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CANADA

1. McGill University, Faculty of Law
2. Queen’s University, Faculty of Law
3. University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
4. University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
5. University of Calgary, Faculty of Law
6. Universite de Moncton, Faculty of Law
7. University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law
8. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law–Civil Law Section
9. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law–Common Law Section
10. University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
11. Universite de sciences politique et de droit
12. University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
13. University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
14. University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
15. University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
16. York University, Osgoode Hall Law School

University of British Columbia did not respond to our emails so we do not have enough information about these law schools.

Queen’s University, University of New Brunswick and University of Western Ontario did not respond to our emails so some answers are not complete.

1. McGill University, Faculty of Law
3644 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9 Canada
Phone: (514) 398 6603; Fax: (514) 398 4659;
Email: rene.provost@mcgill.ca

• Awarded degrees are B.C.L. and LL.B.
• Usual period of study is 3 or 4 years.
• The University has clinical program.
• The requirement for admission is undergraduate degree.
• The number of admitted students is 150-160 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 150-160 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 40
• The number of part-time faculty – 15, and approximately 50 lectures.
• The University has separate law library with approximately 250.000 volumes.
• The library provides 100 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

One year at Bar School. There is a series of exams (8or 9) during the year at Bar School that covers all fields of law, and six months of articling.

2. Queen’s University, faculty of Law
Macdonald Hall, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Phone: 613 533 2220; Fax: 613 533 6611; Email: llb@qsilver.queensu.ca

• Awarded degrees are: LL.B. – 3 years; M.I.R./LL.B.; M.P.A./LL.B.; LL.M. – 4 years;
• The University has a clinical program.
• The admission requirements are: Educational Achievement Category, LSAT 71% percentile (156/180) and B+ average in last two years. Higher standards for M.P.A. /LL.B. and M.I.R./LL.B. LSAT > 78% percentile (158/180) B+ average 4 years’ undergraduate honours degree.
• The number of admitted students is 160 each year.
• The number of graduate students is approx. 150 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 27
• The number of part-time faculty – 45
• The University has a separate law library with 160.000 volumes.
• The library provides 51 computer terminals for students and computer lab 24

Process from Law School to practice:

Students wishing to pursue a traditional career as a lawyer must complete an LL.B. degree and then satisfy the requirements established by the Law Society of the jurisdiction in which they wish to practice. In each province and territory the requirements include the completion of a Bar Admission course (lectures, seminars and examinations) and a period of articling (working under the supervision of a practicing lawyer)

3. University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
Edmonton AB, T6G 2H5 Canada
Phone: (780) 492 3062; Fax: (780) 492 4924 Email:dmirth@ualberta.ca

• Awarded degree is LL.B. and usual period of study is 3 years.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The admission requirements are GPA and LSAT.
• The number of admitted students is 175 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 160 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees for students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 30
• The number of part-time faculty – 50-60
• The University has a separate law library with 390.000 volumes.
• The library provides 32 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Law students do an additional year working in a law firm (articling year), after which they write a Bar exam which licenses them to the provincial Bar.

4. University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
1822 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Canada
Phone: 604 822 3151; Fax: 604 822 8108

5. University of Calgary, Faculty of Law
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada
Phone: (403) 220 7115; Fax: (403) 282 8325; Email: law@ucalgary.ca

• Awarded degree is LL.B. and the usual period of study is 3 years.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The requirement for admission is successful completion of 10 full courses or 20 half courses equivalents in a program of studies leading to a degree at a university in Alberta, or its equivalent. The 10 full courses refer to 10 full year courses (which would be the same as 20 half year course). A full year would be the same as 2-14 week semesters, or 60 credits.
• The number of admitted students is 70 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 67 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty - 18
• The number of part-time faculty – 21
• The University has a separate law library with over 170.000 volumes.
• The library provides 20 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Admission to the Bar of Alberta generally requires two years or the equivalent of two years of a full program of studies leading to a degree at a University in Alberta or an acceptable equivalent, a law degree from a University in Alberta or its equivalent, one year in articles in the province and successful completion of the Bar exam.

6. Universite de Moncton, Faculty of Law
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Phone: 506 858 4564; Fax: 506 858 4534; Email: edr@umoncton.ca

• Awarded degrees are: LL.B. – 3 years; LL.M. – 2 years; LL.B/MBA – 4 years; LL.B/MAP – 4 years; LL.B/MEE – 4 years; LL.L/LL.B – 1 year and DECL – 1 year
• The University does not have a clinical program.
• The admission requirements are: any first bachelor’s degree (university degree) with GPA of 2.8 on 4.3 (method of GPA calculation for admission: last three years of study) and proficiency in French)
• The number of admitted student is 50 each year.
• The number of graduate student is 40 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 12
• The number of part-time faculty – 4
• The University has a separate law library with 150.000 volumes.
• The library provides 8 computer terminals.

