Registration Instructions

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR REGISTRATION

Registration for spring 2010 and all subsequent semesters will be done exclusively through myNKU. Online tutorials and step-by-step instructions are available for students on the myNKU website under training (http://it.nku.edu/mynku/training ) as well as from the NKU Registrar’s website.  See http://it.nku.edu/mynku/students/index.php. 


2010 SPRING SEMESTER: CLASSES BEGIN MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010


Core, Required and Elective Courses:  As provided in the Student Handbook, students must take all core and required courses within their own division.  If an elective course is offered in both divisions in the same semester (e.g., Advanced Legal Research and Advanced Legal Analysis Strategies for spring 2010), students must enroll in the course in their own division.  Elective courses are otherwise open to students in both divisions.  Students wishing to petition to take a course out of division must complete the Student Petition form available on the Registrar’s website.  Such petitions will be considered after priority registration ends. 

 

Important Note:  The new myNKU registration system is still being fully developed and will ultimately include features such as waiting lists and automatic restrictions on students’ access to register for certain courses.  Please note that for the spring 2010 semester, students will not be automatically blocked from registering for core or required courses out of their division.  This restriction feature is currently being developed and should be available for subsequent semesters.  This means that while the registration system will technically be open to all students to register for courses in either division, students are instructed to register only for core and required courses (and elective courses offered in both divisions) within their own division.  Failure to comply with these instructions will constitute an Honor Code violation. 

 

Overloads and Underloads:  As provided in the Student Handbook, the required course load for full-time students is 12-16 hours.  The required course load for part-time students is 8-11 hours.  Students who wish to deviate from the required course load must submit a written petition, which may be submitted via email from a student’s official NKU email account, to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs demonstrating good cause for the request to take an overload or underload.  Full-time students who petition and are approved to take more than 16 credits (up to a maximum of 18) pay an additional per-hour rate for the overload hour(s). 

 

1L Day, 1L Evening, and 2L Evening Students: Students must register themselves for their continuing, year-long required courses.  Students must register for the same course section/professor taken during the fall semester.

 

2L Day Students:  Students must register themselves for the second semester of Constitutional Law.  Students must register for the same course section/professor taken during the fall semester.


Externships:  Students interested in doing an externship during the spring semester should contact Professor Johnson.  Registration for externships takes place during the regular course registration, with faculty approval. However, many field placements are confirming externships now.  The following externships are available for the spring semester:
               
• Advanced Externship, which includes students who have completed an externship in an earlier semester
• Civil Practice Externship, which includes placements at state and federal agencies, and organizations that provide legal representation and services to the public, including Legal Aid and Children’s Law Center
• Energy, Environment, and Utilities Externship
• Federal Prosecution and Defense Externship
• Federal and State Judicial Externship
• IRS Chief Counsel Externship
• Kentucky Criminal Justice Externship, which includes prosecutors and public defenders
• Local Government Law Externship
• Transactional Law Externship

If you are interested in an externship, submit the completed Common Application for Clinics and Externships found on the Registrar’s website to Professor Johnson.    


PRIORITY REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR SPRING 2010

 

IMPORTANT: Students will register for spring 2010 courses using a priority “windows” registration system.  This form of registration will assign students registration times based on the number of earned credit hours, thereby improving the process of registration for limited-enrollment courses.  Students will register during their designated time periods on a first-come, first-served basis.  Students will automatically be blocked from logging in and registering until their designated window period. 

 

Limited-enrollment courses will be capped, and will “close” once all available seats are taken.  Students who are closed out from registering for limited-enrollment courses will be able to sign up on a waiting list for those courses.  Beginning on Wednesday, November 18, students may sign up for the waiting list for any closed courses.  A waiting list sign-up sheet will be placed on the Registrar’s bulletin board outside of Room 314.   If/when openings occur in limited-enrollment courses, students on the waiting list with the most earned credit-hours will be offered enrollment. 

 

Students who wish to receive AWR credit for a course in which they are enrolled must notify the Registrar via email after registering for the course.  

 

The priority registration schedule for the spring 2010 semester follows: 

 

Students with 58 or more earned hours at the time of registration:
 
Priority registration days are Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and Wednesday, November 11, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

 

Students with 51 or more earned hours at the time of registration:

 

Priority registration days are Thursday, November 12, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and Friday, November 13, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

 

Students with 44 or more earned hours at the time of registration:

 

Priority registration days are Monday, November 16, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

 

All students, open registration:  Begins on Wednesday, November 18 at 7 a.m. and then continues each day 24/7.     


Tuition Payment, Drop/Add and Refunds for Spring 2010 Semester
See the 2009-2010 Academic Calendar available on the Registrar’s website at http://chaselaw.nku.edu/registrar/academic_calendar.php  for applicable dates and deadlines.