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Contacts
Website: http://allard.ubc.ca/admissions
Phone: 604-822-3151
Admissions e-mail: admissions@allard.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 2018-19
- Dec. 1st: Submit application form, application fee
- Jan. 31st: Document Deadline
- February: Last possible LSAT test date
- April 30th: Transfer Application Deadline
- May 31st: Transfer Document Deadline
- For More Information About Transfers click here
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