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York University, Osgoode Hall Law School. Complete an additional year at Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law to earn a B.C.L. in civil law. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. Complete 3 years through the Canadian Law Program (PDC Programme de droit canadien) to earn a common-law (JD) and civil (LL.L.) simultaneously.
In 2018, the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 10th best law school in the world. [18] In 2022, the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 16th best law school in the world. [19] The Faculty of Law has high admission criteria with an acceptance rate of 13.5% and a yield rate of 70.1% for 2011–12. [20]
In 2019, the law school was ranked 5th in Canada according to University Magazine. [15] It was ranked in Times Higher Education 2024 ranking as the 58th best law school in the world and consequently the 4th best law school in Canada. [16]
It also publishes the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, the standard reference work for almost all Canadian law reviews, Canadian law schools, and courts. The McGill University Faculty of Law has consistently placed as the top ranking law school in Canada and has the highest acceptance requirements.
The law school traces its origins back to the 1820s, and it counts the first Canadian prime minister (Sir John A. Macdonald) among its graduates. [5] It was reorganized in 1889, and the Law Society of Upper Canada permanently established the law school on the site now known as Osgoode Hall . [ 5 ]
The school was ranked in the top three Canadian law schools in Corporate Knights' 2011 Knight Schools Survey. [12] Maclean's 2013 ranking of Canadian common law schools placed the school sixth out of 16. The Schulich School of Law was also the first Canadian law school awarded the Emil Gumpuert Award by the American College of Trial Lawyers for ...
The school was consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Canada by Canadian Lawyer Magazine's Report Card on Canadian Law Schools before the magazine reformed the report card to cease ranking schools, being ranked #1 in Canada for the years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005. [3]
The Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval is the law school of Université Laval.Founded in 1852, it is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in North America.It hosts more than 1,000 students in its curriculum of first, second, and third years, with more than 45 lecturers teaching and supervising research projects in most areas of law.