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Canadian Law Schools
Canadian Law Schools
Ontario Law School Applicants
Ontario Law School Applicants
Key Facts
Key Facts
Geographic Guide
Geographic Guide
LSAT Dates and Deadlines
LSAT Dates and Deadlines
LSAT Fees
LSAT Fees
Important Notice for LSAT Registrants at Canadian Test Centers
Important Notice for LSAT Registrants at Canadian Test Centers
Alberta
Alberta
British Columbia
British Columbia
Manitoba
Manitoba
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Ontario
Quebec
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
University of Alberta Faculty of Law
University of Alberta Faculty of Law
University of Calgary Faculty of Law
University of Calgary Faculty of Law
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
University of Victoria Faculty of Law
University of Victoria Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l’Université de Moncton
Faculté de droit de l’Université de Moncton
University of New Brunswick Law School
University of New Brunswick Law School
Dalhousie Law School
Dalhousie Law School
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Université d’Ottawa Faculté de droit, Section de common law
Université d’Ottawa Faculté de droit, Section de common law
Queen's University Faculty of Law
Queen's University Faculty of Law
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law
The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law
University of Windsor Faculty of Law
University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
McGill University Faculty of Law
McGill University Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l'Université McGill,
Faculté de droit de l'Université McGill,
University of Saskatchewan College of Law
University of Saskatchewan College of Law
Comments and Reflections About a Canadian Legal Education
Comments and Reflections About a Canadian Legal Education
Law As a Career
Law As a Career
Choosing a Law School
Choosing a Law School
How Law Schools Select Applicants
How Law Schools Select Applicants
Legal Education in Canada
Legal Education in Canada
Financing Your Legal Education
Financing Your Legal Education
Admission to the Bar in Canada
Admission to the Bar in Canada
Bibliography
Bibliography
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
78 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5
Phone: 416.978.3716, Fax: 416.978.7899
Internet: www.law.utoronto.ca, E-mail: law.admissions@utoronto.ca
For information about how to obtain an application, click here.
Introduction
The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto offers unparalleled opportunities for the study of law. The Faculty is distinct in its commitment to creating a unique intellectual community in which each of its members—students and professors alike—are able to work closely in developing a deep, critical understanding of the strengths and limitations of law and legal institutions in Canada and the world beyond. Many of our graduates go on to shape and improve key institutions in society for the benefit of all.
Enrollment/Student Body in 2007–2008
1,800 first-year applicants
180 first-year places 590 total full time 4 half time
30% minority 51% women
10 Canadian provinces represented over 60 undergraduate schools represented
Faculty
63 full time 60 part time or adjunct
17 distinguished visitors
Our faculty members, representing virtually every area of scholarship, are an exceptionally talented, enthusiastic, and academically ambitious group who regularly help to shape and inform contemporary debate on matters of national and international importance. The Faculty’s scholars enjoy an international reputation for research excellence. As well, the Distinguished Visiting Faculty program and related initiatives bring some of the world's greatest legal scholars, jurists, policymakers, and leaders to the law school. The sheer size of our teaching complement supports a 1:10 faculty to student ratio—one of the best among law schools in North America.
Library and Physical Facilities
over 260,000 library volumes and equivalents
free access to Internet, e-mail, Lexis/Quicklaw, WestlaweCARSWELL, and other databases
over 50 computers in library wireless network for students
5 full-time law librarians renovated classrooms and lounge
The Faculty of Law is housed in two historic buildings, Flavelle House and Falconer Hall, in the center of the city of Toronto, on one of the most attractive parts of the campus. Toronto enjoys an excellent public transit system, which provides quick access to all parts of metropolitan Toronto and is steps away from the front door of the law school. The Bora Laskin Law Library offers students a technologically advanced facility that includes access to the rich resources of the University of Toronto library system, one of the 10 largest research libraries in North America.
Curriculum
degrees and combined degrees available: JD (full time and half time), JD/MBA, JD/MSW, JD/MISt, JD/PhD (Philosophy), JD/PhD (Economics), JD/PhD (Political Science), JD/Collaborative MA in International Relations, JD/MA (European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies), JD/MA (Criminology), JD/MA (Economics), JD/Certificate in Environmental Studies, JD/MA (English)
There are also a variety of exchange opportunities (both work-abroad and academic exchanges) and numerous clinical education placements with clinics as diverse as Downtown Legal Services and Advocates for Injured Workers.
