Eligibility Criteria
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.
Students in the program must otherwise comply with all of UVic academic regulations and requirements (mutatis mutandis).