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Frequently Asked Questions - Application Questions
What, if anything, do I require in order to apply to the Program?
- Applicants must have successfully completed their undergraduate degree not later than the beginning of August in the year of entry into the Program.
What is the application deadline?
- The application deadline for the Program is 15 April of each year.
- Please note that the J.D./LL.B. Admissions Committee works on the basis of rolling admissions; thus, the earlier your complete application is submitted, the earlier the Committee will review it.
Is it possible to apply for both the JD/LLB Program and the LLB Program at the University of Windsor?
- Yes.
- When applying through OLSAS, please ensure that you check the boxes for both the JD/LLB Program and the LLB Program.
Is it possible to apply for both the JD/LLB Program and the JD Program at the University of Detroit Mercy?
- Yes.
- If you are NOT applying for another law school in Ontario, then you are permitted to apply for both the JD/LLB Program and the JD Program at the University of Detroit Mercy through LSDAS. When applying through LSDAS, please ensure that you check the boxes for both the JD/LLB Program and the JD Program.
- If you are also applying for a law school in Ontario, then you would apply for this school and the JD/LLB Program through OLSAS, and apply for the JD Program at the University of Detroit Mercy through LSDAS.
Is it possible to apply for the JD/LLB Program, the LLB Program at the University of Windsor, and the JD Program at the University of Detroit Mercy?
- Yes.
- For students wishing to apply to all three Programs at the two schools you are required to apply through both OLSAS and LSDAS.
- You apply for both the JD/LLB Program and the LLB Program at the University of Windsor through OLSAS.
- You apply for the JD Program at the University of Detroit Mercy through LSDAS.
If I have applied to both the JD/LLB Program and the LLB Program at the University of Windsor and I am rejected by the LLB Program, am I automatically rejected by the JD/LLB Program?No.
- Admission Procedures for these two Programs operate separate and independent of each other.
- An applicant can conceivably be rejected by the LLB Program at the University of Windsor and, yet, still be accepted for the JD/LLB Program at the two schools. The inverse of this can also occur.
Is it more difficult to get accepted to the JD/LLB Program than the LLB Program at the University of Windsor?
- It is not possible to compare the above two Programs in this manner because the methodology used by each Admissions Committee is quite different.
- In assessing applicants, the LLB Admissions Committee and the JD/LLB Admissions Committee use the following seven criteria: Grade Point Average and University Program; Work Experience; Community Involvement; Personal Accomplishments; Career Objectives; Personal Considerations; and Law School Admissions Test Score.
- However, the manner in which the two Admissions Committees use these criteria is very different.
- The LLB Admissions Committee seeks applicants who excel across the board in all seven criteria and, as such, it places equal weight on each of the seven criteria.
- The JD/LLB Admissions Committee assesses applicants in light of all of the above seven criteria; however, it places greater weight on the applicant's Grade Point Average (GPA) and Law School Admission Test Score (LSAT). Please bear in mind, however, that a high GPA and a high LSAT will not garner automatic acceptance to the JD/LLB Program because there are still five other criteria to be considered.
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