A curriculum of exceptional breadth, richness, and diversity is offered. The first-year curriculum includes those courses that are common to many law school curricula: Legal Process, Canadian Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts. The cornerstone of the first-year curriculum is the small group which permits all first-year students to study one of these subjects with a member of the faculty and 16–18 classmates. It is a goal of the first-year curriculum to introduce students to a diversity of perspectives on law and legal reasoning. This is principally accomplished through the required course in Perspectives on Law. The essence of the course is that during three one-week periods, spread throughout the year, students are introduced to some theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary legal problems such as immigration law, legal ethics, and global health care. Another distinctive component of the first-year program is the Global Perspectives on Law program, which offers an elective course to allow first-years the opportunity to do more advanced work in an area of their choice, including law and equality, civilian legal tradition, Islamic law, and transnational legal problems. The courses in the second and third years are entirely optional and are chosen from an extensive curriculum of over 100 courses. Every student must engage in a substantial legal research and writing project, and a moot.
The law school has a number of vibrant programs and clinics in the areas of public interest law, and law and policy. These include the International Human Rights Program, Aboriginal Law Program, Health Law and Equity Clinic, the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, Pro Bono Students Canada, and the Clinical Education Program, to name just a few.
Admission for Entry in September 2009
minimum 15 university credits required (by May of entry year)
LSAT required oldest LSAT accepted—June 2005
median GPA—3.8 (85%)
median LSAT score—167 (95th)
About 1,800 qualified applicants apply each year for the 180 places in the first-year class. The women and men who are admitted have normally been honors students in challenging programs during their undergraduate studies. The class that registered in September 2007 had a median cumulative undergraduate average (based on the best three years out of four) of 85 percent and a median LSAT score of 167. We expect the entering class of 2008–2009 to display similar median GPA and LSAT scores. Very few candidates are admitted with LSAT scores below the 88th percentile and cumulative academic averages below 80 percent, unless their backgrounds, other qualifications, or personal accomplishments would, in the opinion of the Admissions Committee, contribute specially and significantly to the class. However, the decision-making process is too complex to be represented by numbers alone since the Faculty seeks students from various ethnic, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; from different regions of Canada; as well as from a range of academic disciplines, careers, and community and extracurricular experiences. These other factors may play an important role in the admission decision. As the diversity, depth, difficulty, and performance patterns indicated by the transcript are always carefully considered, applicants with identical grade-point averages may not necessarily be equally competitive for admission.
All applicants to the first year of the Juris Doctor (JD) program must submit a Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score and must arrange to write the test no later than the February administration before the September start of the program. A candidate whose academic record is competitive for admission, but whose LSAT score is uncompetitive, is encouraged to consider taking the test again. Normally, the best LSAT score is used.
The Faculty has an access and academic support program for Aboriginal people. It also admits mature students (those with five or more years of nonacademic experience). Candidates should refer to the law school website for further information about these categories of admission.
The application deadline is November 3, 2008. The University of Toronto is prepared to consider any requests to submit a late application. Please contact the Admissions Office for further information.
For applications to the 2009–2010 academic year, a score from an LSAT written on or after June 2005 is considered valid.
Career Services
The University of Toronto’s Career Development Office (CDO) is staffed by three full-time and two part-time professionals who provide extensive advice and information to assist students in pursuing their unique career goals. The CDO is committed to preparing students for the challenge of finding legal and law-related positions in Canada and elsewhere, and facilitates the on-campus recruitment visits of a multitude of Canadian and American law firms. The law school's strong academic reputation is well-understood by prospective employers. Our graduates enjoy unparalleled success in securing summer, articling, and associate placements at law firms throughout Canada and the United States, as well as in industry, public interest, and government, including clerkships at all levels of Canadian courts. The CDO offers students a comprehensive program of panels and workshops, individual career counseling, interview coaching, résumé reviews, and a mentor program. For students seeking public interest law careers, the CDO provides a wide array of programs and resources, including an information fair, innovative summer fellowships, and a speaker series. The CDO also emphasizes diverse and alternative career opportunities for students seeking to use their legal skills in unique and ambitious ways. Further details are available at www.law.utoronto.ca/programs/cdo.html.
Housing
There are 26 rooms reserved for first-year law students in Graduate House, which is a university apartment complex. View Graduate House at www.sgs.utoronto.ca/gradhouse/. Other housing options include university residences, independent residences, student family housing, and off-campus flats, apartments, and rooms all within easy walking or commuting distance of the law school. Information on student housing is available from the University of Toronto Housing Service, 416.978.8045, www.housing.utoronto.ca.
Financial Aid
Extensive need-based financial aid is available to students through bursaries and scholarships, interest-free loans, and back-end debt relief assistance. With more than $18 million in endowed funds dedicated for student aid, over $3 million in need-based financial aid will be distributed. Domestic tuition fees for the first-year class for the 2008–2009 academic year were $20,155.
Applicant Profile
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Table applies to regular applicants.
UGA
LSAT Percentile Rank Group
75-85 86-90 91-99
A+ P A A
A P A A
A- U P P/A
B+ U U U
Since it is not possible to predict with precision the probability of admission using numerical indices alone, the grid profile should be used cautiously.
A = Acceptance Likely P = Acceptance Possible U = Acceptance Unlikely
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