Registration is only open to USD-eligible law students and will occur online through the MySanDiego portal. Only second- and third-year students are eligible to select classes via the class registration process. All first-year students will have both their Fall and Spring class schedules selected for them.
It is important that all second- and third-year students understand the registration process and timeline. Click below to view the registration schedule.
Registration Schedule for Rising 2L and 3L Students How to Register on BANNER
How to Register for Classes
Online Registration on BANNER XE
Below is a quick set of instructions to make the process of web registration easier using the BANNER student system.
Log into the MySanDiego portal with your normal USD username and password.
Hover over "Torero Hub" and select the Law Student page.
Scroll down to the Registration Tools area. Click New Add/Drop Registration and choose Register for Classes.
Please see the tutorial for BANNER XE Registration (PDF).
Please note
BANNER will prevent you from ever dropping your last class. If you wish to drop your last class it will have to be done in the Registrar's Office.
Course Registration Rules and Guidelines
- JD Students
- LLM Students
- LLM or JD in Taxation
Full-Time Division
- 16 credit maximum per semester, including non-law classes
Part-Time Division
- 11 credit maximum per semester
Summer Limits
- 14 credit maximum per semester
JD Degree Limitations for Students Who Entered Fall 2009 and Thereafter
- Non-Law Credits: No more than 6 total non-law credits earned over all combined semesters may count towards your degree.
- Supervised Independent Research Credits: No more than 2 Independent Supervised Research credits earned over all combined semesters may count toward your degree.
- Journal, Moot Court, and Independent Supervised Research Credits: No more than 6 total Journal, Moot Court, and Independent Supervised Research credits earned over all combined semesters may count toward your degree.
- Limits on Pass/Fail (PF/HPLF) credits:
- For students who entered Fall 2009 and Fall 2010, no more than 18 total pass/fail (PF/HPLF) credits (15 beyond the first year) earned over all combined semesters may count towards your degree.
- For students who entered Fall 2011 and Fall 2012, no more than 16 total pass/fail (PF/HPLF) credits (15 beyond the first year) earned over all combined semesters may count towards your degree.
- For students who entered Fall 2013, no more than 16 total pass/fail (PF/HPLF) credits (16 beyond the first year) earned over all combined semesters may count towards your degree.
- For students who entered Fall 2016, no more than 18 total pass/fail (PF/HPLF) credits (16 beyond the first year) earned over all combined semesters may count towards your degree.
Year-Long Courses
- Law Journal Comments
Having enrolled in the fall section will automatically enroll you in the spring section as well. You must complete both semesters in order to receive credit and you will be graded only at the conclusion of the spring semester.
Waitlist FAQs
When the maximum numbers of seats in a course are filled, the course becomes closed and students who then wish to add the course may add themselves to the waitlist. Your position on the waitlist depends completely upon when you added yourself to the list. The first person who signs up for the waitlist is the first person offered an opening.
Yes. The waitlist for law classes is set at approximately 25% of the course enrollment limit.
When a space becomes available in the course, an automatic notice instructing you to add the course will be sent to your USD email account (name@sandiego.edu). Please note that the waitlist process is suspended on holidays and Thursdays at 5 p.m., and resumes on Sundays at 5 p.m. The only exception is: The waitlist is not suspended the weekend before classes begin. However, students may still add a class during the suspension time if they have received an email notifying them they have 24 hours to add the class. It is your responsibility to add yourself to the course within 24 hours of the email notification. If you miss the notice and do not add yourself to the course, you will lose your place on the waitlist. You have 24 hours from the time of email notification to register for the section. If you do not register in that time period, you are dropped from the waitlist and the next person on the waitlist is offered the open seat.
No, please note that attending a class you are only waitlisted for could result in you taking a seat reserved for someone officially enrolled. Our classes have limited spaces. Also, please be aware that a professor cannot enroll students who are on the waitlist, add students to the waitlist, or increase the size of the waitlist.
In consideration of other students on the waitlist, please remove yourself from the waitlist once you are no longer interested in the course.
A more detailed explanation of the automated waitlist is available in the Waitlist Procedure for Students (pdf). If you have additional questions about the waitlist, you may contact the Office of the Law School Registrar.
Online Registration Support
If you are experiencing technical difficulty, please contact the ITS Help Desk via email at help@sandiego.edu, or by phone at (619) 260-7900. If you are experiencing issues with prerequisites or other non-technical registration matters, please contact the Office of the Law School Registrar via email at lawreg@sandiego.edu, or by phone at (619) 260-4526.