Process from Law School to practice:

In order to become a fully licensed member of the Bar, the law school graduate has to successfully pass the New Brunswick Bar Admission Course involving four separate 2-week sessions spread over the 12 months articleship.

7. University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law
PO Box. 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3 Canada
Phone: 506 453 4669; Fax: 506 453 4548; Email: maureen@unb.ca

• Awarded degrees are LL.B. – 3 years and LL.B/MBA
• The University does not have a clinical program.
• The number of admitted students is 80 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 75 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 20
• The University has a separate law library with 135.000 volumes.
• The library provides 10 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Upon completion of a Law degree, provincial law societies require students to complete a period of articles and a Bar admission course.

8.University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
57 Louis Pasteur, Fauteux Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada
Phone: (613) 562 5902; Fax: (613) 562 5121 Email: Imperret@uottawa.ca

• Awarded degrees are LL.L; LL.L/LL.B; LL.M. and LL.D. Usual period of study is 3 years for the LL.L. and 4 years for the LL.L. /LL.B.
• The University does not have a clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are: Students from Quebec: Diploma of Collegial Studies (D.E.C.); Students from Ontario: College Diploma of 3 full years in the same program and 30 credits of University studies.
• The number of admitted students is around 350 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 120 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full time faculty – 28
• The number of part-time faculty – 52
• The University has a separate law library with approximately 161.647 volumes.
• The library provides 65 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

After obtaining the LL.L degree, the student is required to do one more year of courses organized by the Quebec Bar and a six month articling period, either for a Law firm or for a lawyer in private practice in the Province of Quebec. There is possibility to do the 6 months articling period for a judge or a law firm outside of the country, as long as the supervisor of the student is a member of the Quebec Bar.

9. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
57 Louis Pasteur, Fauteux Hall
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
Phone: (613) 562 5794; Fax: (613) 562 5124 Email: bfeldthu@uottawa.ca

• Awarded degrees are LL.B; LL.B/LL.L; LL.M; LL.D; in both English and Frensh; LL.B./MBA. - with Carleton University LL.B./J.D. – with Michigan State university, Detroit College of Law; Usual period of study is 3 years for LL.B. and 4 years for LL.B./LL.M.
• The University does not have clinical experience but many practicum courses are offered.
• The admission requirements for regular LL.B. are 2 years of university studies, preference given to students who have 3 years or more. LSAT required for English Program applicants but not required for French program applicants. Two letters of reference and a personal statement.
• The number of admitted students is 240-260 each year.
• The number of graduate students is around 240 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty - 36
• The number of half-time faculty – 70-80
• The University has a separate law library with approximately 161.647 volumes.
• The library provides 65 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

For the province Ontario, following completion of a three year LL.B., the Law Society of Upper Canada requires that all candidates to the Bar complete a three-phase program: part I – 8 wks of training courses and exams; part III – 10 wks of further training mostly procedural and fundamentals plus exams and part II – consisting of 10 months of articles.

10. University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
15 Campus Drive, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan S7N 5A6 Canada
Phone: (306) 966 5869; Fax: (306) 966 5900 Email: lawadmissions@usask.ca

• Awarded degrees are LL.B – 3 years and LL.M – 2 years
• The University does not have a clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are 2 years undergraduate work (in practice nearly all students have degree), and acceptable LSAT score. An average LSAT of a 156 with an average grade point average of approximately 78%. (September 2002)
• The number of admitted students is 108 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 95-100 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 18
• The number of part-time faculty – 15
• The University has a separate law library.
• The library provides 6-computer lab with 15 computer terminals for students

Process from Law school to practice:

The Law Society of Saskatchewan requires from students to attend the Bar Admission Course and write the Bar examinations before one can be admitted as a lawyer in Saskatchewan.

The course is approximately eight weeks of in-class training and is divided into two segments. The first segment is primarily legal skills training. This segment is taken toward the beginning of articles and introduces you to legal skills, which you may use and improve upon during your articles. The second segment takes place toward the end of articles when you will have some experience which you can relate to the substantive and procedural instruction that you will receive.

