First-year Juris Doctor (J.D.) - Aboriginal applicants

UVic has strong support networks in place for Indigenous students.

 

All applications for entry into the first year of the J.D. program must be submitted by December 1. Applicants are required to submit our General Application Form, indicating their intent to apply as an Aboriginal applicant. Aboriginal applicants must submit two letters of reference. The first letter must fully describe your connection(s) to the Aboriginal community and the second must be an academic reference.

The Faculty of Law desires that the number of people of First Nations, Métis and Inuit backgrounds among the ranks of the legal profession increase substantially and, accordingly, encourages inquiries and applications from Aboriginal people.

Applications from Canadian Aboriginal people will be considered on an individual basis, taking into account such factors as academic performance, results of the LSAT, employment history, letters of reference, and past, present and future connection with the Aboriginal community. Applicants with less than three academic years of post-secondary education are rarely offered admission.

If an applicant's academic background is deemed appropriate, the Admissions Committee may make an offer of admission conditional upon successful completion of the Program of Legal Studies for Native People, conducted by the Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. The Faculty fully endorses this program, and considerable weight is placed upon the evaluation submitted by its Director. For more complete information concerning the Program of Legal Studies for Native People, please contact:

The Native Law Centre
Program of Legal Studies for Native People

University of Saskatchewan
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada, S7N 5A6

Telephone: (306) 966-6189
Fax: (306) 966-6207
Email: plsnp@usask.ca

Applicants must supply satisfactory evidence of their eligibility to apply in the Aboriginal category.