Registrar: Registration

Most Law School students may register online via myGGU/Self-Service. Some students will be precluded from using Self-Service to register for various reasons. Students who cannot use Self-Service must submit hard copy Registration Request forms. Even students who cannot register via Self-Service will need a user account to view their grades and program evaluations at the end of the term, so they should make sure they can log in successfully or request assistance.

Entering JD students are enrolled in their first two semesters' courses by the Registrar’s Office and do not have a choice of courses or sections. Students on academic probation, academic supervision, or who have other registration related holds, may not use online registration until they have received academic advising. JD students who have submitted Waiver of JD Program Rules forms and have been approved to enroll in overload units may not register for the overload units online. Instead, they must submit Registration Request forms to the Registrar’s Office to enroll in the overload units. Students may not register online for courses that require associate dean, program director, or instructor approval for enrollment. Students who use online registration may make schedule changes (add and drop courses) immediately after registering. Students who submit Registration Request forms may not make schedule changes (add and drop courses) until their forms have been processed.

Student Accounting Services (SAS) may place a hold on the records of students whose accounts are delinquent and they will not be allowed to register without having the hold removed or receiving approval from Student Accounting Services. A hold may also be placed on students' records by other offices such as the Registrar's Office, or International Student Services, if there are issues that must be resolved before registration. Students whose records have holds may not register until the office that placed the hold has removed it.

Priority registration will be available online via myGGU/Self-Service when the registration period begins for each academic term. Priority registration for JD students is determined by their anticipated graduation dates, as indicated in the table below. Students may update their anticipated gradation dates by contacting the Registrar’s Office.

Students who are precluded from using online registration (or who will not have access to the Internet when their priority registration period begins) may submit electronic Registration Request forms to the Registrar's Office. Registration forms may be submitted via email or in person at the office. Students requesting a Waiver of JD Program Rules or Petition for Independent Study should submit the forms along with their registration forms to ensure there is no delay in processing. Students should also obtain any necessary approvals prior to submitting any forms.

The Registrar's Office will process electronic Registration Request forms during the same time periods that online registration is available to each priority group. Forms submitted in person will not be processed before those that are submitted via email. Forms that are received after a student’s priority group period has ended will be processed during the next group’s period or during General Registration, whichever comes first.

Registration Statements are available upon request by contacting the Registrar’s Office.

*Please note: LLM Taxation and Estate Planning courses and MLS courses follow the university's calendar. JD students seeking to register for LLM Taxation and Estate Planning courses  should contact Assistant Director Jeryl Wilford for assistance.

Students who are not allowed or who do not elect to register during their priority registration periods may register during General Registration. Processing during General Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Consequently, students are encouraged to utilize online registration via myGGU/Self-Service if they are not precluded from doing so.

Students who do not register by the "Last day to register/add," as specified in the Academic Calendar, will be charged a Late Registration fee of $100 in addition to the $40 registration fee. Courses that start after the first week of the term may be added prior to the second class meeting without the instructor’s approval and without incurring a Late Registration Fee.

Students will be assessed the Delinquent Term Charges fee of $100 per semester/session if all tuition and fees are not paid in-full by the payment deadline for the term, as specified in the Academic Calendar.

Students who are attempting to resolve incomplete courses for which they have received permission to re-enroll should not register for the courses again. Instead, they should submit Notice of Intent to Complete Course forms to the Registrar's Office. Students will be enrolled in their preferred course section, provided there is room, without tuition charge. Consequently, units for courses students are completing under this policy are not included in calculating their eligibility for financial aid. Students who are only enrolling in courses they are attempting to complete and who are not enrolling in any new courses will be charged the fees for the term, but no tuition.

When a course section is full, students who request enrollment may be placed on a waitlist for that section. Students who are placed on a waitlist are not enrolled in the course and are not charged for it until or unless a seat becomes available and they add the course. Wait-listed students will be notified by e-mail if a seat in the course section becomes available. The notification will be sent to the e-mail addresses on record with the Registrar's Office. Because there may be other students eager to enroll, a time limit will be set for the notified students to add the courses. Students who are notified of an available seat may either add the course online myGGU/Self-Service, submit Registration Request forms, or send email messages to lawreg@ggu.edu indicating their desire to be enrolled in the courses. If students do not add the courses by their deadlines, the seats will be offered to the next students on the waitlists or made generally available. After the first class meeting the waitlists no longer apply and students may enroll in courses only with the instructor's approval. Approval is generally given by signing the Registration Request form, but may also be given via e-mail.

It is recommended that students on waitlists attend the first class meeting for the section. Some instructors will not accept students who have missed the first class meeting without an excused absence. Sometimes instructors will allow wait-listed students to enroll if there are additional seats available in the classroom, but other sections may be limited to a certain capacity by other considerations.

Students who are wait-listed for a course and decide they don't want to enroll in it should notify the Registrar's Office at lawreg@ggu.edu so they can be removed from the list.

