Accepting the Offer of Admission to a JD Combined Program

Updated: December 11, 2023

Admission decisions for the JD program and the combined partner program are made independently, in accordance with each program’s selection procedures and timelines.

Consequently, you will receive notification of the admission decision from one of the programs first, then you will await the decision from the other program. 

Starting in May, an offer of admission to the Combined program can only be created after the JD Admissions Office has been notified that the partner program has also offered admission, and after the JD tuition deposit has been processed by Student Accounts. Therefore, you must notify the JD Admissions Office by email of your offer of admission to the partner program.

In accordance with the timing of offers, accept both offers of admission by deadlines specified in the respective offer packages.

Please proceed as follows:

Initial Offer of Admission to one of the programs

First Offer Received
Send Notification
Accept the Offer
JD-only
Without delay, email the partner program with notification of your offer to the JD.
 
Await the outcome of your partner program application.
Accept the JD-only program by the JD acceptance deadline.
Do not try to accept the JD Combined program.
  1. Log into your OLSAS account
     
  2. In the left side menu of Application Links, select Choices/Offers
     
  3. Select the link to the Offer for the JD only program 
     
  4. Select your Response to Offer, as follows:
     
    • Provisional Accept 
      this option is NOT available if you applied to the uncombined UofT JD as your sole Ontario law school program choice at OLSAS, in which case, do not respond to the offer, and IMMEDIATELY email JD Admissions in order to have the JD combined program choice added at OLSAS, otherwise ...

      this acceptance option is available until July 1 for admits to first-year; and Aug 1 for admits to upper-year

      The Provisional Accept makes it easier technically, to accept UofT Law, then later on, if offered, also return seamlessly to your OLSAS account to accept the combined program.

      With a Provisional Accept to UofT you can specify if you still wish to be considered for all other Ontario law schools that have active offers, or have yet to make admission decisions. Ensure that you select to keep consideration open for the UofT combined program choice.

  5.  Pay the JD tuition deposit as per the instructions on the tuition deposit form.
Partner program only
Without delay, email the JD Admissions Office with notification of your offer to the partner program.
  
Await the outcome of your JD-only application.
By the method specified in the partner program's offer package.

 

Offered admission to both of the Combined programs

DO THIS FIRST

  1. After you have been offered admission to BOTH programs, notify the JD Admissions Office by email that you have been offered admission by the partner program.

  2. Pay the tuition deposit for the JD program by the instructions on the tuition deposit form.
     
  3. After May 1st, please await an email confirmation of admission to the Combined program by the JD Admissions Office, which may include further instructions.

  4. Two business days after receipt of the confirmation email, the new offer to the Combined program should be active at OLSAS.


RESPOND TO THE OFFER(S) AT OLSAS
Log into your OLSAS account and in the left side menu of Application Links, select Choices/Offers to perform the following actions.

You want to Accept the Combined program
You want the JD only, and no longer want the Combined program
You do not want the JD at all
1. Combined Program
Accept the Combined program only, either with a Firm Accept or a Provisional Accept.

 

 
Respond with a Provisional Accept if you are likely to, but are unsure about accepting the combined program.
 
2. Partner Program
Separately, inform the partner program that you'll proceed with the JD Combined program.

 

1. Combined Program
Decline the offer to the Combined program.
Do NOT drop/cancel/withdraw the combined program choice.

2. JD-only program
If not yet responded to, accept the JD-only offer, either with a Firm Accept or a Provisional Accept

3. Partner Program
Separately, inform the partner program that you only want the JD.

1. Combined Program
Decline the offer to the Combined program.
Do NOT drop/cancel/withdraw the combined program choice.
 
2. JD-only program
If not yet responded to, decline the offer to the JD-only program.
Do NOT drop/cancel/withdraw the JD-only program choice.
 
3. Partner Program
Separately, Inform the partner program that you no longer want the JD.