Registrar Forms

Used to enroll in upper-level clinical offerings like Community & Economic Development, Defenders, Elder Law, or Mediation clinics.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu 

Advanced Clinic Registration Form (CED, DEF, ELC & MED) 

Permission to register for the advanced-level trial practice course.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu 

Advanced Trial Practice 

Request to attend a class without receiving a grade or academic credit, the grade of “AUD,” will be assigned to the course. Permission from the faculty member who is teaching the course is required.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Audit Form 

To request Independent Study credit, complete this form and obtain approval from the Academic Dean. Students may earn up to 3 credits toward graduation through faculty-supervised research. Additional credits require exceptional circumstances. Note: internships or clerkships alone do not qualify—projects must involve original research under direct faculty supervision. Catalog criteria apply.

Step 1: Complete the form online
Step 2: Submit for approval

Independent Study Registration Form

Register for Law Review credit while serving as an editor. For requirements and specifications on law review, check the current semester course booklet.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Law Review Editing Registration Form 

Register for credit while participation in CUNY Law’s Moot Court program.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Moot Court Registration Form 

For requirements and specifications on teaching assistantships, check the current semester course booklet. Teaching Assistantships are available for required courses and the Summer Law Institute only.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Get the professor’s approval.
Step 3: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Teaching Assistant Form

We offer three dual degree programs: JD/MPA in Law and Public Accountability, with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; JD/MA in Forensic Psychology, with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and JD/MIA with City College’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.

Each Master’s program has slightly different requirements, but each dual degree program allows a student to earn the two degrees in less time than it would take to complete each separately, because the programs have agreed to recognize some of the classes from the other program toward its degree.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Dual Degree Program Form 

Request to switch your enrollment status between full-time and part-time.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Full-Time/Part-time Program Transfer Request Form 

Ask to exceed standard credit limit for your program PT subject to approval.

PT-Request to Register for More than 11 or Less than 6 Credits 

Ask to exceed standard credit limit for your program FT subject to approval.

FT-Request to Register for More than 16 or Less than 12 Credits 

Apply for temporary leave from the Law School, for medical or personal reasons.

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Leave of Absence Request

Request to return to the Law School after a leave of absence or withdrawal.

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Re-entering Student Application

Used exclusively by first-year students to request permission to drop a course, usually under narrow circumstances.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

1L Drop Form 

Submit this to formally withdraw from a course after the add/drop period, noting potential transcript and tuition impacts.

Step 1: Save the form first and then complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to academicdeanoffice@law.cuny.edu

Course Withdrawal Form 

Required to request credit for courses taken at non-CUNY institutions (e.g., other ABA-approved law schools).

Non-CUNY Permit Form

Submit updates to your legal name, address, phone number, or other personal information.

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Personal Data Change Request

Opt out of having your directory information shared (as defined by FERPA).

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Directory Information Non-Disclosure

Authorize CUNY Law to release your education records to a third party (e.g., parent, employer, or external program).

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

FERPA Release Form 

Request official letters confirming your enrollment status, graduation, or academic standing.

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Enrollment, Good Standing, or Graduation Letter Requests

Use this to obtain specific items from your academic record (e.g., copies of past forms, registration history).

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Records Request

Order official transcripts or request a replacement diploma if your original was lost or damaged.

Step 1: Save the form first, then open the saved file and complete it.
Step 2: Email the form to registraroffice@law.cuny.edu

Transcript Request & Diploma Replacement