{"id":13175,"date":"2017-11-30T01:07:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T05:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=41281"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:26:01","slug":"graduation-honors-for-2015-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/registrar\/academic-honors\/graduation-honors-for-2015-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Honors for 2015-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Graduation Honors for Spring 2016<\/h2>\n<p>(JD, Annual, and Graduate Degree Programs)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Juris Doctor Degree Program Honors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Summa Cum Laude<\/h3>\n<p>(Granted at the sole discretion of the faculty) &#8211;\u00a0Number awarded: <strong>1<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Magna Cum Laude; Top 10%<\/h3>\n<p>(Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) &#8211;\u00a0<strong>3.75<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Cum Laude; Top Third<\/h3>\n<p>(Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) &#8211;\u00a0<strong>3.56<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Order of the Coif<\/h3>\n<p>Graduating students whose cumulative grade point averages place them in the top 10% of the class are elected to membership in the Order of the Coif.\u00a0 To be eligible, a graduate must have completed at least 64 graded academic credits at the Law Center (effective beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, credits earned at a transfer student&#8217;s previous law school are counted toward this minimum credit requirement).<\/p>\n<h2>Annual Honors<\/h2>\n<h3>Dean&#8217;s List; 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