Office of the Law School Registrar

600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0700
Email: lawreg@duq.edu
Phone: 412.396.6310
Fax: 412.396.1073
Valerie J. Harper,
Registrar,
412.396.2268
Marianne Buerkle,
Assistant to the Registrar,
412.396.2268

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Grading Scale


Please see the Academic Bulletin for complete information.

The grading scale for all students, effective in the Fall of 2010, is as follows:

Grade GPA
A+ 4.00
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00 Passing
C- 1.67
D+ 1.33
D 1.00
F 0 Failure

The A+ grade denotes a level of performance that is truly exceptional.

For each first-year course and all upper-level courses of 15 or more students, the Faculty suggests that 20-25% of the grades be A- or above, 50-60% of the grades be B- to B+, and 20-25% of the grades be C+ or below.