Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law
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Official Guide to Canadian JD Programs
Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, in Kamloops, British Columbia, offers a dynamic, challenging, and highly rewarding legal education located in the stunning natural beauty of British Columbia’s glorious Thompson Valley. Our three-year JD program offers students a well-established curriculum taught by an outstanding group of legal academics with the benefit of state-of-the-art facilities in an award-winning, new law school building that includes bright, modern classrooms; student study spaces; and spectacular views of the Thompson River Valley and adjacent mountains. It also houses a new 21st century law library.
Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of initiatives that provide students with opportunities for serving the community through the TRU Pro Bono Students Canada chapter, as well as the TRU Community Legal Clinic, in which students can serve clients who meet financial standards and need assistance on a wide range of legal matters. Students can also participate in award-winning competitive mooting, the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law, and a broad array of student-run groups and activities through our Society of Law Students and affiliated student associations. The Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University is genuinely committed to student success and ensuring that students are provided with every opportunity to succeed as future legal professionals.
Studying law at Thompson Rivers University is an exciting opportunity to blaze a trail at one of Canada’s newest law schools. Our students are integrally involved in the process of building this new seat of legal learning and are uniquely positioned to influence the nature and values of a pioneering institution. Our graduates have already achieved success in a wide variety of legal fields.
The JD Program
Our Faculty of Law only admits 124 first-year students so that class sizes remain relatively small throughout the program, and especially so when taking seminar courses in second and third year. The Faculty of Law currently contains 18 full-time academic staff, along with the dean and associate dean of law who each teach, as does the law librarian, with more full-time professors to be added. This very research active and highly committed professoriat is complemented by a significant number of practitioners and retired law professors who participate as sessional lecturers in our law school. We also benefit from the presence of retired British Columbia Judge, Hope Hyslop, as our judge-in-residence and numerous guest speakers and visiting Canadian and international academics.
Career Placement and Bar Passage
Tuition and Aid
| Expense | Cost |
|---|---|
| Tuition |
$20,888.00
|
| Fees |
$1,278.00
|
| Expected Cost of Attendance |
$22,166.00
|
We encourage you to review our website for the latest information regarding tuition and other student fees as well as to learn about the many scholarships and bursaries that are available.
Admission Decisions: Beyond the Numbers
- Application Deadlines—Applications open September 1 and close February 10. The document deadline is also February 10.
- Application fee—see our website.
- LSAT—must be written no later than January of the year in which you are seeking admission; however, writing the LSAT in a prior year is preferred.
- Offers of admission are made on a rolling basis.
- In addition to regular candidates for admission, the faculty also pays special attention to First Nations, Inuit, and Metis applicants, as well as offering a Special Consideration category for applicants who, due to special circumstances in life, may not meet one or more requirements of a regular applicant. Examples of special circumstances in life include disability or special needs, financial disadvantage, age (particularly since prior university education), membership in a historically disadvantaged group, residency in a small and/or remote community, or any other factors that you would ask the Admissions Committee to consider.
The faculty’s goal through its admission policy is to consider all aspects of a person’s background, as success in the many different roles within the legal profession is not solely a function of undergraduate grade-point averages or LSAT scores. While transcripts and LSAT scores are obviously both relevant factors, we also seek to consider the nature of prior university programs, work experience, volunteer and other community services, maturity, personal accomplishments, and career goals. No one factor is solely decisive.
Admissions Office
Leanne Walker
Email: lawadmissions@tru.ca
Phone: 250.852.7847