Above the Law, Penn Law Professor Too Lazy To Come Up With New Multiple Choice Questions Causes Exam SNAFU:

[I]f you do your job with minimal diligence, you won’t end up like Penn Law professor William Wilson Bratton … The exam issue erupted at Penn Law over winter break. We’ll let Professor Bratton explain what happened with his own Corporations exam, from an email he sent to his students back in December:

Last Monday’s Corporations examination utilized a set of multiple choice questions that I had used previously at Georgetown. I reused the questions in reliance on an understanding I had with the authorities there pursuant to which multiple choice questions from my exams would no longer be posted absent my express permission. It now turns out that, unbeknownst to me, the questions were posted on the Georgetown Law website. …

I have discussed the matter with Deans Fitts and Clinton. We have agreed on the following protocol:

A) The results of Monday’s test will be graded based only on the essay question. Each of you will receive an email in the middle the next week that reports this grade to you.

B) Once you receive this report of your grade, you will have three choices as to how to proceed: 1) Accept that grade as your grade in the course; 2) Take the grade of Pass for the course; or 3) Take a retest to be administered on Friday afternoon, January 14, 2011.

C) If you choose to take the retest, your grade for the course will be the higher of your grade on the retest and your grade on the original test. …

The protocol does not get us back to Square One, because that just cannot be done. But I hope you find it a reasonable and fair way to proceed under the circumstances.