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JD Civil Law at University of Victoria

University of Victoria, Canada

Programme overview

A pathway in which a limited number of Civil Law graduates from Quebec and Ontario earn the UVic JD degree through subsequent study. Students complete an aggregate of 22.5 units of Faculty of Law courses.

Faculty: Faculty of Law  |  Department: Faculty of Law  |  Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Students complete, or show equivalents of, Contracts, Property, Torts, The Criminal Law Process, The Constitutional Law Process and Law Legislation and Policy, plus any compulsory upper-year courses and the faculty's major research paper requirement. Courses outside the Faculty of Law and exchange terms outside the faculty are not permitted, and courses duplicating the Civil Law degree cannot be taken.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants hold a completed Civil Law degree from a Canadian law school and begin studies at UVic within two years of completing it. Admission is at the discretion of the Admissions Committee. Applications for the general JD close December 1 and require the LSAT written no later than the January test date, a personal statement and unofficial transcripts; UVic Law sets no minimum GPA or LSAT score.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Many graduate programs have three entry points: September, January and May; entry points and deadlines are listed on each program overview page.

The application fee is $145.25 if all documents originate within Canada and $187.00 if any originate outside Canada, payable online by credit card.

Apply through the official page: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/

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