Columbia Law students are subject to all applicable University and Law School policies. Academic or behavioral violations, as set forth in the University’s Standards & Discipline policy, the Law School’s Academic Rules and its Principles of Academic Integrity, may result in disciplinary action, with potential consequences on student privileges (e.g., registration and graduation).
Importantly, the Law School retains primary responsibility for enforcement of its Principles of Academic Integrity. Often, the vice dean of academic affairs and the dean of students will seek to support faculty in an informal resolution of a report of academic misconduct. The dean of students may, however, refer a matter of academic integrity for further investigation to the Center for Student Success and Intervention (CSSI), particularly where the Law School’s Interim Generative AI policy may be implicated.
If you are a faculty member and seek administrative guidance as to how to best address concerns of either academic or behavioral misconduct, please contact the dean of students. Instructors in the Legal Writing Program should also contact the director of legal writing and moot court programs.
In cases involving behavioral misconduct that implicates University-mandatory reporting requirements (such as TItle IX and Title VI matters), the dean of students will refer the case to CSSI for investigation of, and recommendation on, appropriate disciplinary action, if any. The law school encourages current students to serve as a CSSI student navigator.
Students are expected to be professional with administrative staff at all times. Failure to do so on a repeated or severe basis may result in disciplinary action.
Law students may be required to self-report disciplinary actions as part of their bar admissions process. You should be familiar with the requirements of your particular jurisdiction to determine the impact, if any, of your participation in any disciplinary action while a law student.