University of British Columbia Law
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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 2008: 3.8 (4.33 scale), or 82%
- Calculation method:
- GPA will be calculated by eliminating one full-course grade per full year of study.
- If applying after three years of full-time study, the 3 lowest semester grades will be removed.
- If applying after completion of four years of full-time study, the 4 lowest semester grades will be removed
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LSAT
- Average Accepted LSAT score: 164
- 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 personal statement
- No letters of reference are required
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Timeline
- February 1st: Submit Application forms along with Personal Statement, interim Transcripts and Application fee.
- June 30th: Submit final transcripts
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Tuition 2009-2010
- First year tuition (Canadian student) - $9937.00
- First year tuition (Visa student) - $ 644.47 per credit *35 = 22556.45
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