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For more information, click [http://www.law.ubc.ca/prospective/jd/faq.html#4 here] | For more information, click [http://www.law.ubc.ca/prospective/jd/faq.html#4 here] | ||
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*Dec 1, 2012: Submit application form, application fee, and all supporting documents. | *Dec 1, 2012: Submit application form, application fee, and all supporting documents. | ||
*Dec 2012: Last possible LSAT test date for 2013 admissions | *Dec 2012: Last possible LSAT test date for 2013 admissions | ||
*Jan-June 2013: Offers of admission are made | *Jan-June 2013: Offers of admission are made | ||
| − | *June 1: Deadline to submit first-year law school transcripts, if necessary | + | *June 1, 2013: Deadline to submit first-year law school transcripts, if necessary |
For more information, click [http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,207,358,327 here] | For more information, click [http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,207,358,327 here] | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 5 November 2012
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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.
For more information, click here
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
For more information, click here
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
For more information, click here
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
For more information, click here
Timeline 2012-13
- Dec 1, 2012: Submit application form, application fee, and all supporting documents.
- Dec 2012: Last possible LSAT test date for 2013 admissions
- Jan-June 2013: Offers of admission are made
- June 1, 2013: Deadline to submit first-year law school transcripts, if necessary
For more information, click here
Tuition 2012-2013
- First year tuition (Canadian student) - $11,003.52
- First year tuition (International student) - $732.33 per credit
For more information on tuition, click here
For information on admission scholarships, click here
