has engaged in such dishonesty or has gained an unfair advantage during the examination.
THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT
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All students should be familiar with The Code of Student Conduct. The entire Code is available on the website and is on reserve in the library. The following provisions are particularly pertinent during examination periods:
"Loyola School of Law views its students as prospective members of the bar and expects them to maintain the same high level of integrity that one would expect from a member of the bar.
The legal profession is largely self-governing. Self-regulation helps maintain the legal profession's independence from government domination. This relative autonomy carries with it special responsibilities. When a lawyer knows or has a reasonable basis to know that another lawyer has engaged in improper behavior, it is one of his or her fundamental obligations to disclose that knowledge to the appropriate authority. Likewise, each law student, faculty member or staff member who observes prohibited conduct should bring it to the attention of the Law School administration."
(Preamble to Loyola's Code of Student Conduct.)
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Prohibited conduct includes:
- Dishonesty or misrepresentation in any academic pursuit (such as examinations and the submission of work for credit or publication), including but not limited to plagiarism and cheating;
- Disruptive conduct that affects teaching, class, research, examinations, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or other university activities and other authorized activities;
- Conduct in violation of any examination procedures as expressed by the instructor or the proctor, or written in the body of an exam;
- Aiding or abetting another student in the commission of any of the above offenses;
- Attempts to commit any of the above offenses.
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Procedures under The Code of Student Conduct commence when a student, faculty member or staff member who observes or otherwise has knowledge of prohibited conduct on the part of a student reports the matter to the Associate Dean for Administration
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"If a student is found to have engaged in prohibited conduct, permissible sanctions include:
If the accused is found to have engaged in prohibited conduct, permissible sanctions include but are not limited to:
- permanent expulsion from the School of Law;
- expulsion with the right to apply for readmission at a time set by the Board;
- the revocation of an offer of admission to the School of Law or any of its programs, courses or activities;
- the revocation of a degree granted by Loyola University Chicago in the case of conduct that occurred prior to the award of a degree;
- suspension from the School of Law for a fixed period, or for an indefinite period subject to stated conditions;
- a period of probation, subject to stated conditions;
- an official reprimand, which shall consist of a letter given to the student and a report of the offense in the student's permanent file;
- a failing grade, lowering of a course grade, or an administrative withdrawal with or without a failing grade (“W” or "WF") from a course that was closely connected with the prohibited conduct;
- restitution, additional course assignments, other appropriate work, or any other condition appropriate to the offense;
- community service in an amount and under conditions appropriate to the offense;
- forfeiture of awards or scholarships relating to the School of Law;
- prohibition from the receipt of awards including, but not limited to honors or special recognition upon graduation;
- prohibition from participation in or immediate removal from elected, honorary, co-curricular or law school employment positions within the School of Law or other part of the University, and prohibition from reference to elected, honorary, or co-curricular positions on the accused’s resume from the time of the Board’s determination;
- prohibition from attendance at commencement;
- a requirement that the accused inform in detail, members of the faculty, staff or administration from whom the accused may seek a recommendation, the circumstances of the charge and subsequent determination of the Board;
- Any combination of the foregoing sanctions.