Legal Research Assignments

Students at the Aristotle University Institute of Law and Jurisprudence enrolled in any of the LL.M. online programs and courses will be assigned multiple Legal Research Assignments (i.e., “homework”) to complete which will be intended to assure their comprehensive and effective preparation and study of law. The Aristotle e-Learning instructional methodologies utilizing the Aristotle Scholar360 is the University’s learner management system of choice for such assignments. These Legal Research Assignments will have weekly deadlines and, depending upon the discretion of the Professor teaching a particular course, will be subject to a diminution in the grade assigned if they are submitted late beyond any deadline. All assignments should be submitted upon completion in digital form (i.e., either as an attachment to an email (only MS Word is acceptable) or within the body of an email, depending upon the discretion of the Professor teaching a particular course. Alternative arrangements for submitting Legal Research Assignments may be provided at the discretion of the Professor teaching the particular course. Because Legal Research Assignments are intended to assure student’s comprehensive and effective preparation in the study of law, Legal Research Assignments are MANDATORY in any online program or course offered at the Aristotle University Institute of Law and Jurisprudence. Legal Research Assignments will be assigned in each online course on a weekly basis; generally, the student will have one (1) week to complete the assignment. The Aristotle University Institute of Law and Jurisprudence Faculty’s response to, or evaluation of, each student’s legal research assignment (lesson, project, or Thesis) shall be emailed to the student within ten (10) days after the lesson, project, paper, etc. was received by the Faculty. Make-Up Course Work In accordance with the policies and procedures of the Aristotle University Institute of Law and Jurisprudence, under extreme circumstances or cases of serious emergencies and illnesses, and upon approval of both the course Professor and Dean, a student may be permitted to re-schedule required LL.M. course work. A student must file a written request for such accommodation and provide proper documentary evidence of verification of such extreme circumstances, emergency or illnesses. If a make-up examination is granted, or alternative arrangements are granted, a fee may be assessed for each make-up examination that the student is permitted to take.