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Juris Doctor (JD) Program Admissions

How to apply:

Application to Osgoode's JD Program is completed online through the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) at www.ouac.on.ca/olsas

Application deadline dates for entering in Fall 2013:

November 1, 2012– JD, JD/MA (Philosophy), JD/MBA, JD/MES
May 1, 2013 – Second-year transfers; second/third-year visiting students (Letter of Permission); National Committee on Accreditation

Application fees:

Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) Fee for 2012-13: $195, plus a law school application service fee of $90 for each law school selection
Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Fee: $165

Osgoode costs & financial aid:

Annual tuition for 2012-13: $20,564.28 plus ancillary fees of $890.68
In 2012, Osgoode's Financial Assistance Program provided JD students with more than $3 million in financial assistance. About 88 percent of students who applied for bursaries received funding.

JD acceptance:

We receive approximately 3,000 JD applications a year and accept 290 students into our first-year JD Program.

84% of Osgoode students come from Ontario; 14% from other parts of Canada; 1% from outside Canada
21% have a graduate degree
Student/faculty ratio: 15:1
Average class size: 70 students; 15-20 for seminars

Fifty-nine full-time faculty
About 150 adjunct faculty
Faculty work in and across multiple disciplines, encouraging broad debate and critical perspectives, and are active internationally
Numerous research centres and units and projects showcase faculty engagement

Courses: Approximately 120 upper-year courses and seminars offered
In addition to the three-year JD Program, the following joint degree programs are offered:
- JD/MBA, with York's Schulich School of Business;
- JD/MES, with York's Faculty of Environmental Studies;
- JD/MA (Philosophy), with York's Department of Philosophy;
- Civil Law Degree Program, with Université de Montréal.
Twelve clinical education and intensive programs available in second and third year
All students participate in public interest activities.

Largest in the country and one of the most highly regarded in North America
Offers research-intensive, full-time programs leading to either a Master of Laws (LLM) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree

Operates out of its own centre in downtown Toronto
Offers numerous specialized part-time Professional LLM Programs that run on varying cycles as well as Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses and Certificate programs

Osgoode has more than 14,000 alumni who are leaders in law firms, corporations, public interest, business, government, the judiciary, and academics in Canada and around the world

The Law Library is the largest in the Commonwealth, with extensive holdings in the legal literature of Canada, Great Britain, United States and other common law countries. Its Special & Retrospective collection of historic Canadian and British legal materials is unmatched in Canada.
The Law Library provides access to a large and growing range of on-line databases.

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