J.D. Admissions

<p>Yes, the Faculty of Law has a mature applicant category. Mature applicants are those who have or will have at least five complete years of non-academic experience by September of the year of entry. For detailed information see the&nbsp;<a href="http://utfl.peapoddev.com/admissions/jd/admissions-policies">Mature Applicants</a>&nbsp;section of the admissions web page.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Yes, the Faculty of Law&nbsp;has a special application category for Aboriginal applicants. For detailed information see the&nbsp;<a href="http://utfl.peapoddev.com/admissions/jd/admissions-policies">Aboriginal Applicants</a>&nbsp;section of&nbsp;the admissions web page.</p>

<p>The LSAT is&nbsp;offered four times a year in June, September, December, and February.&nbsp; We suggest that you write the LSAT in June at the end of your third year of university.&nbsp; If you are applying for entry in&nbsp;September 2012 the last LSAT score we will accept is the February 2012 writing for regular, mature and Aboriginal applicants.&nbsp; We recommend that&nbsp;you write an earlier LSAT test&nbsp;than this February sitting so that&nbsp;an uncompetitive score&nbsp;can still potentially be improved upon for entry in Fall 2012.</p>

<p>&nbsp;An applicant whose academic record is competitive, but performs below the 90th percentile on the LSAT, should consider taking the test again. If more than one LSAT score is reported, all LSAT scores will be seen by the Admissions Committee, but the highest LSAT score will be considered.</p>

<p>A very strong performance in a graduate program may overcome modest weaknesses in an undergraduate record, but will not usually overcome an undergraduate record which is otherwise uncompetitive.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Applicants must have successfully completed THREE years of an approved course leading to a degree at a recognized university, no later than the end of May in the year of entry. However, prospective applicants should be aware that almost all of our students have completed a four-year degree. In recent years, approximately five applicants a year have been admitted without a four-year undergraduate degree.</p>

<p>There is no prescribed "pre-law program."&nbsp; Students at the law school come with undergraduate degrees in a wide range of disciplines including commerce, engineering, philosophy, English, political science, economics, biology, sociology and international relations to name just a few.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Faculty of Law plans for a first-year class of 195 students.</p>

<p>The Faculty of Law received more than&nbsp;2200 applications for the 2011-2012 academic year.&nbsp;</p>

<p>J.D. stands for Juris Doctor.&nbsp; It is the degree designation the University of Toronto uses for its law degree program.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many other Canadian law schools are now changing to this degree designation, although a few continue to use&nbsp;the degree designation LL.B., which stands for Bachelor of Laws.</p><p>The J.D. degree is a law degree designation that is typically granted to students who receive a legal education after they have completed an undergraduate degree.&nbsp; On the other hand, the LL.B.