Cross-Registration for Law Students

Law students may participate in Non-Law Cross-Registration by filling out the Cross-Registration Request Form for Law Students. 

Students must have a full time course load registered with the Law School. Please do not count on registering for a course at another school to bring you to full-time status.

LawNet accounts will reflect approved cross-registration courses. Please allow several days for account changes to update. All students who are approved for cross-registration courses will be notified by email on a rolling basis as applications are processed.  

While there are no joint degrees at the LL.M. degree level, LL.M. students are permitted to register for up to six points of graduate level courses in other departments of the University when such work is deemed appropriate and relevant to their academic programs, and subject to the following limitations:

• Credits earned in foreign language courses, even if offered by the Law School or listed on the law school’s curriculum schedule, do not count toward the 24 points required to earn the LL.M. degree.
• Maximum of 15 credits can count toward the law degree each semester.
• All courses taken outside the Law School must be graded on the A-B-C-F scale. Grades lower than C will not be accepted for credit toward the LL.M.
• The number of academic credits awarded for courses taken at another school or division of Columbia is limited to the actual number of hours a class meets per week, irrespective of the number of credits listed in that school’s catalogue (e.g., a three-credit course which meets for two hours each week yields two credits, not three).  An exception to this rule occurs when the other school assigns fewer credits than the number of hours the course meets each week; in that case, the student will earn the number of credits assigned to that course by the school (e.g., a two-credit course which meets for three hours each week yields two credits, not three).
• Grades earned in courses taken outside Columbia Law School,either in another division of Columbia University or as part of the CLS/NYU Law Exchange, will not be factored into honors GPA calculations.

If a student chooses to take a course at a school outside Columbia University in the absence of an agreement between that school and Columbia, the student does so with the understanding that payment for such a course will not be deducted from any tuition owed to Columbia University, nor will any credits earned at the other institution supplant any of the credits required for the Columbia University degree.

Visit the Columbia University website for a listing of other Columbia University schools and for a complete directory of classes.

Law students may participate by filling out the Business School Request Form. Available courses will be listed in the request form.

A list of available CBS courses may be found here.  

Student must have a full time course load registered with the Law School. Please do not count on registering for a course at another school to bring you to full-time status.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Some courses may have pre-requisites.  

Law students may participate in SIPA Cross-registration by filling out the SIPA registration request form. 

The SIPA Cross-registration website lists the courses that are never open to non-SIPA students under the Cross-Registration Instructions for Non-SIPA Students section. Please continue to check the site throughout the Add/Drop period.

• Students will be notified of registration by email.

Student must have a full time course load registered with the Law School. Please do not count on registering for a course at another school to bring you to full-time status.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Some courses may have pre-requisites.  
• SIPA core courses are never available for cross-registration.

Priority for enrollment in language courses is given to undergraduate students and graduate students (e.g. School of International and Public Affairs and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) who need these courses to fulfill degree requirements.

If seats are available, Law students must complete the following procedures:

1. Contact the language department.
2. Follow their guidelines for applying and taking the placement test.
3. Download the University’s Registration Adjustment Form.
4. Bring a copy of the Registration Adjustment Form to the instructor to obtain approval.
5. Upload the signed Registration Adjustment form when filling out the Cross-Registration Request Form.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Some language departments must wait until the end of the University’s add/drop period to make cross-registration enrollment decisions. This timeline typically differs from the Law School’s add/drop period. The Law School Registration Services may not add students to courses after the Law School’s add/drop period. Please keep this in mind when planning to take a language course.

2. LL.M. students cannot take language courses for Law School credit.