News Briefs

Grades, standings available in June
As finals approach, the specter of grades can’t be far behind. In an e-mail sent last week, the law school’s pseudo-registrar Sande Schlueter said students can expect to see their grades via the university’s online Banner service by June 2. When they are completely uploaded, she will send an e-mail notification to that effect. Sande asks that students not e-mail her asking when grades will be posted.
Standings are processed after grades are turned in and posted and should be available shortly after June 11. Once processed, the standings are final and are not calculated again until after fall semester.

Summer remodel will focus on technology upgrades
Over the summer, the law school will begin extensive renovations of the Courtroom and Room 104 that will leave them upgraded but unusable for part of the Fall semester. Construction in 104 will likely be completed by the end of September and the Courtroom should be finished by the end of the semester.
Work in both rooms will focus on technology upgrades and acoustic improvements. The rooms will also be made compliant with changes in the building code and Americans with Disabilities Act.
“The courtroom is going to have technology installed in it that will enable our students to be trained to practice in the most modern courtrooms in the country,” Dean Rich Seamon said.
Other summer projects will replace the current carrels in the second floor with new ones similar to those in the basement and replace the furnishings in the student lounge. The lounge may get new carpet and paint but those projects have not been confirmed. Dean Seamon confirmed that the only game table that will remain in the lounge is the ping-pong table.

Some Fall classes to be held across the street
Due to construction projects in room 104, large-enrollment classes will not be held in the law school until October. Instead, classes that do not fit in either of the smaller rooms will be held somewhere in the general campus. The law school has not confirmed a replacement location yet but Dean Seamon said that the school would likely hold classes in the Borah Theater in the Student Union Building.