O.k guys, i need some serious legal advice regarding my University?

Let's start from the beginning. I'm a 20 year old guy living in Dubai. I was enrolled at the American University of Sharjah here, since 2006, and as it turned due to some problems, i could not achieve a certain GPA and was placed under acdemic probation. At this University, they have prob 1 and prob 2. If you fail to get out of prob 2 they dismiss you. So they made me sign this contract when i got into prob 2, which said clearly at the bottom, ';if you fail to achieve a GPA of 2.0, you will be unable to continue in the School of Business, at the American University of Sharjah';. I failed to achieve that GPA, and they sent me this letter stating that I will be unable to re-enroll at the American University of Sharjah, no matter what school i apply to. Can i still fight for my cause using the contract as a tool against them, and the reasons for my underachievement are problems that were unavoidable by me.O.k guys, i need some serious legal advice regarding my University?
I normally respond to questions asking for legal advice by suggesting some ways to contact a lawyer, since I have not yet taken the bar exam and cannot yet give legal advice. This is a tough one though. I'm not sure which law would govern the contract. It will probably say somewhere in the contract what law governs it (often local law, or US federal law, or frequently it is the law of the state of New York). You should contact a lawyer with expertise in the correct jurisdiction. Contract law is pretty basic, but there will be some interesting twists due to the fact that it is at a university and in a foreign country, but the school is american and you are of whatever nationality you are. You may want to try the American embassy. If you are not American, you may also want to try your embassy. You may want to try the State Bar Association in whatever state governs the contract, or you can try the American Bar Association. They might provide basic legal advice, but they can certainly direct you to a lawyer who can. I don't know much about the legal system in the UAE, so I don't know if there is any help for you there or if so, how to contact it. Your embassy will probably know about that though.


Good luck.





Edit: Rada's advice often works in the US. I don't know to what extent you can negotiate in Dubai or how it will effect your residential status if you aren't enrolled. Negotiation is usually a good idea, but I can't comment on how it will effect your legal status, only a lawyer with knowledge of the situation and the relevant law can do that.





Edit: Haz, basic contract law says that a contract is an enforceable promise. That is not just any old statement with a signature on it. There usually has to be something given up in return, but not always. It gets very complicated and depends on what jurisdiction's law governs. That's why nobody here can give you an answer, there are a lot of considerations on top of the basics and that requires a lawyer. Any lawyer could get in trouble with the bar association for trying to give you legal advice based just on this in Yahoo Answers because it cannot be done reliably. I'm sorry nobody here has been able to be more helpful. Good luck.O.k guys, i need some serious legal advice regarding my University?
You can apply but I wouldn't expect to be accepted. Even if the school concluded that the agreement didn't apply, your poor performane would exclude you at their discretion.
Contract law gives little ';wiggle'; room regarding GPA. what you need to do is go to a local college and only take a 1-2 classes that you feel you can do well and try and increase your GPA. Then re-apply.