Appeal Satisfactory Academic Progress: Law School
Purpose: Used by Law School students who wish to appeal failure to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
Student Instructions:
1. Complete Sections 1 & 2 of this form using a computer.
a. a handwritten form will not be accepted.
b. an incomplete form will not be processed and returned to you for completion.
2. Print the form using the 'Print Form' button.
3. Type answers to the questions in Section 3 in a separate document.
4. Sign the form in Section 4; a digital signature is not acceptable.
5. Submit the signed appeal form, the document from Section 3 and any supporting documentation by the deadline in the Satisfactory Academic Progress
notification you received via one of the methods listed at the bottom of this form.
Law School Instructions:
1. Make a determination in Section 5; a digital signature is not acceptable.
2. Notify the student.
3. Return the completed and signed appeal form, the School Academic Plan spreadsheet, the student's document from Section 3, and any supporting
documentation provided by the student to the Office of the Registrar via ImageNow.
Section 1: Student Information
Section 2: SAP
@ marquette.edu
I wish to appeal my SAP decision for
Section 3: Type your answers to the following questions in a separate document and submit it with this form.
(label your answers to correspond with the questions, i.e. a., b., c.)
c. Explain the strategies you will utilize that will allow you to be academically successful in future terms, if given the opportunity. Be specific and provide justification for each strategy.
Your strategies might include, but are not limited to: a commitment to seek tutoring or counseling; a commitment to join a study group; a commitment to spend a set number of hours per
class studying each week, etc. In addition, provide any documentation you have that may verify your new commitment to academics.
b. Explain what has changed in your life that will now allow you to be academically successful. In addition, provide any documentation you have to verify your explanation.
a. Explain the extenuating circumstances that prevented you from being academically successful during the term indicated above (be specific). Extenuating circumstances include, but
are not limited to: personal injury or illness; family issues/difficulties; interpersonal problems; death of a relative; etc. In addition, provide any documentation you have to verify your
extenuating circumstances.
Section 4: Student Statement/Signature
I hereby request reinstatement to the Law School and of my financial aid eligibility. I understand that the Law School has the final decision in all SAP appeals. I also understand and
agree that I am bound by the credit/GPA conditions applied to me by the Law School's academic plan that was created specifically for me and that I must comply with all of the
conditions and restrictions contained therein; or, I will again be made ineligible for financial aid (SAP) .
Student's Signature
Date
Email
MUID
Section 5: Academic Dean/Designee
Based on the evaluation of the above appeal and the student's academic record, I (check one)
Do not recommend SAP reinstatementRecommend SAP reinstatement
In addition, attached is the Office of Student Financial Aid's Academic Plan spreadsheet outlining the conditions/restrictions of this reinstatement for the above named student.
Name and title
(please print)
Signature of Dean/Designee (a digital signature is not acceptable) Date
Rev 12/2016
Submit this form by the deadline in the notification you received from your college and/or the Office of Student Financial Aid to:
Deliver: Marquette Central, Zilber Hall, 121, 1250 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Email: otrdocs@marquette.edu
Note if using email: the appeal form, the document from Section 3 and any supporting documentation can be scanned and sent ONLY via your Marquette email account.
Phone
Name
Last name, First name, Middle name
Year
SummerSpringFall
