In accordance with the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (Section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act, 20 U.S.C.1232(g)), commonly referred to as the “Buckley Amendment”, Suffolk University has adopted the regulations given below to protect the privacy rights of its students.

NO STUDENT INFORMATION SUCH AS ENROLLMENT STATUS, COURSE SCHEDULES, GRADES, DIRECTORY INFORMATION, ETC. WILL BE RELEASED OVER THE TELEPHONE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, OR OUTSIDE AGENCIES. ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION MUST BE IN WRITING OR IN PERSON WITH PICTURE IDENTIFICATION.

1. No office maintaining an education record of a student will disclose any personally identifiable information from that record to anyone other than the student himself/herself without the written consent of the student, except, as provided below.

2. The records of the student will be disclosed without his/her written consent to any academic and administrative offices within the University who have legitimate educational interest in the information. “Legitimate educational interest” means the demonstrated need to know by those persons who act in the student’s educational interest. This includes the following persons and their professional and clerical staffs acting under their instructions: Academic Deans, the Registrar, Manager of Student Accounts, Director of Financial Aid, President and Vice Presidents, Director of Advising, Dean of Students, Dean of Enrollment Management, Academic Standing Committee members, Faculty Advisor, Department Chairperson of student’s major, any faculty member or administrator to whom or to whose office, the student has addressed an educational request, application or inquiry for which the records are needed to prepare a reply, and honor society faculty advisors.

3. The records of a student will be disclosed without his/her written consent to those federal and state government agencies and officials provided by law.

4. The records of a student will be disclosed without his/her written consent to any agency to which the student has applied for or from which he/she has received financial aid, or which has made decisions concerning eligibility, amount, conditions, or enforcement of terms of such aid.

5. The records of a student will be disclosed without his/her written consent to certain educational agencies and institutions, as permitted by the law.

6. The University reserves the right to furnish to parent or guardians of financially dependent students any information relating to academic status.

7. The records of a student will be disclosed without his/her written consent to comply with a judicial order or subpoena.

8. The records of a student will be disclosed without his/her written consent in a health or safety emergency, as provided by the law.

We encourage you to participate in the electronic methods of communication available at Suffolk University Law School. However we recognize your right, under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 as amended, to “opt-out.”

Under FERPA, the following information is considered “directory information”: a student’s name, telephone number, address, e-mail address, photograph, date and place of birth, class year, enrollment status, program of study (including concentrations and joint degree programs), participation in campus activities, degrees and honors, dates of attendance, and the most recently attended educational agency or institution.

Suffolk University Law School publishes an annual paper directory which includes the following information about entering students: name, photograph, year/section, and undergraduate institution. This paper directory is distributed to all law school faculty, administration and staff.

Suffolk University Law School also maintains Campus Cruiser, which is a portal accessible through the internet by members of the Suffolk University Law School community. Campus Cruiser contains the following directory information about students: name, class year, day or evening program, joint degree program, area of concentration, area of interest, Summer Sweden enrollment and clubs. Only those students who are also members of the same departments will be able to view name, photograph, and @ccmail.suffolk.edu email addresses within that department.

Suffolk University Law School also maintains an Online Student Facebook which is contained within Campus Cruiser. The Online Student Facebook contains digital photographs of students, year/section and undergraduate institution. Only those students who have agreed, in writing, to adhere to the Online Student Facebook Terms of Use will be allowed access to this information. The Online Student Facebook Terms of Use allows students with access to print the Online Student Facebook information for their private use.

Suffolk University Law School also maintains Blackboard, which is a course learning management tool. When students post a message to a discussion board, their name and e-mail address will appear, unless they post anonymously. Students may also choose to include additional information (for example address or telephone number) and may make this contact information available to members of the class or those in the directory on the Blackboard system.

You have the right to “opt-out” from the release of this directory information. Specifically, you may opt-out of inclusion in the paper directory, having your picture viewable by other students within the Online Student Facebook , and/or having your name and directory information (as described above) available to other members of the same group within Campus Cruiser and Blackboard. If you choose to “opt-out,” your name and your association as a member in any of the above categories may not be viewed by other members of the same group. Please note that even if you “opt-out”, photos and directory information will always be available to law school faculty, administration and staff with legitimate educational interests as defined by FERPA.

Those wishing to withhold information and/or photos from the above paper and online directories, must submit a completed Student Directory Opt-Out Request to the Registrar’s Office no later than August 22, 2008. Please note that online information and/or photos may be removed at a later date only in extraordinary circumstances and with permission of the Dean of Students.

Opt-Out of Online Facebook

I request to withhold my name, photograph, year/section and undergraduate institution from the Online Student Facebook.

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Student Name (print)

Student ID #

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Street Address

City

State

ZIP

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Student Signature

Date

Opt-Out of Online Directory Information

I request to withhold my directory information, as described above, from the Campus Cruiser portal and the Blackboard Learning Management System.

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Student Name (print)

Student ID #

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Street Address

City

State

ZIP

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Student Signature

Date

Opt-Out of Paper Directory

I request to withhold my name, photograph, year/section and undergraduate institution from the paper directory.

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Student Name (print)

Student ID #

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Street Address

City

State

ZIP

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Student Signature

Date

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY ONLINE STUDENT FACEBOOK TERMS OF USE

The Suffolk University Law School Online Student Facebook (“Online Student Facebook”) includes, but is not limited to, information and photos contained in the Campus Cruiser system.

Suffolk University Law School students with secured passwords who have agreed to adhere to the following policies will have access to the Online Student Facebook.

    I agree to the above policies. I understand that a violation of any of the above policies will result in the termination of my access to the Online Student Facebook and will subject me to disciplinary action.

    Print Name:  _________________________________

    Student ID# _________________________________

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Student Signature

Date