CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Judicial Independence, Canadian Judicial Council, The Principle
6 Dec 2013
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Topic #7 law schools, lawyers & judges: legal education in canada, history (a) pre-1950"s. Model of legal education was similar to apprenticeship. Find a lawyer willing to take you in and train you on the job. Knowledge and skills gained working with lawyers. Once you feel like you have achieved sufficient level of skills and knowledge, knowledge tested through bar exam, then you are lawyer. There were law schools but law school/degree was not necessary (b) post-1950"s. Law school became critical component of legal education. 3 year law school, followed by 1 year of articling, then bar exam: admission to law school (a) opportunities. 10: 1 - every 10 applicants to law school, 1 gets in (b) measures of eligibility: gpa & lsat. 3. 7 cumulative gpa, lsat score 80% + Tests ability to do well in law school and work with law. Strictly competitive based on gpa and lsat score (ii) discretionary admission.
