Honor Council Elections Results and Maintaining Academic Integrity During Finals

Huge Congratulations to the newest members of the Honor Council! 

• Nina McCarver (2L Secretary; 3L Chief Justice)
• David Jed McWherter (2L Student Justice; 3L Associate Chief Justice)
• Sarah Singleton (2L Student Justice; 3L Senior Student Justice)
• Evan Czajkowski (2L Student Justice; 3L Student Justice)
• Theodore Helmhout (2L Student Justice; 3L Student Justice)
• Rob Jones (3L Student Justice)
• Trey Early (3L Student Justice)

Additionally, as final exams approach, I want to take a moment to remind you of the Honor Code and your continuing duty as a Memphis Law student to report any conduct that raises a reasonable belief that a violation of the Honor Code has occurred. See Honor Code § 21.4(b)(14) (“A student who fails to meet the duty to report is in violation of the honor code. . . .”).

The Honor Council has the authority to investigate either an act of dishonesty or an act of misconduct. An act of dishonesty is a wrongful or improper act that questions a student’s academic honesty or integrity. An act of misconduct is a wrongful, improper, or prohibited academic act. Acts of dishonesty and misconduct include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cheating.
• Unauthorized assistance or collaboration.
• Plagiarism.
• Theft, misappropriation, or unauthorized possession of property.
• Compromising examination security.
• Deception and misrepresentation.
• Electronic dishonesty.
• Facilitating academic dishonesty.
• Writing past the end of an examination.
• Failing to disclose admonitory incidents or misrepresentations on the law school application.
• Failing to disclose admonitory incidents while a law student.
• Knowingly referring false allegation(s).

Best wishes on your exam preparation!

Sincerely,

Riley Pearson