Difference between revisions of "University of Victoria Law"

Revision as of 15:04, 20 July 2008

Contacts

• Website: http://www.law.uvic.ca/NEW-Law-site/contact-us.php
• Phone: 250-721-8151
  
• Email: lawadmss@uvic.ca

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• 3 categories of applicants: Regular, Special Access and Aboriginal
• Admission will be based on both Academic Record and LSAT score
• Extracurricular activities, community involvement, work experience and personal characteristics are considered when an applicant is on the borderline of being competitive for admission academically
• Applications can be made online at http://www.law.uvic.ca/NEW-Law-site/apply.php
• For more information, please consult: http://www.law.uvic.ca/NEW-Law-site/regular.php

Criteria

Required Classes

• For Regular category, all applicants must have completed at least 3 years of university in any degree in satisfactory standing

GPA

• If the applicant has more than three full years of academic courses, some of the worst grades are discarded
• In a four year degree, either three full year courses or six term courses, or a combination of the two, will be eliminated from the GPA calculation (to give 3 years of total credit)
• Both old and new grades for courses that have been retaken will be used
• GPAs of graduate courses and transferred courses are taken into account

LSAT

• Only the best LSAT score is considered
• LSAT accounts for 30% of the admissions weighting vs 70% for GPA
• Score can be from up to 5 years ago

Supporting Documents

• Transcripts from all attended post-secondary institutions
• Letters of reference are NOT required, nor are they viewed by the admissions committee
• Names of referees must provided to be contacted concerning extra-curricular activities

For more information: http://www.law.uvic.ca/Admissions/about_admissions.php

Deadlines

• Application deadline for first year applicants was February 1st (for 2008)
• Transcripts and supporting documents, although not restricted to this deadline, should arrive shortly thereafter
• It is recommended that applications be sent in during the fall, as students have been known to be admitted starting from November

For more information: http://www.law.uvic.ca/Admissions/important_dates.php

Tuition

• The tuition rates for the 2008/2009 academic year
• Domestic: $8017.20 tuition plus $1007 in activity fees
• International: $21,321.20 tuition plus activity fees
• Also expect Co-Op, student society, application fees and course material

Check out http://www.finance.uvic.ca/tuition/fees.shtml for a breakdown of fees

Statistics

• In 2007/2008, 109 students out of over 1000 applicants were admitted: 84 regular students, 15 special access, and 10 aboriginal
• Average GPA is 3.84 (3.85 last year)
• Median GPA is 3.85 (3.83 last year)
• Average LSAT is 163 - 92 percentile (89 last year)
• Median LSAT is 163 - 90 percentile (90 last year)