Statement of Good Academic Standing

William & Mary Law School scholarships are awarded unconditionally with the understanding that students will maintain a grade point average consistent with academic eligibility. Students who are not within good academic standing at the end of their first term and/or first year will have their scholarships revoked. Details regarding qualifications for good academic standing are below. 

Statement of Good Academic Standing for students up until the Class of 2024
  • A student who does not achieve a 2.5 grade point average at the end of the first term (semester) of legal study will be placed on academic probation. A student who has not achieved a 2.5 cumulative GPA at the end of the first year of legal study will be dismissed for academic deficiency (whether or not the student was previously placed on academic probation). Rising 2L students (students who have completed two terms (one full academic year) of legal study) who are ineligible to continue as a student may not petition for the right to continue.
  • To be able to continue in residence at the Law School as a 2L and 3L, a student must maintain a term and cumulative grade point average of 2.3. To clarify, the student must maintain the minimum grade point average of 2.3 for each semester in the second year and each semester in the third year; as well as a cumulative grade point average of 2.3 at the conclusion of both the second and third year of legal study.
Statement of Good Academic Standing Beginning with the Class of 2025
  • A student who does not achieve a 2.0 grade point average at the end of the first semester of legal study will be dismissed permanently for academic deficiency. The student may not petition for the right to continue or for reinstatement.
  • A student who does not achieve a 2.5 grade point average at the end of the first semester of legal study will be placed on academic probation.
  • A student who has not achieved a 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the end of the first year of legal study will be dismissed permanently for academic deficiency (whether or not the student was previously placed on academic probation). The student may not petition for the right to continue or for reinstatement.
  • To be able to continue in residence at the Law School as a 2L and 3L, a student must maintain a semester and cumulative grade point average of 2.3. To clarify, the student must maintain the minimum grade point average of 2.3 for each semester in the second year and each semester in the third year; as well as a cumulative grade point average of 2.3 at the conclusion of both the second and third year of legal study.
  • GPA shall be truncated at the 100th and rounded to the nearest tenth and otherwise calculated according to the normal conventions of the Law School. The Academic Advisory Committee has the authority, in its discretion, to interpret and implement the eligibility criteria set forth herein.