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Contacts

Address:
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law
303 Robson Hall, 224 Dysart Rd.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2

Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/
Phone: (204) 474-977
Fax: (204) 474-7580
E-mail: UM-LAW@cc.umanitoba.ca

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• Consideration is given to applicants who have encountered barriers to education, including disabilities
• These applicants apply under the Individual Category

Criteria

Course Requirements

• Applicants need to complete at least 2 years (60 credits) of university
• 80 % of admitted students have a degree

GPA

• When an applicant applies after his/her 2nd year of undergraduate studies, the entire academic record is considered in the GPA calculation
• After completing 3 years of an undergraduate degree, some of the applicants worst grades are dropped from the GPA calculation
• The U of M uses a 4.5 point scale with the corresponding grade point scale:

A+ = 4.50 = 90% - 100%
A = 4.00 = 80% - 89%
B+ = 3.50 = 75% - 79%
B = 3.00 = 70% - 74%
C+ = 2.50 = 65% - 69%
C = 2.00 = 60% - 64%
D = 1.00 = 50% - 59%
F = 0.00 = 50% or less

• Applicants who have completed 90 or more credit hours will have the total number of credit hours used in the calculation of the CGPA reduced according to the following:

90-101 credit hours completed = 18 of the worst credit hours dropped 101-113 credit hours completed = 24 of the worst credit hours dropped 114 or more credit hours completed = 30 of the worst credit hours dropped

LSAT

• The average score at The University of Manitoba for September 2007-08 was 160
• To be considered for an Early Offer, the LSAT must be written by the September/October sitting
• The Index Score Category will accept the December and February LSAT scores (in the year admission is sought).
• The December sitting is the last test accepted for Individual Consideration Category (in the year prior to admission being sought) applicants
• The LSAC number is not required by The University of Manitoba. A combination of the applicants DOB, SIN and full name will be used to retrieve his/her LSAT score(s) from LSAC
• If the LSAT is written more than once, the highest score will become the Operative LSAT
• The applicants LSAT score is valid for 5 years
• If you are writing the LAST again: please email jody_dewbury@umanitoba.ca at the Admissions Office and indicate your full name and the date(s) you are writing the test; this notification needs to be in writing

Supporting Documents

• Please visit http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/application/deadlines/law/ for more information

Deadlines

• Nov 1: application deadline
• Nov 30: Deadline to submit two (2) copies of current

transcript (applicable to all First Year Applicants)

• Dec 6: Final LSAT date accepted for Individual

Consideration Category

• Dec 15: Deadline for Reference letters, Personal Statement, and Résumé and Half-Time Questionnaire (if applicable) for Individual Consideration & Aboriginal Categories
• Please visit http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/media/law_first.pdf for more information

Tuition & Fees

• Applications must be accompanied by a cheque, money order, or credit card information for payment of $90CDN ($100CDN for visa students)
• The basic full time tuition and student services fees plus the fee for the University of Manitoba Student Union and the Manitoba Law Students’ Association fee are currently approximately $8,600
• In addition students may expect to spend approximately $2,000 per year for course materials, supplies and other course-related expenses
• Fees and costs for Half Time students is approximately $4,600
• Please visit http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/admissions/media/law_first.pdf for more information

Statistics

• There are approximately 800 – 1000 applications each year
• 101 full-time students are accepted each year into the Law program