Add and Drop Courses

All registration and adds are done through the UT Registration website. Refer to your Registration Information Sheet for access periods.

Students will need professor approval to add a course. Students must secure email approval from the professor and forward the approval via email to registration@law.utexas.edu, and include name, EID, and the 5-digit unique number of the course to add. If the add requires or includes a drop of another course, students may also include the 5-digit unique number and it will be dropped simultaneously.

Students can see what courses are still open by using the UT Registrar’s Course Schedule: https://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules

Choose “Find Courses Now”. Under 1. Field of study and level you’ll have to select “LAW” for field and “graduate-division” for level. All courses will indicate “reserved” because they are reserved for law students. If a course still has available seats it will indicate “open” and if the course has a waitlist it will say “waitlisted”.

Students can also search by professor or unique number. Students will still need to use the Law Course Schedule to read detailed information about the class.

Students may also make an appointment with an academic advisor to discuss options.

All registration and adds are done through the UT Registration website. Refer to your Registration Information Sheet for access periods.

All drops are done through the UT Registration website. Refer to your Registration Information Sheet for access periods.

Students do not need professor approval to drop a course during this time and the drop will not show on the transcript. It will be considered a “delete drop” which qualifies a student for a refund in the tuition difference.

Courses may be dropped only with the written approval of the instructor and the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. There is no refund available. The instructor has the option to assign a grade of “Q” or “F”. It is recommended you meet with your instructor prior to beginning the Q-drop process. Once you are sure you wish to drop, you may initiate the Q-drop process online.

The “Q” grade appears on the transcript, but is not included in the student’s GPA. When an “F” grade is recorded, the course is counted as a course taken and failed for the purposes of minimum performance standards and financial aid, and 1.30 grade points are used in calculating the student’s overall average.

If a student stops attending class at any time in the long term or summer term, but fails to drop the course officially, a grade of “F” is recorded for the course. If a student misses the final exam without permission of the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, a grade of “F” is recorded for the course.

All drops are done through the UT Registration website until the fourth class day. Refer to your Registration Information Sheet for access periods. After the fourth class day of summer, all drops are considered Q-drops and must be initiated before the last class day.