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Contacts

Website: http://www.law.ubc.ca/admissions/index.html
Phone: 604-822-6303
Admissions e-mail: admissions@law.ubc.ca

Program Information

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

• 3 years in length
• admits approximately 180 students

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study in Canada (any discipline, but most students have BA)
• Required Courses
  • None
  • Minimum 90 credits of a full time degree.

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GPA

• Minimum: No minimum indicated
• Average accepted GPA 2011/12: 3.8 (4.33 scale), or 83%
• Calculation method:
  • GPA will be calculated by eliminating 12 of your worst credits from a four-year degree.
  • Exclude 6 of your worst credits if applying after three years of full-time study.
  • If applying after completion of four years of full-time study, the 4 lowest semester grades will be removed

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LSAT

• Recommended minimum of 160
• 2011/12 average: 166
• LSAT must have been written within 5 years of application deadline
• Best LSAT score taken into calculation

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Supporting Documents

• a completed application form, preferably submitted on-line
• application fee of $80
• official transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended
• an LSAT score
• a 750 word personal statement
• No letters of reference are required

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Timeline

• December 1: Submit application form, application fee, and all supporting documents.
• December 2012 LSAT is last possible test for 2013 admissions
• First-year law school transcripts can be submitted by June 1 if necessary

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Tuition 2012-2013

• First year tuition (Canadian student) - $11,003.52
• First year tuition (International student) - $732.33 per credit

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