Under a cooperative arrangement entered into by Golden Gate University, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and University of California, Davis, Golden Gate University students may enroll in one course per semester at another consortium school. Since many of these schools do not have a summer session, the consortium is only in effect during the fall and spring semesters. The following policies apply:

• Students must obtain advance approval for transfer of units prior to enrolling at the host institution. Transfer of units forms are available from the Registrar's Office and on the forms page. (There are different forms for JD and LLM students). A maximum number of 6 units may be taken through the consortium per degree program.
• Students taking consortium courses pay tuition at their home schools. GGU students should register for LAW-701 to be assessed tuition. After registering for the pseudo-course, students should obtain the consortium form from the Registrar's Office. Students should submit the consortium forms to the host institutions in lieu of payment and letters of good standing.
• Generally, host schools will accept registration requests from consortium students shortly before the start of the term. Students should contact host schools to inquire about registration periods for visiting students and any other limitations or special requirements.

GGU accepts visiting students from other ABA accredited law schools and law schools approved by the California Committee of Bar Examiners who are in good academic standing at their home law schools. Prospective visitors should request the registrar at their home school to send a "Letter of Good Standing" to the GGU Registrar's Office. Visitors seeking to enroll in courses with prerequisites must also provide proof of having completed equivalent courses, either by inclusion of a statement in the "Letter of Good standing" or by submission of an official transcript. These documents must be received before visitors will be allowed to register. Visitors seeking to enroll in LLM courses also must obtain the permission of the LLM program administrative director.

Visitor registration begins one week after general registration has opened. See the Priority Registration for applicable dates. Visiting students may not register online using myGGU/Self-Service. Instead, they must submit Registration Request forms.

During the fall and spring semesters the Law School participates in a consortium of five bay area law schools, including University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, University of California, Davis, and University of California, Berkeley. Visitors from these schools seeking to take courses at GGU School of Law may submit a consortium form in lieu of the "Letter of Good Standing" and tuition payment. The consortium is not available during the summer session.

Visiting JD students may register for up to a cumulative total of 6 units. Prospective visiting students who want to take more than 6 units should contact the Law School Admissions Office to apply for full-time visitor status.

GGU transcripts for visiting students will not be automatically sent to their home schools. Instead, visitors must order copies of their transcripts from the Registrar's Office regardless of whether they are visiting from a consortium school or not. Visitors should verify all of their grades have been recorded via myGGU/Self-Service before submitting transcript orders.

Members of the bar, JD graduates of other institutions, or GGU Law School alumni may take courses as non-degree-candidate students. Prospective non-degree-candidate students who are not GGU Law School alumni must present a bar membership card, official transcript, or other proof of having completed a JD degree to be allowed to register. All prospective non-degree-candidate students must obtain the approval of the Registrar, or the appropriate LLM program director, and the permission of their course instructors prior to registration. Courses are typically taken on an audit basis, but may be taken for credit. Non-degree-candidate students who audit courses receive a one-third tuition auditor discount at the time of registration.

Non-degree-candidate students who want to take courses for credit and receive grades must receive approval as described above. However, courses taken for credit prior to a student's admission into an LLM degree program may be applied toward that program only with the approval of the program director. In addition, courses taken for credit do not receive the one-third tuition auditor discount.

Audit status is not available for GGU Law School degree-candidate students, with the exception of SJD students. However, the permission of the instructor is still required for SJD students to audit courses. SJD students may change to audit status by submitting a Registration Request form by the last day of instruction for the term.

Priority registration is not available to non-degree-candidate students. See the Academic Calendar to determine when "special" registration begins. Non-degree-candidate students may not register online using myGGU/Self-Service. Instead, they must submit Registration Request forms.

Veteran benefits are administered by the University Financial Aid Office. To initiate the certification of your enrollment, please contact GGU's VA Official at 415-442-7283 or e-mail va@ggu.edu.

JD students are enrolled into two types of academic programs, full-time or part-time. Students enrolled in full-time programs may enroll in a maximum of 16 units per fall or spring semester. Students enrolled in part-time programs may enroll in a maximum of 12 units per fall or spring semester. Students enrolled in either type of program may enroll in a maximum of 8 units in the summer session, except for those enrolled in the Honors Lawyering Program or the Summer Trial and Evidence Program (1st STEP) who may enroll in a maximum of 11 units. Students who want to enroll in overload units based on their program types must first submit the Petition for Waiver of JD Program Rules forms to the associate dean for student services for approval. Registration for overload units will not be processed unless approved petition forms have been received by the Registrar's Office. Students requiring a waiver of rules may not register for overload units online via myGGU/Self-Service. Instead, they must submit Registration Request forms to the Registrar’s Office to enroll in the overload units. Students should note that these enrollment maximums do not relate to the requirements for eligibility for financial aid. Financial aid eligibility is based on students' term enrollment status classifications, not their program types.

ABA Standard 304(f) prohibits JD students from working in excess of 20 hours per week during any week in which the student is enrolled in more than twelve class hours. Twelve class hours is the equivalent of 12 semester units. First-year students in full-time programs may not work at all. Failure to comply with this requirement would be considered a violation of the Standards of Student Conduct. Upper-division students in full-time programs who anticipate that they will be working more than 20 hours per week on a long term basis should request to change to part-time academic programs by submitting Petition for Change of JD Academic Program forms.

Students who decided they don't want to complete courses in which they are enrolled are responsible for withdrawing from the courses either by dropping them online via myGGU/Self-Service or by submitting Registration Request forms to the Registrar's Office. Students who choose to withdraw completely from the Law School should complete and submit Withdrawal from Law School forms to the Registrar's Office. See the Withdrawal Policy for information regarding the effect of withdrawal on students' tuition charges.