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Career Days for Law Students
The Career Development Office (CDO; mcgill.ca/cdo) organizes six career days annually: one exploring the different career paths a law degree leads to, one for public interest employers from all over the country, one for Ottawa employers...
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Faculty of Law Training Programs
and Publications
The Career Development Office (CDO; mcgill.ca/cdo) provides materials and organizes
seminars on how to pursue a career in law and related areas. Individual counselling is provided to assist students in their...
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Nahum Gelber Law
Library
The Law Library is a state-of-the-art facility with a collection of over 220,000 volumes and online resources covering Canadian, foreign, and international law. The collection supports the Faculty of Law undergraduate transsystemic...
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Law Research Centres
Two research institutes are affiliated to the Faculty of Law: the
Institute of Comparative Law (ICL); and the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL).
The Faculty of Law also supports several semi-independent research centres:
the...
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Centre for
Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
This Centre is a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary
research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. The
Centre's mission is to provide students, professors, and the larger...
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Centre for
Intellectual Property Policy
This Centre was founded in 2003 under the auspices of the Faculty of
Law. The goal of the Centre is to explore new perspectives on intellectual
property.
Researchers affiliated with the Centre come from a...
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Centre for
Research in Air and Space Law
This Centre is the principal research and educational outreach arm of
º«¹úÂãÎè's Institute of Air and Space Law (established in 1951), which provides
the core degree-granting educational program. The Centre for Research...
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Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law
The Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law was founded in 1975 and conducts research in the field of comparative private law, with a special focus on jurilinguistics, i.e., the...
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Bienvenue à la Faculté de droit de l’Université º«¹úÂãÎè!
º«¹úÂãÎè’s distinctive legal education is one of the best in the world. It crosses boundaries of language, jurisdiction, legal tradition, discipline, and culture. It equips jurists with the critical knowledge, skills...
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Overview of Undergraduate Degrees Offered
Our undergraduate Law program integrates the Civil Law and the Juris Doctor. Consequently, students in the undergraduate program obtain a double degree of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.).
Students may...
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Undergraduate Admissions Policy and Application Procedures
In this section you will find information on our admissions policy, requirements, categories of applicants, deadlines, supporting documents for application, and the application procedures....
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Admissions Policy
The Faculty's admissions policy is to select applicants who are best suited to studying law in º«¹úÂãÎè's uniquely comparative, transsystemic, and bilingual environment. Diversity and excellence are essential to our Faculty. Indeed, our Faculty's...
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Educational
Requirements
Candidates must have a minimum of 60
credits of university studies, or a Diploma of College Studies (DCS) from a Quebec College of
General and Professional Education (CEGEP), before starting their law studies.
Students with a French...
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Language Requirements
º«¹úÂãÎè's BCL/JD program is offered in a bilingual (French and English) environment. Candidates must demonstrate that they are at least passively bilingual, which means that they have at a minimum an advanced proficiency in one language and...
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Indigenous Applicants to the BCL/JD Program
º«¹úÂãÎè Law is committed to recruiting and supporting Indigenous students and we welcome dialogue with prospective BCL/JD applicants. First Nations (Status, Non-Status), Inuit, Métis, or Indigenous persons with ties...
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Honesty and Integrity of Applicants
º«¹úÂãÎè and the Faculty of Law value honesty and integrity. Applicants to the Faculty of Law are expected to conduct themselves accordingly. The submission of false, incomplete, inconsistent, or misleading...
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Application Process for
BCL/JD Degree Program
Law at º«¹úÂãÎè is a limited enrolment program. Apply as early as possible and ensure that we have received all required supporting documents on or before the appropriate deadline. Files are reviewed only when...
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Application Fee for the Faculty of Law
A non-refundable application fee is required for application to the BCL/JD program. For current fee information, please visit the Student Accounts website. A
credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express only) is...
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Applicant Categories
Applicant categories leading to BCL/JD degree (September entrance only)
University Applicants
Mature Applicants
CEGEP and Quebec French Baccalaureate (Collège international Marie de France and Collège Stanislas) Applicants
Advanced...
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University Applicants
A University applicant to º«¹úÂãÎè's Faculty of Law must be on track to complete their degree or have a minimum of 60 credits of undergraduate studies before starting their law studies. This category includes applicants who, at time of...