The Order of the Coif is an honorary group selected from those graduating law students with the highest grade points.

Election to The Order of the Coif is based upon a student's final grade point average at graduation, with no more than 10% of the graduating class being elected. However, the Coif Constitution requires that students must have at least 75% of their work in graded courses to be eligible. Our Chapter has interpreted this to mean that a student must have at least 68 graded credits. (68 is 75% of 90 credits.) Any student who earns more than 90 credits still needs only 68 graded credits.

For the purpose of Coif eligibility, a “graded credit” is one for which a letter grade has been earned. For a full explanation of the eligibility for Order of the Coif, see Appendix D of the Law School Rules. 

Submitted by Amy Arntsen on September 13, 2016

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