Transfer and Visiting Applicants

Students who are attending other Canadian Law Schools may apply as Transfer Students or Visiting (Letter of Permission) students, although there is no guarantee of admission.

Applicants who have completed their first year of law study outside of Canada will not be considered for transfer.

Applicants must submit their application by April 15th.

The electronic application can be utilized by transfer & visiting applicants but only until November 1st. This will be processed by the Registrar's Office and the forwarded to the Faculty of Law.

After November 1 a hard copy application must be used and must be submitted directly to the Faculty of Law Admissions Office, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H5:

Requirements for Admission:

Transfers to 2nd Year (restricted to students who have completed their first year in a Canadian Common Law program):

• The completed application form (electronic or hard as indicated above) along with the $115.00 fee ($75.00 for readmission).
• All post-secondary transcripts (sent directly from the institution(s) to the Admissions Office).
• Your LSAT score and an official transcript with your final grades from first year law (sent directly to the Admissions Office from your law school).
• A chronological resume (including your educational background and work experience).
• A personal statement explaining why you wish to transfer to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.

How do I transfer into second year of the Faculty of Law program at the University of Alberta if I am presently attending law school outside of Canada?

The University of Alberta Law Program does not accept transfers from law programs outside of the country. Canadian law schools have a similar program of studies (therefore the courses are transferable from one institution to the other) but other countries do not have the same course content or program structure. An applicant must apply for entrance as a first year applicant and if admitted the Vice Dean will review the law work completed and determine what, if any, advanced credit will be given.

Visiting Students to 3rd Year

• The completed application form (electronic or hard as indicated above) along with the $115.00 fee ($75.00 for readmission).
• All post-secondary transcripts (sent directly from the institution(s) to the Admissions Office).
• Your LSAT score and an official transcript with your final grades from first and second year law (sent directly to the Admissions Office from your law school).
• A chronological resume (including your educational background and work experience).
• A personal statement explaining why you wish to transfer to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.
• A letter of permission from your Dean/Associate Dean of Law.

In order to assist the Vice Dean in evaluating your law studies from another Law School for credit in this Faculty, students should enclose the most recent description of courses as taken from their law school calendar.

Does the Faculty of Law admit students with non-Canadian law degrees, or some work towards non-Canadian law degrees or civil law degrees (from Quebec)?

Foreign lawyers or Canadians with a foreign law degree who wish to become members of a Canadian Law Society must apply to the National Committee on Accreditation for an evaluation of their legal credentials and experience.

The Faculty of Law does not admit applicants as special students who wish to complete one or two or more courses to satisfy the requirements of the National Joint Committee on Accreditation; or who wish to take law courses for their personal interest.

The Faculty of Law may admit students to the JD program with Advanced Standing. Advanced Standing means that applicants may be granted some credit for their previous JD (or civil law) work, to a maximum of one full year credit. If admitted to the JD program with advanced standing, the applicant must successfully complete at least two full years of study (in most cases almost three years) in the Faculty of Law, and complete all of the requirements to obtain the JD degree from the University of Alberta.

All applicants, with Advanced Standing, must meet the same admission requirements and submit the same documentation as applicants to the first year of the JD program. In addition to this documentation they must also submit a calendar or course syllabus (describing the previous law school work).

If you would like further information regarding admission please contact the Admissions Office at the Faculty of Law.