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First Year LL.B. - Regular Applicant

All applications for entry into First Year LL.B. must be submitted by February 1. However, applicants in the Regular category are strongly encouraged to submit applications in the fall, as offers will be made on a continual basis beginning as early as November.

To be considered for admission to the Faculty of Law, Regular applicants must:

• present proof of having received, with standing satisfactory to the Faculty of Law, a degree from the University of Victoria or an equivalent degree from a recognized college or university; or
• present proof of having completed, with standing satisfactory to the Faculty of Law, at least the first three years (45 units) of a program leading to a degree at the University of Victoria, or the equivalent at a recognized institution; and
  
• allow UVic admissions staff to access your Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score obtained since February 2003; and
  
• satisfy such other requirements as may be prescribed from time to time.
• letters of reference are NOT required in the Regular admissions category.

If letters are sent, they are filed separately from an applicant's file and are not viewed by the Admissions Committee.

Admission decisions are primarily determined by a candidate's pre-law academic record and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score. Where an applicant has multiple LSAT scores, the highest score is considered. Only LSAT scores within five years of the application deadline will be accepted. (i.e. The February 2003 LSAT is the oldest test that will be considered for an application due by February, 2008.) A preliminary index number is calculated using an applicant's grade point average (weighted 70 percent) and LSAT score (weighted 30 percent). Added to this number is an assessment of the applicant's extra-curricular activities, community involvement, work experience and personal characteristics.

Applicants whose first language is not English and who have not completed a minimum of three full academic years of post-secondary study that was taught and assessed in English, must write the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Applicants who have written the TOEFL IBT need a minimum score of 100, with no less than 25 on each of the individual components. Those who have written the computerized version need a score of 250 out of a possible 300, whereas those who wrote the paper and pencil test need a score of 600 out of a possible 677. Applicants who do not meet these TOEFL minimums will not normally be admitted to the Law Faculty.

A limited number of positions in the Faculty are available for part-time studies. Students must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Faculty that they are unable to attend on a full-time basis because of health factors, physical disability or exceptional family or financial hardship.

This grid profiles the first year class admitted in the Regular category for the 2007/2008 academic year. As the profile varies from year to year, it should only be used as an approximate guide in determining an applicant's probability of being admitted.

GPA	LSAT Percentile Rank
	0-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80-89	90+	Totals
4.00+	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	7	4	18
3.9-3.99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	19
3.8-3.89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	3	17
3.7-3.79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	9
3.6-3.69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	11
3.5-3.59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	7
3.4-3.49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
3.3-3.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.2-3.29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.1-3.19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.0-3.09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	18	29	33	82

• 84 applicants were registered in the Regular category, two of whom were not included in the GPA and LSAT statistics and therefore not reflected in the above chart.
• The 10 Aboriginal and 15 Special Access students do not appear in the above profile.

Regular Category:

• Average GPA is 3.84 (3.82 last year).
• Median GPA is 3.85 (3.81 last year).
• Average LSAT is 87 percentile (89 last year).
• Median LSAT is 89 percentile (89 last year)

Five Year Comparison of LSAT Scores and GPA For Matriculants in Regular Category

	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
	LSAT	GPA	LSAT	GPA	LSAT	GPA	LSAT	GPA	LSAT	GPA
Range	156 177	3.52 4.21	156 176	3.53 4.28	155 173	3.42 4.28	155 175	3.46 4.25	156 173	3.47 4.26
Average	162	3.90	162	3.88	162	3.85	164	3.82	163	3.84
Median	163	3.87	162	3.87	163	3.83	163	3.81	163	3.85

NOTES:

1. Matriculants refer to those students who actually register in the first year class each September.
2. GPA is calculated on the standard North American 4-point system.
3. LSAT is the acronym for the Law School Admissions Test.