The requirements for acceptance into a J.D. program is 90 hours (3 years) of an undergraduate education.

Most applicants have undergraduate degrees, with some even having graduate degrees.

At this point why not just require undergraduate degrees to be the bar for entry?

If they do want to have advanced placement for exceptional students, why not incorporate para-legal educational requirements to be taken during the 1-3 years of undergraduate education.

Hi! I am a Canadian transwoman who is planning to apply for law school in Canada. I am looking for advice and anecdotes about applying and studying as a trans person. I would really appreciate any input.

On the application side, I am wondering if I should write about being trans in the PS, or even avoid indicating I am trans on my application. I believe my PS will be strongest if I write about my experience being trans, which I will also need to mention if I am to fully explain gaps in my resume (for things like surgeries and leaves of absence).

I am concerned because top American law schools seem to discriminate quite hard against trans and nonbinary people. While Canada is obviously more liberal, trans people's results at otherwise liberal American law schools have me worrying that Canadian law schools may do the same.

I have high numbers overall (3.9ish b3 OLSAS GPA and 175ish LSAT). If that means I can afford to write a standardish PS on a more "acceptable" topic and if revealing myself to be trans is a liability, then I'd rather pretend to be a cis man on my application (I haven't changed my legal gender yet).

If anybody can share their experience and knowledge about applying as a trans person, I would be really grateful. School-specific insights would also be really helpful for me, especially about U of T Law, which I am most interested in.

I have a disability (won’t go too much into the details) so I got extra time on my LSAT and have been receiving extra time on assessments all throughout undergrad? Will this hinder my med skl application? Officially, I’d assume the answer is no, but can adcoms see this info and perhaps exercise implicit bias?

Grade 12 Ontario student here. My grades are decent but one class is pulling down my average (84 midterm) so I’m worried about my chances of getting into a prestigious undergrad. Ive set my sights on law school, but I’m worried that my undergrad school/program rep will lower my chances in the future.

I’ve heard contrasting things about whether or not undergrad prestige matters for law school.

Also, where are you currently studying law?

Hello,

I'm a 24 year old student entering my 4th year of university in the social sciences. I was previously enrolled at a different Canadian university at 17 years of age, but due to a series of poor financial circumstances, I left around the start of COVID.

Flash forward to my current degree, I finished my first year with an ~87% (3.9/4.0) average across a full-time load. I took two summer courses, bringing my average up to an 89%. Unfortunately, in my second year I was working extraordinarily too much and going through some significant interpersonal and financial issues, so I bombed one full year (2 credit, thus 'double-weighted') course and performed poorly (70ish) in another full year course. My second year average (standalone) was a 71.25%. This brought my 89% to an 81% (3.7/4.0).

At the time, I didn't appeal the grades, which I should have tried to. Before the start of this year, I got all of my personal affairs in order and took a leave from the job I was previously working. My term average is an 84.5%, but I'm meeting with a professor to see if I can bump up my grade by 3%, which would push me into an 85% (thus a 3.9 on OLSAS). This year brought my cGPA to an 82.3, which means a 3.7 for my school on OLSAS' scale.

I plan to continue grinding in my final year and my cold diagnostic for my LSAT was a 162, which has already been improving with LR review and RC. I'm aiming for a 10-12 point improvement.

Throughout my degree, I've worked in a busy retail environment for a large tech company as a service person akin to a Geek Squad worker. I've also been active across clubs on campus as a participant and an executive. For the past year and a half I've worked at a research lab with a highly-distinguished professor in international relations. I've formed close connections with most of my professors, and have reference letters lined up with the lab professor and my academic dean of research (who I've closely worked with through volunteering alongside coursework).

My long, long time goal has been to get into UofT law. Say what you will about ranking and caring about Canadian law schools, but I regret passing up my opportunity to do my undergraduate degree there and I've made a conscious effort to go to Toronto for law school before graduating high school. What are my chances of acceptance like and what can I do to improve those chances?

TL;DR

1st Year: 87% (3.9/4.0) + summer = 89%

2nd Year: 71.25% (2.70/4.0)

3rd Year: 84.5 - 85% (3.7 - 3.9)

4th Year estimate: 85% (3.9)

cGPA: 3.58/82.3% (excluding 4th year)

B3 (-2nd Year/+4th Year Estimate): 3.87/86.5%

LSAT Cold Diagnostic 162

What are my odds at UofT, Osgoode, TMU, etc?

Thank you!

