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*For special students: statement and relevant documents identifying and supporting the nature of your disadvantage or interruption of studies | *For special students: statement and relevant documents identifying and supporting the nature of your disadvantage or interruption of studies | ||
*Letters of reference are not required for regular applicants | *Letters of reference are not required for regular applicants | ||
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Contacts
College of Law
University of Saskatchewan
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7N 5A6
Website: http://www.usask.ca/law/
Phone: (306) 966-5869
Fax: (306) 966 - 5900
Admissions e-mail: law_admissions@usask.ca
Admission Requirements
General Notes
- Special consideration is given to applicants whose educational opportunities have been hindered by circumstances such as cultural or economic disadvantage.
Criteria
Course Requirements
- To be eligible for admission to the first year program of the College of Law, an applicant must have a university degree from a recognized institution
GPA
- Successful applicants usually have a grade point average of 3.4 or better on a 4 point scale (approximately a B+ average or 80% average) in pre-law studies
- GPA is calculated two ways: GPA for best 2 years & overall GPA.
- A minimum of 24 credit units in the fall and winter terms per year is required in order to calculate the GPA for your best 2 years.
- Summer session and intersession classes are not counted in the calculation of the GPA for the best 2 years, but are counted towards the overall GPA.
LSAT
- Average LSAT score of a successful applicant is 159 or more.
- The February sitting of the LSAT is the last date for admission in September
- It is strongly recommended that applicants write the test earlier than Feb.
- Applicants can take the LSAT up to 3 times in any 2 year period.
- For applicants with multiple LSAT scores, the highest valid score will be used.
Supporting Documents
- Application form
- Personal statement
- Official transcripts from ALL universities attended.
- For special students: statement and relevant documents identifying and supporting the nature of your disadvantage or interruption of studies
- Letters of reference are not required for regular applicants
- non-refundable $75 application fee
Deadlines
- The application form and all other required documentation is due on February 1st of the admission year.
Tuition
- Tuition for September 2006 has been set at $6840.00.
- Mandatory student fees are $453.89, giving a total of $7293.89
- The cost of books is estimated at $1000.00
- All first year applicants are automatically considered for most entrance scholarships upon acceptance.
- Other scholarships require an application from individual students.
Statistics
- The College of Law receives between 600 and 1010 applications for 115 seats in the first year class.
- There were 900 applications for the September 2006 class.
- Acceptance rate for 2006: 13.7%
- In the class of September 2006, the average GPA for applicants in the Regular category was 3.56.
