{"id":13179,"date":"2017-11-30T01:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T05:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=41283"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:22:25","slug":"graduation-honors-for-2014-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/registrar\/academic-honors\/graduation-honors-for-2014-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Honors for 2014-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graduation Honors for Spring 2015<\/h2>\n

(JD, Annual Honors, and Graduate Program)<\/p>\n

Juris Doctor Degree Program Honors<\/h2>\n

Summa Cum Laude<\/h3>\n

(Granted at the sole discretion of the faculty) –\u00a0Number awarded: 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Magna Cum Laude; Top 10%<\/h3>\n

(Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) –\u00a03.73<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cum Laude; Top Third<\/h3>\n

(Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) –\u00a03.56<\/strong><\/p>\n

Order of the Coif<\/h3>\n

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’s previous law school are counted toward this minimum credit requirement).<\/p>\n

*For the policy on Academic Honors, please see the Academic Honors section of the Juris Doctor Program chapter of the Georgetown Law Student Handbook<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Annual Honors<\/h2>\n

Dean’s List; Top Third<\/h3>\n

(Based upon the annual grade-point average) –\u00a03.70<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduate Degree Program Honors<\/h2>\n

Graduation with Distinction<\/h3>\n

Graduate degree students who earned a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50<\/strong> or higher receive their diploma and transcript marked ‘With Distinction.’<\/p>\n

Graduate Program Dean’s List by Specialization<\/h3>\n

(Based upon the cumulative grade-point average)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Program<\/strong><\/td>\nGPA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Master of Laws, General Program<\/td>\n3.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws, Individualized Program<\/td>\n3.62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in Environmental Law<\/td>\n3.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in Global Health Law<\/td>\n3.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in International Business and Economic Law<\/td>\n3.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in International Legal Studies<\/td>\n3.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in National Security Law<\/td>\n3.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in Securities & Financial Regulation<\/td>\n3.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Executive LL.M. in Securities & Financial Regulation<\/td>\n3.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Master of Laws in Taxation<\/td>\n3.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Executive LL.M. in Taxation<\/td>\n3.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graduation Honors for Spring 2015 (JD, Annual Honors, and Graduate Program) Juris Doctor Degree Program Honors Summa Cum Laude (Granted at the sole discretion of the faculty) –\u00a0Number awarded: 1 Magna Cum Laude; Top 10% (Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) –\u00a03.73 Cum Laude; Top Third (Based upon the cumulative grade-point average) –\u00a03.56 Order of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":13067,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}