Our Student
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Cal Northern School of Law strives to keep its students informed. Explore our student resources and keep updated on the latest textbooks, policies, and schedules available. Located in Chico, CA, Cal Northern School of Law is the only law school between Sacramento and the Oregon border. Contact us today to learn more information!

Employment Assistance

Although Cal Northern School of Law does not provide employment placement services, students often find employment through less formal means. Job announcements received by Cal Northern School of Law are posted on the law school’s bulletin boards and faculty and staff members provide an informal referral network. Students sometimes learn of job openings through the law school’s Legal Internship program and as a result of student membership in the local bar associations.

Special Accommodations

Students with a disability have a right to reasonable accommodation in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Accommodation requests should be submitted to the Administrative Office in accordance with the school’s policy for accommodation of disabled students.

Student Store

SBA operates an on-site and online store with school supplies and Cal Northern merchandise. SBA also hosts a Used Book Forum where students can buy used textbooks directly from other Cal Northern students.

Deferred Payment Program

The Law School provides students an opportunity to pay for their legal education over the course of an entire semester or session through the Deferred Payment Program. Further information about the no interest, deferred tuition installment plans are found in each semester’s registration materials.

Academic Counseling

Faculty members are available for academic counseling before class from 6:00pm to 6:30pm, after class at 9:30pm or at another mutually-convenient time, by appointment to discuss with students course topics, examinations and grades. Students are encouraged to review their examination papers and to confer with their professors regarding their exam performance as soon as possible after exams.

Tutoring Program

Cal Northern School of Law seeks to provide services to students including the implementation of a Tutoring Program to best serve students’ academic needs by carefully developing individualized curriculum designed to meet students’ expectations for successful completion of law school. The Director of Academic Support in conjunction with Administration has assessed the need for a tutoring program. The needs assessment focused on students who are most in need of tutoring and has identified a target group of students at greatest risk. The assessment results have been used to design a program that builds on students’ skills and interests and provides activities of direct benefit to students.

Students in academic difficulty are required to attend up to three hours of tutoring as a condition of enrollment. The Academic Standards Committee may consider a student’s level of participation in the Tutoring Program in deciding upon petitions for readmission.

The Mary G. Carrion Law Library

The law library is an integral part of Cal Northern School of Law and serves the needs of students, faculty and staff. The library collection includes the materials required by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California, such as federal and California cases and statutes, encyclopedias, digests, periodicals and other legal reference materials. Through LexisNexis students have unlimited online access to legal research.

Computer Center

The library includes a computer center with three workstations where students may access online legal research databases, selected law-related domains, the Internet and word processing software as well as a printer.

Study & Student Lounge

Cal Northern School of Law encourages student interaction for learning purposes. The Socratic method of instruction, generally used in teaching law, allows for student questioning and dialogue. Students are encouraged to form study groups for continued study, discussion and preparation outside the structured classroom program. Quiet space for individual and group study is available during the day and on weekends when the library is open. A student lounge is provided with a microwave oven and vending machines containing a variety of snacks and beverages.

Barbri Study Materials / Bar Support

Cal Northern School of Law contracts with BARBRI, a commercial bar review provider, to provide law study materials to its students. Access to BARBRI study materials, including study outlines and online resources are provided to each student in the first semester of enrollment.

Student I.D. Cards

Each student is issued an ID card within the Fall semester of their first year. The card will be good throughout the student’s attendance at Cal Northern and entitles the student to discounts on study aids and workshops offered by the Student Bar Association.

Consumer Information Disclosures

College Navigator

US Department of Education FERPA Guide

Voter Registration

Student Records / Privacy Act

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, protects students from having their records released to persons or institutions without the written consent of the student. Exceptions are Cal Northern personnel, officials of other institutions in which the student seeks to enroll, accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation functions, organizations providing the student’s financial aid, and persons in compliance with a judicial order. Exceptions also may be made for persons in an emergency in order to protect the health or safety of a student. Certain “directory” information may be released to third parties, such as name, city, and enrollment status. A student may restrict or prevent access to this information by requesting in writing that the Registrar not release this information. Cal Northern School of Law is committed to maintaining student confidentiality.

RETENTION OF STUDENT RECORDS

Pursuant to Cal Northern’s Recordkeeping Policy and Procedure active student files are maintained in fire-proof locking filing cabinets in the Administration office.   Hard copy records of Cal Northern’s past students are maintained in the on-site storage room.  Hard copy and electronic records are maintained for all student files from 1983-2009.  The law school is currently in the process of scanning student files from 2012-2016.  With the implementation of the electronic data management system Populi in 2016, all student files as of Fall 2017 are maintained electronically through the law school’s data management system as well as hard copy on-site.  If the original records are lost, stolen, destroyed or corrupted, duplicate records shall be created from records maintained on either the law school’s server, off-site backup or Populi.    Student transcripts and degree or certificate granted are maintained indefinitely and all other records are maintained for 5 years.

Alumni Association

Every graduate is eligible to become a member of the Alumni Association. The Alumni Association hosts social events throughout the year, publishes an Alumni Directory, and awards an annual Alumni Scholarship to a graduating student each Spring.

Textbooks

Current textbook lists will be available upon receipt of the Fall, Spring and Summer Student Bulletins. Students are advised to wait to purchase texts until receipt of the bulletin in order to purchase the current edition.

 First Year Textbooks

Fall Semesters 2026

Summer Semester 2026 (2027 TBD)

Second Year Textbooks

Fall Semester 2026

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Summer Semester 2026

Third Year Textbooks

Fall Semester

Summer Semester 2026

Fourth Year Textbooks

Fall/Spring Semesters 2025-2026 

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