CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Family Law, Canadian Bar Association, Superior Court
25 Feb 2013
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Before 1950"s, had to apprentice with practising lawyers, then write exam until you could get in. Before 1950"s, training replaced the need for law school. Three year law degree, followed by 12 months of articling (apprenticeship) Three year law degree was bachelor of law degree (llb), gradually changed to jd. Lsat is around 4 or 5 hours, standardized test. 3 in bc, ubc, u vic, thompson rivers. Ubc does 50/50 weighting on gpa and lsat. U vic use 70 on gpa and 30 on lsat. Gpa must be 3. 6, 3. 7 or higher. No particular studying method for law school. Can major science and still go to law school. General admission is strict and competitive (gpa, lsat) General admission takes up 80 90% of students. Discretionary admission is where law schools look to give a break to people with various. Lsat is offered three or four times a year. Percentile means where you ranked relative to everyone who wrote the exam.