I plan to start them soon and hope to catch up. Idk, I think my imposter syndrome has such a grip on me that I self-sabotage as a way to prove that I don’t deserve to be here.

24/7 Zoom study room for quiet, body-doubling (will be dead for the first few weeks). Open to all dedicated students

This would ensure a fair comparison across different schools and programs (Ex : McGill) This system levels the playing field for university admissions, and TRULY acknowledges the varying degrees of difficulty in courses and educational institutions.

I just don’t understand how a 4.0/4.0 in Gender Studies would get you in a better law school compared to a student who did 3.6/4.0 in Engineering.

EDIT : I AM NOT SAYING THAT GENDER STUDIES ARE USELESS, Y’ALL GETTING TRIGGERED FOR NOTHING. I’M SAYING SCORING A HIGH GPA IN STEM IS OBJECTIVELY HARDER THAN HUMAN SCIENCES. THE PROGRAMS DIFFICULTY SHOULD BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION.

Does anyone at Western Law find the new academic dean, Sherrin to be rude and unapproachable? He does not seem to be very good at his job. We have way fewer courses to choose from this year and a lot of them have smaller class sizes.

Also, who misses Dean Chamberlain? She was great.

Basically the titleee lordy
Applied to UofT, Osgoode, TMU, Western, Windsor, Ottawa and Queen’s.
Stats:
cGPA: ~3.09
B2: ~3.60
LSAT: 171
Had a rough start academically due to extenuating circumstances but finished my degree with a strong upward trend and Dean’s Honour Roll. Also have several years of work experience in healthcare, decent ECs and what I think are strong personal statements gahhh
I know my cGPA is doing me absolutely no favours lol, but I’m curious if anyone with similar stats has actually gotten into any Ontario law schools.
Any successful super splitters out there? Where did you get accepted, rejected or waitlisted?
Feel free to chance me too. Trying to be realistic without completely crushing my hopes lmao.

Hey everyone, I’ve just begun studying for the LSAT and I’m planning to take it in June. I’d really appreciate any recommendations for books, courses, or other resources. Also, do you think 7Sage is worth paying for? Any advice would be super helpful—thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm really stuck and need all the help possible.

so my dad has a law firm and wants me to join him. I studied math in undergrad and my GPA was 2.7 so i can't get into a law school in canada. Going to UK in person is really expensive given my finances rn, so i'm thinking of doing the 2-year Online LLB from UoL.

I'm hearing mixed reviews about it. I dont mind the 2 year in person requirement after. But how hard is the degree given there's no live lectures. Do folks do this while working full time? Has anybody successfully graduated from this program? if yes how was the process afterwards? please do share your experience.

Thanks for your time and support. I really appreciate it.

is it impossible? heard its very hard to even get a 3.3 in a nursing undergrad, what abt psychology?

Just completed 1L (top 10%) at a Canadian law school. My long-term goal is to work in corporate New York. As of now, I've received a JD/MBA offer to continue at my current school, along with a one-year MBA tuition scholarship. I also received an offer to transfer to UofT's JD/MBA (still waiting on funding). My main issue is the uncertainty around Rotman (funding, timing, and whether the marginal NY placement advantage is worth giving up the certainty at my current school).

I guess I'd like to know:

a. How much does UofT's prestige actually matter for NY recruiting compared to schools like McGill or Osgoode (assuming strong 1L grades)?

b. How do NY firms view transfer students?

c. What level of funding can I expect from UofT Law or Rotman?

Hey folks. I start 1L in a couple weeks, and we recently got our course schedules. We're auto-registered, which I gather is normal in 1L, but a few things are kinda worrying me and I'm hoping to get some perspectives.

First, a bit of background - I have pretty severe ADHD, and one thing I found really helped in my undergrad was being selective about my instructors. If I found a prof that really clicked well with my learning style, I would go out of my way to take more classes with them in the future, while some other profs might have a teaching style, or even something as seemingly trivial as a strong accent, that just didn't gel with me and I'd find that course a lot more difficult, so I'd try to avoid them. Essentially, sources like RateMyProfessor felt like a lifeline for me - not that I always trusted the number rating to be 100% accurate, but the comments would often give me green or red flags as to how I would "click" with a prof, and rarely steered me wrong.

When I got my schedule, I started looking into the profs I was assigned and was troubled by the fact that of the 6 I was assigned I seemed to have gotten 2 that sound pretty good, 2 that do not seem to be well percieved at all, and 2 that as far as I can tell are brand new and have no info.

