Becoming a Lawyer

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HOW TO BECOME A LAWYER Graduate with your O.S.S.D. (Ontario Secondary School Diploma) Apply to University for a Bachelor's Degree (B.A., B.Sc., B.Comm., etc.) You can keep your options open, any university degree is good preparation for law school. There are people at U of T law school who have degrees in engineering, biochemistry, English literature, political science, economics, music etc. If you aren't sure what you want to do, don't let anyone tell you that one subject is better than another for getting into law school. Finish your degree Finishing your degree will take three to four years. Most law schools in Canada now require the completion of at least three years of your degree or a completed degree before you can be accepted into law school. Even if the law school you are applying to does not require it, your application will be more competitive if you have completed your undergraduate degree. At the University of Toronto almost all of the law students have completed at least a four-year degree. In recent years, approximately five applicants a year have been admitted without a four-year undergraduate degree. Write the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) All Canadian and US law schools require the LSAT. It is held four times a year, and consists of several sections of questions and problems designed to test reading comprehension and your ability to think logically and analytically. You may write the test more than one time. However, you should check with each law school to see how they treat multiple writings of the test. Some law schools average the scores and others take the highest or the lowest score. Many applicants write the test in June after third year or during first term of their fourth year undergraduate degree. The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is offering a free LSAT prep course plus law school admissions support to high-potential
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