Special Provision for Those Who Completed Law School

If a student has completed law school and gives the first interim progress report during the second year, and the advising committee determines that he/she can submit a Ph.D. dissertation in the same academic year, he/she may undergo a preliminary defense in the same academic year [for students who enrolled in the Fall semester: January]. In such a case, procedures after the preliminary defense will be taken as prescribed in “Path to Ph.D.”
If the said student does not undergo a preliminary defense in the academic year in which he/she gave the first interim progress report, he/she must make the second dissertation interim report in the third year as prescribed in “Path to Ph.D.” [for students who enrolled in the Fall semester: January]. The same shall apply when he/she is assigned a “Fail” grade at the preliminary defense.
In the case of section 1, if the advising committee does not find that he/she is able to submit the Ph.D. dissertation in the same academic year, the student must give the second dissertation interim report during the third year as prescribed in “Path to Ph.D.”