Honor Code

April 17, 2010

To: Participants in Inter-Journal Writing Competition

From: Keith Wingate, Associate Academic Dean

Re: Honor Code for Inter-Journal Writing Competition

This memo is intended to inform you of the policy of the College concerning the consequences of violating the rules of the Inter-Journal Writing Competition (Competition).

The nine journals explicitly prohibit any participant in the Competition from talking with any other person about any aspect of the writing problem or the participant's entry. By entering the Competition, each student agrees to work individually and to submit a product that reflects only that student's efforts.

Violation of this rule will be considered to be as serious as cheating on an examination and will subject a student to disciplinary action pursuant to the Student Conduct and Discipline Regulations.1　 Depending on the circumstances, various penalties may be imposed on any student found cheating. Expulsion and suspension are the most serious sanctions.2　

Alternatively, a letter of reprimand may be placed in the student's file summarizing the problem and findings.3　 This letter may be transmitted to the Committee of Bar Examiners for its review when it evaluates the character and fitness of an applicant for the Bar.

For more information, please consult the U.C. Hastings Academic Regulations: Student Conduct and Discipline sections 50.00-53.00.

1 See U.C. Hastings College of the Law, Academic Regulations (2009-2010): Student Conduct Code § 50.00 (2009), available at http://www.uchastings.edu/faculty-administration/academic-dean/docs/REGS09-10.pdf.

2 Id. at § 52.00.

3 Id.