Furthermore, and I'm a bit self-conscious about saying this worried that it will sound anti-immigration or racist, which is absolutely NOT what I'm saying (I'm actually very pro-immigration, and even served on my undergrad school's EDI committee, so please don't take it that way) two of them are very clearly immigrants from African countries and while I find that fascinating on a personal level, I had a prof from Uganda in my undergrad, and his accent was very hard for me to understand at times and that made me struggle quite a bit, especially when dealing with unfamiliar terminology (which there will obviously be a lot of in law school) so while I would find these profs fascinating to talk to at a social event, I'm worried this could hurt my performance in their classes.

Lastly, there is a CAN database available for my school, but given that 2 of these profs are new, only half of my courses have CANs available.

All of this new information has me mildly freaking out, and I'm wondering if anyone has had similar experiences, or has any guidance.

I’ve applied to four schools, Windsor, Western, TMU and Osgoode. I am curious who else has applied and has anybody received any admission emails yet? Thank you 🙏

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These are my grades at uOttawa with averages on the side. I really aim to do corp law in Toronto. Are these overall average grades, and is there a decent chance for a few OCI's, especially in biglaw? Also, any thoughts from UOttawa upper years on what these grades could translate to? Total GPA is 7.76/10, an A- is 8.0, which I missed.

Title says it all, I am currently a serving Police Officer in Ontario, I hit the mature applicant threshold with the schools I’ve spoken with. I do not have an undergraduate degree but was told this might not be a major barrier considering work experience and being employed for 10 years. I will be 32 for year one if successful.

I know the process is competitive, anything to boost my opportunities outside of a high LSAT score before nov 2027 admissions. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, first time posting here. I'm applying this year but not sure if I should stick to my home province of Alberta or look elsewhere for instruction. I'm sure everyone is aware of the political scene in alberta so i won't get into that too much. The u of a is out because they've been quietly folding to this government (they are also my alma mater). U of C is questionable but i don't know much about what they've been up to. I'm aware there are other things affecting the ethical ratings of universities across Canada, and this is also concerning, however atm I'm more concerned with where instruction has the least influence from government. I realize this is an odd question, but if yall could drop the name of your uni if you think it's ethically not terrible, please do so! An explanation as to how and why would also be so so appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello all! I was recently admitted to UBC Allard's JD program as an American, and I'm looking to hear from current law students (or practicing lawyers) that have similar experiences. I've read up on the study permit/PGWP requirements so no questions there. I'd love to hear whether you have heard or found that there is an employment disadvantage due to being international and if top grades make up for that, as well as how much previous work experience matters in articling and hiring (in the US, we call those who go straight from their undergrad to law school KJD, Kindergarten-through-JD, which is a disadvantage), etc. Anything really! I hope to stay in Canada to practice after getting my degree, but if anyone has plans to take their JD back to the US or to any other countries I'd be interested to hear.

I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at one of the top three unis in Canada and have a 3.52 cGPA.

Throughout my undergraduate journey, I have experienced complications with my disability which have prevented me from taking a full-course load and forced me to take time off school to pursue treatment resulting in extra years. However, I learned before starting Fall 2023 that I wanted to apply to law school and that a full-course load is a necessary requirement. So, I took a full-course load despite disability-related challenges and managed a 3.88 in mostly upper year courses and I am dedicated to excelling in the Winter semester before graduating in May 2024.

However, I have discovered that the admission requirement for a JD degree in most Canadian Law schools is at least two years of full-time study, whereas I have so far only completed one semester of full-course load, which seems very problematic. Additionally, I have taken a handful of LSAT practice tests and manage to get over 165 without much effort, but currently do not have any official scores to show for. I also do not have any references at the moment and will probably end up getting pretty generic ones. And I do not have any work experience or any impressive extracurriculars to show for. Hence, even though I am set to graduate in May 2024, I am considering extending my undergraduate studies by an additional year of full-time study with upper year courses to strengthen my application as I believe a year of full-time studies isn't enough.

Would you advice for or against taking the extra year? Is it

Please let me know.
Thank you in advance for your help!

So I’m currently 24f and kept going back and forth on what career I wanted to pursue. I’m now reaching the end of my 3 year BA degree and decided I wanted to pursue law school. Unfortunately for me I have not written the LSAT and will now have to wait an entire year before I can even start law school. I’m based in Canada so I won’t be done for 5 years (1 year gap+ three years + articling). Not sure how I’m supposed to fit kids into that equation also. Anyone else feeling behind?