Take-Home Exams
Take-Home Exam Procedures
Unless the professor offering the course precludes their use, students are permitted to use personal computers to complete their take-home examinations. Please note the following:
Save your document frequently. Save your document on both your hard drive and on a separate diskette, CD, or flashdrive. Additional time will not be given because of problems with your computer or printer.
Your take-home exam must be downloaded and submitted through the Online Exam/Paper Management System. Please familiarize yourself with the Online Exam/Paper Management System. A downloadable guide is available through this link.
Your exam number is the only identifier that you may put on your exam materials. You must remove personal identifying information from your exam document. Failure to remove any personal identifying information is an exam violation which will be referred to the Ethics Counsel.
If your take-home exam instructions require that you certify a word or character count, that certification must be included on your exam within the allotted exam time limit before uploading the exam.
Once an exam is submitted, no requests to add or revise a word or character count will be accepted. Once you have submitted your exam, you may not amend it.
Your take-home exam must be submitted within the exam time limit AND by the deadline. Late submission of an examination, however brief, is a serious violation of the Student Disciplinary Code that will be referred the Committee on Professional Responsibility. Failure to submit your take-home exam within the time limit will result in a late take-home exam sanction as outlined in the Georgetown Law Bulletin (p. 115, in the Student Disciplinary Code section).
Your exam will be subject to a late take-home sanction if it is submitted 6 or more minutes late.
Students who download an examination and fail to submit it for grading will receive a failing grade. Students who fail to pick up an examination will be withdrawn from the course.
NOTE: If you believe there is an error, inconsistency, or omission in the exam, please state your assumptions about the issue within your discussion of that issue. No clarifications or corrections will be provided.
Contact Information:
Student Helpdesk (IST)
E.B. Williams Law Library
Room 304
helpdesk@law.georgetown.edu
202-662-9905
Office of the Registrar
315 McDonough Hall
lawreg@law.georgetown.edu
202-662-9220 (during office hours)
202-681-1288 (after hours for emergencies only)
If you are having a technical problem with your computer contact the Student Helpdesk (IST), E.B. Williams Law Library, Room 304, studenthelp@law.georgetown.edu or 202-662-9905. You may want to contact your computer manufacturer (e.g. Dell, Apple) or internet service provider (e.g. Comcast, Cox, Verizon).
If you need assistance downloading or submitting your Take-home exam through the Online Exam Management System, please contact the Office of the Registrar, McDonough Hall, Room 315, lawreg@law.georgetown.edu, or 202-662-9220 during business hours. After hours, please send an email to lawreg@law.georgetown.edu and a representative will contact you the next business day.
NOTE: In the event that you experience a technical difficulty in submitting your exam to the Online Exam/Paper Management System, please email a copy of your exam to examdropbox@law.georgetown.edu. You should expect to receive an automatic receipt response confirming your exam submission.
If you have a problem with your exam that requires a response from the Registrar during office hours call the main number (202) 662-9220. If you have an urgent need to speak to a Registrar after hours because of illness, injury, death in the family, or some other emergency, call (202) 681-1288.
