Take-Home Exams (TWEN)

The following take-home exams will be available on the TWEN website during the exam period specified by your professor.

FALL 2011 TAKE-HOME EXAMS

• Bankruptcy - Johnson
• CA Water Resources - Gray
• Civil Procedure - Hillman
• Constitutional Law II - Faigman
• Gender & The Law - Williams
• Immigration Law - Boswell
• Intl Human Rights - Sloan
• Intro Chinese Law - Hand
• Islamic Law & Finance Seminar - Ahmed/Hussain
• Land Use Reg - Targ/Hernandez/Preiss/Plume
• Legal Ethics - Zitrin
• Public Health Law - Marciarille
• Roles & Ethics - Bloch
• Roles & Ethics - Goishi
• Torts - Jung

Taking your take-home exams through the TWEN site will allow you to download the questions and upload your answer at any time, using your favorite word-processing program (saved as a .doc or .wpd file), without having to make multiple trips to the Records Office.

Here's what students should do to learn about TWEN take-home exams:

1. Log into TWEN.
   • If you do not remember your Westlaw password, go to "Forgot your password?" on the homepage.
   • You will be asked to create a new (temporary) password.
   • If you have any problems logging in, contact Mark Cygnet at mark.cygnet@thomsonreuters.com.

2. Locate the Practice Exam.
   • Click on the TWEN tab.
     
   • Click on the Practice Exam. (You should also see a link for the actual take-home exam you will be taking.)
     
3. Read all instructions.
   • Instructions can be found here or on the TWEN practice exam page in the "Navigation" box to the left of the screen. The instructions include information on taking and submitting your exam via TWEN as well as Records Office information.

4. Take a Practice Take-Home Exam.
   • Click on Practice Exam link to download the exam file. Be sure to follow the TWEN instructions.
   • Upload a .doc or .wpd file as a practice answer file.
   • You will receive a confirmation email from TWEN with your exam file attached.  TIP!  You must supply Westlaw with a valid email address to receive this confirmation.  You can change your email address from the homepage by clicking on Update.

Shortly before the exam period, more information about due dates and exam time limits will be added to the TWEN page for your actual exam. If your professor approves, the specific instructions for the exam will be added to the "instructions" link for that exam.

Records Office Hours and Instructions

The Records Office is located in the 200 Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 211.  During the exam period, we are open Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 3:30pm.  The office is staffed until 5:00pm.  If you have any problems during business hours, call or email us immediately at 415.565.4613 or records@uchastings.edu.

For any problems with your take-home outside of business hours, we ask that you stay calm and follow these steps.

• For problems related to illness or computer crashes, contact us immediately via phone or email.  We will reply to you the next business day.
• For problems uploading your exam file to the TWEN site, email your exam file to records@uchastings.edu from your uchastings.edu email account.  Describe your problem in the body of the email.  Use this option ONLY if you are having problems uploading the exam file on the TWEN site.

General Take-Home Rules

• Remember the Student Conduct Code
  • Submit your own work
  • Collaborating with someone is cheating
  • Plagiarism is punished
• We will notify the professor if your exam is submitted more than a few minutes outside the time limit unless you have documented extenuating circumstances to the Records Office.