A pregnant law school student asked to move her exams away from near her due date and was denied until her friends stepped in | National & World [Video]

(CNN) — Brittany Lovely is expecting her first child in early December. Her final exams at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, are scheduled around the same time.

So she was surprised when she asked the school if she could take the exams at another time and was denied.

“I really wasn’t trying to get anything crazy to happen,” Lovely said. “I asked if I could take the exam early.”

The law center’s fall exam schedule runs from December 6-13, with a window of December 16-18 listed as possible deferral exam dates. The deferral dates are used in various instances, such as if a student falls ill, a death in the family or if a student gives birth to a child during or immediately before the exam period, the university’s website states.

Lovely said her pregnancy due date is December 2, and her in-person exam is scheduled for December 13.

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