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Graded CR (credit) or F (failure).

J.D. candidates only.

Minor Writing Credit must be registered separately with Registration Services not later than the end of the Change of Program period of their sixth (or final) semester (see Rule 1.4).

Minor Writing Credit may be earned by an ordinary course paper, or brief, or other written research activity done under the supervision of a Columbia Law School faculty member. This may be any member of the regular or clinical or adjunct or visiting faculty. It may be earned at any time during the second or third year, but must be registered by not later than the end of the Change of Program period of their sixth (or final) semester. All written work submitted in satisfaction of the Minor Writing Requirement must be completed by the first day of the month preceding the month by which the student anticipates graduating. For May graduates the Minor Writing paper must be submitted by April 1. See Rule 1.4 for more information.