UBC Law School Admissions Requirements
- Regular applicants to UBC Law School must have a bachelor's degree from an approved university in a course of study that leads to a standard university degree, or must have completed three years of an approved degree program. UBC admits applicants who have not graduated on the condition that they complete 30 credits of senior-level courses by the end of the spring semester before law school classes begin.
- There is no hard-and-fast grade requirement for a regular UBC applicant. The average undergraduate grade point average of applicants whom UBC accepts for admission is 3.80 on a 4.0 scale. That equates to a "B+" in U.S. colleges. If an applicant has completed more than one degree program, UBC only considers grades from the first program the student completed. UBC gives equal weight to an applicant's academic average and his Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score.
- The LSAT contains sections on reading comprehension, analytical reasoning and logical reasoning in a multiple-choice test. Raw scores on the LSAT scoring scale range from 120 to 180. As of January 2011, the average admitted student attending UBC as a regular applicant has a raw LSAT score of 164.
- UBC reserves several positions in every first-year law class for discretionary applicants. An applicant may be considered discretionary because of a disability, special needs, financial disadvantage, being over 30 years of age, being a member of a historically disadvantaged group and other factors the admissions committee at UBC may consider. Discretionary applicants must take the LSAT and complete two years of undergraduate studies. They must also submit two letters of reference and, if appropriate, documentation of their status, such as medical reports or proof of ancestry.
- Metis and Inuit applicants may apply as regular applicants or in the First Nations category. UBC will consider First Nations applicants' academic achievements, LSAT scores and the degree of their commitment to and involvement with the First Nations community. UBC also considers the applicants' plans to use their legal training to aid the First Nations people.
- UBC requires all applicants to submit a completed application for admission, an application fee, grade transcripts, LSAT score, a personal statement and other documentation as requested. The applicant's personal statement is a 750-word essay that explains what sets the applicant apart from others applying for admission at UBC. All materials must be submitted to UBC on or before February 1.
