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Contacts

Address: Faculty of Law
Student Affairs and Admissions
Murray Fraser Hall, University of Calgary
2500 University Dr.
NW Calgary, AB
CANADA T2N 1N4

Website: http://www.law.ucalgary.ca
Phone: (403) 220-6645
Admissions e-mail: law@ucalgary.ca

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• 100 applicants are selected each year
  

Criteria

Required classes

• Require 10 full year undergraduate classes or 20 half course equivalents
• Must be completed before Dec. 31st in the year of application
• Although an undergraduate degree is not required, very few applicants without one are admitted

GPA

• Average GPA of admitted applicants is 3.5
• Most successful applicants have a GPA of at least 3.2
• GPA is calculated based on your last 20 half courses or 60 credit equivalents.
• Grades from graduate course work are not included in the GPA calculation.

LSAT

• Last acceptable writing date is in September
• Scores within the last 5 years are considered
• Most successful applicants have are rank in at least the 60th percentile.
• Average score of admitted applicants is 157

Supporting Documents

• Three letters of reference, two of which from academic sources
• Require a statement of interest between 500 and 1000 words explaining your interest in law and the University of Calgary.
• application form along with a non-refundable $100 application fee

For more information regarding admission requirements, please click here.

Deadlines

• All files are due November 1st, 2008
• Documents may arrive after that date but no later than February 1st.

Tuition

• LLB tuition fees for 2007/8 was approx. $11,000

- Tuition (including fees) is $6106.89 per semester.

• Cost of Books per year was $1,800

Statistics

• Profile of the accepted applicants in 2006:
• No. of applicants: 875
• Number accepted: 100
• Average GPA of last 20 half credits: 3.55
• Average LSAT score: within 70th percentile
• Average age of entering classes: 26 years old