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For more information, click [http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,207,358,327 here]
 
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==Tuition 2012-2013==
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==Tuition 2013-2014==
 
*First year tuition (Canadian student) - $11,223.68
 
*First year tuition (Canadian student) - $11,223.68
 
*First year tuition (International student) - $350.74 per credit
 
*First year tuition (International student) - $350.74 per credit

Revision as of 01:58, 7 November 2013

Law
Canadian universities

Alberta
UBC
Calgary
Dalhousie
Manitoba
McGill
Moncton
New Brunswick
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Victoria
UWO
Windsor
York

American universities

Chicago
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Georgetown
George Washington
Harvard
NYU
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Stanford

International universities


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
  • Joint programs are available. Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

  • Class size in 2013: 180 (10% out-of-province)

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.


GPA

  • Minimum: No minimum indicated
  • Average accepted GPA 2012/13: 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

LSAT

  • Recommended minimum of 160
  • 2012/13 average: 166
  • LSAT must have been written within 5 years of application deadline
  • Best LSAT score taken into calculation

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 about admission requirements, click here

Timeline 2013-14

  • Dec 1, 2013: Submit application form, application fee, and all supporting documents.
  • Dec 2013: Last possible LSAT test date for 2013 admissions
  • Jan-June 2014: Offers of admission are made

For more information, click here

Tuition 2013-2014

  • First year tuition (Canadian student) - $11,223.68
  • First year tuition (International student) - $350.74 per credit

For more information on tuition, click here
For information on admission scholarships, click here