11. Faculte de science politique et de droit,
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Case postale 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8
Phone: (514) 987 4133; Fax: (514) 987 4784
Email: sciences.juridiques@uqam.ca

• Awarded degree is LL.B. and usual period of study is 3 years.
• The University has clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are collegial degree or university degree or professional experience. The professional experience is not required in every case. It is about a base of different admittance. A number very limited of places is kept for this category of demands. The applicant should then give evidence that the experience, which he acquired, is relevant (ex. Agent of grievances), to submit itself subsequently to an aptitude test and an interview. This category is reserved for the applicants of more than 21 years and which proves a relevant experience of more than 2 years.
• The number of admitted students is 170 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 100 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 30
• They have separate law library with 72.229 volumes.
• The library provides 18 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

1. Success at exams (six) of the Bar.
2. Training of duration of six months.

The exams precede the training. The training can be made in lawyers’ office or with judge.

12. University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
84 Queen’s park,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5 Canada
Phone: (416) 978 3725; Fax: (416) 978 7899 Email: law.admissions@utoronto.ca

• Awarded degrees are J.D, LL.M. and SJ.D. The usual period of study is 3 years for J.D.
• The University has clinical program.
• The requirement for admission is 3 years undergraduate education.
• The number of admitted students is 170 each year.
• The number of graduate students is around 170 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full time faculty – 57
• The University has a separate law library with approximately 250.400 volumes.
• The library provides 57 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Admission to the practice of law in Ontario requires successful completion of the Ontario Bar Admission Course, “good character” pursuant to section 27(2) of the Law Society Act, payment of prescribed fees, taking of prescribed oaths or affirmations, and

Canadian citizenship or permanent residency in Canada.

A pre-requisite foe enrolment in the Ontario Bar Admission Course is the successful completion of an LL.B. or J.D. program accredited by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

The new model and format of the Bar Admission Course (implemented

In May 2001) consist of three phases:

• an eight week Skills Phase
• a ten-month Articling Phase
• a ten-week Substantive/Procedural Phase

13. University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
P.O. Box 2400 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3H7 Canada
Phone: (250) 721 8151; Fax: (250) 721 6390
Email: stas@uvic.ca

• Awarded degree is LL.B. and the usual period of study is 3 years.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are at least 3 years towards a Bachelor’s degree at an accredited university and the LSAT.
• The number of admitted students is 105 each year.
• The number of graduate students is around 100 each year.
• The University charges tuition fee to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 31
• The number of part time faculty –20
• The University has a separate law library with 170.000 volumes.
• The library provides 34 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Must complete one year of articles in the province in which they wish to practice law. At the end of the year they must take a Professional Legal Training Course (PLTC) put on by the Bar Association. If they pass their exams at the end of the six-week course they are called to the Bar.

14. University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
London on Canada N6A 3K7, Canada
Phone: 519 661 3346; Fax: 519 850 2412; Email: lawweb@uwo.ca

• Awarded degree is LL.B. – 3 years.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The admission requirement is 75% Aug. – LSAT 153 (50th percentile)
• The number of admitted students is 170 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 160 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 32
• The number of part-time faculty – 40
• The University has a separate law library with 180.000 volumes.
• The library provides 60 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

1. Take 4 month Bar Admission Course
2. Article for 10 months.

15. University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 Canada
Phone: 519 253 3000, ext.2925; Fax: 519 973 7064 Email: uwlaw@uwindsor.ca

• Awarded degrees are LL.B; J.D/LL.B; MBA/LL.B.
• The usual period of study is 3 years for LL.B. and J.D/LL.B, and 4 years for MBA/LL.B.
• The University has a clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are University Program, Work Experience, Community Involvement, Personal Accomplishments, Career Objectives, Personal Consideration and the Law School Admission test score. University program refers to the undergraduate or graduate program (applicants must have a minimum of 2 tears of undergraduate if coming directly from university). All seven objectives are extremely important as they are looking at the whole person.
• The number of admitted students is 150 each year.
• The number of graduate students is around 140 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faulty - 28
• The number of part-time faculty – 36
• The University has a separate law library with 177.147 volumes.
• The library provides 44 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Step 1 – successful completion of Bar Admission course including: 8 weeks Skill Phase, 10 months Articling Phase and 10 weeks Substantive/Procedure Phase within 10 years of graduation (do not have to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident to be admitted to the Bar Admission Course)

Step 2 – Pay all Law Society of Upper Canada fees;

Step 3 – Fill out all necessary documentation;

Step 4 – Be of good character according to Section 27(2) of the Law Society Act; (must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident to be admitted to full membership in the Law Society of Upper Canada)

16. York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Phone: 416 736 5887; Fax: 416 736 5618; Email: galexandris@osgoode.yorku.ca