The Registrar's Office schedules and administers exams, and in the case of conflicts, may reschedule final examinations for individual students.
Exam Protocol
Exam Conflicts
Anonymity Policy
Exams on File
Examination Formats
Computerized Exams
Take-home Exams

Exam Protocol
All students should review Exam Protocol. (PDF)

Exam Conflicts
If you have an exam conflict, you must notify the Registrar.

The Law School recognizes six situations for which a final exam may be rescheduled:

1. Direct conflicts (two exams scheduled concurrently)
2. Two exams scheduled back to back (e.g. an exam from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and another the same day from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., or an exam one evening and another the next morning)
3. Four exams scheduled within one week (Week One: 4/30 - 5/2; Week Two: 5/5 - 5/9)
4. Two exams scheduled in a single day.
5. Exams scheduled on three consecutive calendar days
6. Religious conflict

If you have any questions about exam conflicts or scheduling, please contact Chris Bester, Examination and Grading Coordinator at chris.bester@brooklaw.edu or by phone at (718) 780-7913.

Anonymity Policy
Brooklyn Law School has a policy of maintaining anonymity of grading final examinations for its students. Students are given a confidential examination number to place on their final examinations for identification purposes, and this number is changed each semester by the Registrar's Office.

Exams on File
All full-time and adjunct faculty must provide a sample examination for each course that they teach. If the examination includes short-answer questions, only 25% (but not less than five) of such questions must be included. This exam must be illustrative of the type of examination that the professor ordinarily gives. A professor may change the style of an examination, but should tell the class in advance of the examination period not to rely on the examination on file. You may view Exams on File online. Sample exams are no longer available in the Library.

Examination Formats
No more than 35% of the grade on a final examination can be based on multiple choice or true/false questions.

Computerized Exams
Students may take examinations on computers using Securexam, a software package that ensures exam security by locking out other programs on the computer. Students are responsible for providing their own computers and Ethernet cords to use Securexam.

You must adhere to all deadlines set forth by the Office of the Registrar if you would like to use your computer on any exam. Late requests will not be accommodated for any reason.

Please refer any questions regarding Securexam and examination procedure to Chris Bester at chris.bester@brooklaw.edu.

Take-home Exams

Your take-home exams will be available Monday thru Friday 9am-9pm and on Saturdays from 9am-3pm. They are available from room 833a (at 250 Joralemon Street) from the Take-Home Office.

• Before 9am and after 9pm and any other times the office is closed (i.e. late nights and weekends) the exams will be available from the Security Guards at the Security Desk at 250 Joralemon Street.
• You are required to sign Affirmations of Non-Collusion for each of your take-home exams.

• In Person Affirmation. (PDF)
  
  
• Planet SSI Affirmation. (PDF)
  
  
• If you are using Planet SSI will be e-mailed the form and you will print it out and either mail it to Chris Bester at One Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201 or fax it to Mr. Bester at 718-780-7548.

• If you are using Planet SSI for your take-home exams you can log-in to www.planetssi.com using your BLS e-mail address and password (7 digit BLS Student ID number) to download and upload your take home exams. Detailed instructions regarding Planet SSI will be sent out to all registered Securexam users via e-mail.

• All take home exams, whether picked up in person or via Securexam, should have the proper header. This header should include Spring 2008 exam number, course name, the professor's name and the date of the exam, and if you are graduating. if you are graduating at the end of the current semester (no need to include this if you are not graduating).
  
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The Subotnick Center

The Subotnick Conference Center at 250 Joralemon St. will be reserved as a quiet space to be used exclusively for taking take-home exams. You may access this room if you are picking the exam up in person from the take-home control room, or in some instances the Moot Court Room, or if you are going to take the exam via Planet SSI. We know that the library is sometimes crowded and noisy, so we wanted to reserve a space for you that would allow you to take your exam here at school without interference. This space is delegated on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Hours for the Subotnick Center, 10th & 11th Floor of 250 Joralemon Street:
April 30th thru May 12th from 9am-10pm. Please note that the Subotnick Center will not be available to students on Tuesday, May 6th. On that day room 720M has been reserved for students taking take-home exams.

Studying, small group work, and/or discussion will not be permitted in this area. This will be strictly enforced. Please be reminded that you are not to collaborate on your take-home exam with any other person. So while you can go to this space to take your exam, you are not permitted to discuss the exam with anyone in your class or anyone who has not yet taken the exam. Working on a take-home exam in conjunction with another person or group of people is a violation of the Code of Academic Responsibility. Please refer to the Academic Handbook if you should have any questions regarding the Code of Academic Responsibility.

You will have access to the wireless network, as well as wired connections.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation in maintaining this area for the use of take-home exams only.