Joint common law & civil law degree program

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Joint Common Law/Civil Law Degree Program

Applications are considered from students with a civil law degree who wish to attend the Faculty of Law to attain an LL.B. The number of applicants accepted is limited in order to ensure that the size of the class these students will be entering is not significantly altered.

Applications for the Joint Common Law/Civil Law Degree Program (LL.B./B.C.L.) should be submitted by May 31, but will be accepted up to June 30. Where appropriate, the Faculty may consider applications for entry in January of the Winter Session or May of the Summer Session.

Applicants for this program must commence their studies at the University of Victoria within two years of completing their civil law degree. Students will be admitted at the discretion of the Admissions Committee. The following are the academic requirements:

A student who has completed the requirements of a Civil Law Degree at a Canadian law school may obtain an LL.B. from the University of Victoria by successfully completing an aggregate total of 22.5 units (three semesters of full-time study) of courses at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law.

Courses previously taken by the student at the University of Victoria as part of an Exchange Term Program may be included in this total.

Students in the program must complete, or establish that they have taken the equivalent as part of their civil law degree, the following courses: Contracts; Property; Torts; Criminal Law; Constitutional Law; and Law, Legislation and Policy.

Students in the program must complete, or establish that they have taken the equivalent as part of their civil law degree, any upper year courses that are designated as compulsory.

Students in the program must complete the Faculty's major research paper requirement.

Students in the program must not take courses towards their LL.B. that substantially duplicate courses that they have taken towards their civil law degree.

Students in the program may not (as part of their program) take courses at the University of Victoria outside the Faculty of Law and are not eligible for exchange terms outside the Faculty.