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VALPARAISO LAW EXAM PROCEDURES AND EXAM REGULATIONS

EXAM COLLECTION PROCEDURE: The final collection of exams will take place at the front of each classroom.  If you plan to take the entire time allotted for an exam, it is suggested that you sit in the back of the classroom to avoid any distractions during collection. You are responsible for placing your exam number on each bluebook, Honor Code on the first bluebook and numbering the bluebooks, i.e., 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc.  Printed exam questions should be placed inside the bluebooks (unless instructed otherwise by the instructor).  Scratch sheets (used and not used) should be placed in the designated box, also in the front of the classroom.   If you complete your exam prior to the end of the exam period, you will go to the exam table in the Atrium to turn in your exam. The Proctor on duty will collect early exams (proctors in the classroom DO NOT collect exams). Writing after time has been called for an exam is a violation of the Honor Code. If you need to write the Honor Code on your exam following the exam time, please do so at the collection box. Emailed and faxed answers to exams are not acceptable. All exams must be delivered in person.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE: Scheduled exams must be taken at the day and time assigned !  Exceptions are made only for a medical emergency of which the Associate Dean or Registrar is notified (medical verification required),  or in the case of two exams scheduled for the same day.  Do not ask your professor to be excused from a scheduled exam (it violates your anonymity).  Makeup exams must be taken ASAP and no later than 2 weeks after the exam period.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS (Not Exceptions): Students who have applied for special exam accommodations  must report to Linda Canada, Assistant Registrar, on the designated date and time to pick up their exam.  Please return your signed accommodations form to Linda prior to the exam period.

ROOMS:  The examination is to be written in the classroom where it is scheduled to be given (with the exceptions of ExamSoft and special accommodations).  No pagers, cell phones, electronic devices, briefcases, large purses, book bags or headsets are allowed.  If you want to type your exam you must apply to use ExamSoft. If you want to take your essay exams on Exam Soft you must register with both the ExamSoft website and Karen Koelemeyer, ExamSoft Administrator, before the designated deadlines. ExamSoft exams will be administered by Karen Koelemeyer in  Pelzer classroom unless designated otherwise on the exam schedule.

BLUEBOOKS/EXAM NUMBERS: All bluebooks used for exams will be provided by the Registrar's Office with date stamped on the front cover.  You will receive two marked bluebooks and 1 sheet of scratch paper with each examination.  Additional bluebooks and scratch paper will be available in the exam room.  Pencils will be provided in the classroom for scantron exams.  Extra pens and pencils will be available at the Exam Center table.  Unused bluebooks and all used and unused scratch paper must be returned with your completed exam.  Exam numbers are available in the Registrar’s office (at the Exam Center table during the exam period) and online in DataVU on the Grade Point Average by Term screen. Guard your exam number!  Write the number in a secret place in your wallet so you don't forget it and do not share your number with others.  Your exam number label should be affixed to the bluebook cover beneath the handwritten honor code.  It is acceptable to legibly write your exam number if your labels are not available.

HONOR CODE:  "I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid."

OPEN BOOK/CLOSED BOOK EXAMS: Each professor will tell you before classes end whether or not you may use your texts, notes and outlines during the examination.  If the exam is open book, you may take into the exam room those materials approved by the professor.  If the exam is closed, you may take  only your exam labels and pen(s); everything else should be left out o f the exam room.  Pagers, Cell phones (whether ‘on’ or ‘off’), any electronic devices, briefcases, large purses, book bags and headsets are never allowed.

LEAVING THE EXAM ROOM DURING AN EXAMINATION: If you leave the exam room to use the restroom, leave  your bluebook and exam packet face down at your seat.  If you become ill during the exam, go immediately to the exam table proctor with all exam materials (do not go to the professor!) If you suspect a typo on the exam go to the exam table proctor in the Atrium and the proctor will contact your professor for you. Students taking exams are restricted to the Atrium and the first floor restroom area (just outside the Atrium). Please limit your absences from the exam room. Students leaving multiple times will be questioned by the proctors.

CAUTION WHEN DISCUSSING EXAMS:  Once you have completed an exam, please leave the exam area.  Be cautious in discussing it with your professor or a fellow student.  Please be certain that students who may not have taken the exam are not present.  (Because of the anonymous system used to protect professors and students from violations of the exam process, frequently only the Associate Dean and Registrar know which students have not taken a scheduled exam.)