4.2 Class Recording Policy

Generally, recording Law School classes is strictly prohibited. For example, the Law School does not record classes for students who must miss class for most reasons including:

• Illness or doctor’s visits
• Family emergency, death in the family, funerals, etc.
• Interviews or career-related programming
• Other university conflicts
• Student organization conflicts
• Conferences or other professional-related travel

The Law School does attempt to record classes for students who must miss class due to observance of religious holidays.

Any update or change to the recording policy will be communicated to students by the Dean of Students Office.

Students may be eligible for class recordings only for the following reasons:

• Observance of religious holidays;
• Approved disability accommodations;
• Approved Title IX accommodations;
• Two make-up classes scheduled at overlapping times or a class and a make-up class scheduled at the same time. In that instance, the make-up class will be recorded.

Students wishing to request that a class be recorded due to observance of religious holidays must submit their petition at least 7 days in advance of the absence. They should complete the petition available at http://www.law.uchicago.edu/RequestRecordClassHolidayObservance.

Students wishing to request a make-up class recording when it is in conflict with another scheduled class must complete the petition available at https://www.law.uchicago.edu/students/petitions/record

Students wishing to have classes recorded for an ADA accommodation are encouraged to meet with the Student Disabilities Services (SDS) as early as possible prior to the start of the quarter. For Title IX related recordings, students should be in touch with the Title IX office as early as possible. Please note that the process of having an accommodation request reviewed and approved may take several weeks. The Law School will not record classes for an accommodation without approval from SDS or the Title IX office.

Regardless of the reason, all requests must be made at least seven days in advance. Submission of recording requests does not guarantee that a request will be granted by the faculty member or that there will not be a problem with the recording, so students are strongly encouraged to secure notes from a classmate as well.

Students should not contact their professor directly about recording classes; the Office of the Registrar, in concert with the IT department, will coordinate everything centrally, ensuring consistency and reducing confusion.

Recording are permanently destroyed after the end of the quarter in which they are made.

The Law School records classes with appropriate permissions and safeguards and for the very limited purposes described above. Recording of classes by students is always strictly prohibited. Students who record class on their own risk disciplinary and other action and may violate Illinois law.

Please direct questions about recording requests or concerns to the Dean of Students and the Office of the Registrar.