Regardless, if this is a violation of a private institution's rules, the school doesn't have to actually do things the way the court system works... so you may not necessarily have the right to a hearing or an appeal, but definitely check your own school's policies. It's also hard to say exactly how it would affect law school admissions but an action like this could be seen as poor judgment and ethics.
@BichNga And presumably you are not his son, right? So on what grounds do you think you had the right to extend it and do you feel like that's defensible to the school?
@BichNga This isn't super positive but my honest thoughts are that you should never presume that a professor would definitely sign off on something and do it in place of them, even if it's the day before the deadline. You doing it is also quite different than his son doing it. Additionally, had he previously signed off on the exact same type of form? And even if he had, how can you be sure that he would've approved of it again this time? What if he would only extend the deadline for a student once, and it was a false assumption that you could get it extended on another occasion? (If he did indicate that he planned to sign it, maybe this would be a different scenario.)
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What do you mean "including his son"?
Regardless, if this is a violation of a private institution's rules, the school doesn't have to actually do things the way the court system works... so you may not necessarily have the right to a hearing or an appeal, but definitely check your own school's policies. It's also hard to say exactly how it would affect law school admissions but an action like this could be seen as poor judgment and ethics.
@BichNga And presumably you are not his son, right? So on what grounds do you think you had the right to extend it and do you feel like that's defensible to the school?
@BichNga This isn't super positive but my honest thoughts are that you should never presume that a professor would definitely sign off on something and do it in place of them, even if it's the day before the deadline. You doing it is also quite different than his son doing it. Additionally, had he previously signed off on the exact same type of form? And even if he had, how can you be sure that he would've approved of it again this time? What if he would only extend the deadline for a student once, and it was a false assumption that you could get it extended on another occasion? (If he did indicate that he planned to sign it, maybe this would be a different scenario.)