3.6 Auditing Classes

Permission to audit a Law class gives an auditor the opportunity to attend a Law School class, but auditors may not hand in papers or participate in evaluations of the instructor or class. An auditor does not receive Law School or University credit for the class, nor is the class recorded on a transcript. Instructors may deny any request to audit a class.

Students enrolled at the University of Chicago may audit law classes with permission of the instructor. Students are required to obtain the approval of the instructor on the auditing petition available online at: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/students/academics/petitions. For some courses, primarily courses offered to first year J.D. students (or their equivalents offered to LLMs), auditors are not permitted.

Law students may only audit non-law classes informally and must contact the non-law department for additional auditing requirements in the other department(s). Law students may not be registered in a non-law class as an official auditor.

First year J.D. students are not permitted to audit classes during their 1L year, including classes in non-law departments.

Students are not permitted to audit more than one Law class per quarter. Students may not audit a class that has a time conflict with a class in which they are also enrolled. Courses taught in the first year curriculum may not be audited.

Individuals not currently enrolled at the University of Chicago are prohibited from auditing law classes in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Please note that all petitions to audit Law School classes are subject to review by the Deputy Dean and/or the Dean of Students.