Panel: Managing Law School Grading Under Pressure—Policy, Curves, and Oversight

Institutions are under increasing pressure to finalize grades quickly while maintaining policy compliance and minimizing risk. Panelists will discuss operational challenges, policy enforcement, and tools that support grading outcomes and reporting. How to engage faculty and stakeholders that may not be motivated or fully aligned with the department's goals.

The panel will explore how registrar-led grading initiatives can reduce manual processes, improve turnaround time, and ensure grading curve compliance while eliminating bias.

Committee Group: Group X: Corporate Partners

First Learning Outcome: Identify operational and stakeholder challenges that delay grade finalization and increase institutional risk 

Second Learning Outcome: Apply strategies for enforcing grading policy, curve compliance, bias mitigation, and stakeholder alignment across the grade review process

Third Learning Outcome: Evaluate operational approaches and tools that support registrar-led grading initiatives and improve grading outcomes

Core Competency: Problem Solving

Proficiency: Records & Academic Services Proficiencies

Presenter(s): 

Ary Isenberg AppointLink, Inc.

Tony Forsythe AppointLink, Inc.

Sarah Sweetman Denver Sturm College of Law

Pontus Niklasson University of Washington School of Law

Kim Sneed George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Theresa Hallet St. John’s University School of law