Does the Faculty of Law admit students with non-Canadian law degrees, or some work towards non-Canadian law degress or civil law degrees (from Quebec)?
Foreign lawyers or Canadians with a foreign law degree who wish to become members of a Canadian Law Society must apply to the National Committee on Accreditation for an evaluation of their legal credentials and experience. The Faculty of Law does not admit applicants as special students who wish to complete one or two or more courses to satisfy the requirements of the National Joint Committee on Accreditation; or who wish to take law courses for their “own interest”. The Faculty of Law may admit students to the LLB program with Advanced Standing. Advanced Standing means that applicants may be granted some credit for their previous LLB (or civil law) work, to a maximum of one full year credit. If admitted to the LLB program with advanced standing, the applicant must successfully complete at least two full years of study (in most cases almost three years) in the Faculty of Law, and complete all of the requirements to obtain the LLB degree from this University. All applicants, with Advanc
