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Contacts

Website: http://www.law.uwo.ca/index.html
Phone: 519-661-3347
Admissions e-mail: lawapp@uwo.ca

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• A competitive candidate will have at least a 3 year undergraduate degree (although most of the admitted class has a 4 year degree).
• Aboriginal applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applications need to be submitted via The Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS).

Criteria

Required classes

• No required classes specified
• A full course load, and enrollment in honors programs may be beneficial

GPA

• Cut off GPA: B (75%, or a 3.0 GPA)
• A- average (GPA 3.7) for the last two full years of undergraduate study is recommended.

LSAT

• Cut-off LSAT score: 155
• LSAT score above 161 is recommended.
• Although the LSAT need not be written before applying, the February LSAT is the latest LSAT score accepted for admission in September of the same year.
• It is strongly recommended that applicants write the LSAT by December.

Check out this link for more information: http://www.lsac.org/

Supporting Documents

• Application Form.
• Personal statement.
• Two academic recommendation letters.

Deadlines

• The application is due November 1 when applying for entry for the following September.

Tuition

• Full time tuition & fees: $12,300
• Estimated additional expenses: $10,000
• Performance and need based entrance scholarships available for up to one half of the entering class

Check out this link for more information: http://www.law.uwo.ca/Prospective/faq.html

Statistics

• 2,300 applicants for admission to first-year in the 2008-09 academic year.
• 165 students registered in the first year class of 2008.