Policy on Computer Usage in the Classroom

Except with the instructor’s permission, during class students are not permitted to compose, review, receive, or send e-mails or instant messages or access the Internet. Unless a professor directs otherwise, computers may be used during class solely for the purposes of taking notes or reviewing materials prepared for the class, such as case briefs and answers to problems assigned for the class. Nothing in this policy is meant to limit the power of a professor to bar the use of computers during class for any reason. The use of computers during class is a privilege, not a right, and may be revoked for failure to comply with this policy, except that this sentence is not intended to affect the right of a student under applicable law or policies of the Law School to use a computer because of a disability.