admissions
Taylor RodriguesDecember 5, 2022
Faculty Council Fails to “Run”
Faculty Council fails to reach quorum but discusses the 2021–22 JD Admissions Report Dean Jutta Brunnée kicked off the November 16, 2022 Faculty Council meeting […]
Meaza DamteNovember 25, 2021
JD Application Numbers Soar Despite Pandemic
Faculty Council discusses new partnerships, graduate programs, and JD admissions On October 27, the Faculty Council met for the second time this academic year. The […]
Nancy ChenOctober 28, 2021
Diversifying Student Representation on the Admissions Committee
Students’ Law Society to fill additional student positions on committee For the first time, the Faculty of Law asked the Students’ Law Society (SLS) for […]
Sabrina MacklaiNovember 2, 2020
Faculty Council Discusses IHRP and Admissions
Council meeting discusses IHRP controversy, changing 1L demographics, and postponement of budget and tuition details On October 21, the Faculty Council met for the second […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2017
Admissions Office Solicits Transfer Students from US Schools
Maud Rozee (2L) Dean Iacobucci announced that, last month, the Faculty of Law had “reached out to some Canadian JD students in the US who […]
Web EditorOctober 27, 2016
Comparatively Not That Bad: Transfer Students on U of T Law
Kalyna Baziuk-Swaga – University of New Brunswick It’s been an interesting couple of months, transferring from a small and tightly-knit law student community in Fredericton […]
Shari NathanOctober 27, 2016
Faculty Council: Priorities, Admissions, the TRC, and the Student Experience
Amani Rauff (2L) and Shari Nathan (2L) The first Faculty Council meeting of the semester took place on October 5. Priorities for the Year Dean […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016
Open Invitation Issued for Admissions Guide Models
Maud Rozee (2L) Invitations to last year’s JD Admissions Guide photoshoot went out only to a select few, but this year the whole school […]
Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
The Selling Of The Law School
Amani Rauff (1L) Hard work goes into maintaining U of T Law’s reputation for “excellence.” Every year, prospective students decide that it offers something worth […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Admissions Report: Class of 2018
Simon Cameron (2L) The recently concluded Federal election saw a record number of Indigenous MPs sent to Ottawa. The same cannot be said for the […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
The Wright Man: “Qualitative Factors” in Admissions are Classist Barriers to Law School
The shift that many law schools are taking towards admissions – giving greater weight to non-GPA/LSAT factors for prospective JD students – is erecting additional […]
Web EditorOctober 30, 2013
Dean Alarie Introduces New Admissions Regime
This is the first of many articles about what goes on behind closed doors at that most august of assemblies known as the Faculty Council. […]
Web EditorOctober 30, 2013
U of T Law Modifies Admissions Policies
Starting this year, the Faculty of Law will be undertaking a considerable shift towards increasing recruitment and diversity outreach to augment its existing equity and […]
Web EditorOctober 30, 2013
Diversity stat too simple to be useful
A new promotional pamphlet produced by the Faculty of Law boasts that one-third of the incoming class are “students of colour.” At the Dean’s Town […]
Web EditorOctober 30, 2013
Queen’s Law planning to raise revenue by increasing class size
Queen’s Law recently announced it is looking for ways to increase revenue. According to Dean William Flanagan, the province’s 5% cap on law school tuition […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2013
Admissions: How The Sausage is Made
Admissions play an enormous role in the life at the law school. For 44 years Prof. Arnold Weinrib chaired the admissions committee and used his […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2013
The Dream versus the Reality: What did 3Ls write in their personal statements? What are they doing now?
The following are actual excerpts from real personal statements, generously submitted by members of the class of 2013. During my time as a [undergraduate], I […]
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