E. FEATURE – 2005 CANADIAN LAWYER LAW SCHOOL SURVEY
Canadian
Lawyer Magazine conducts an annual survey of Canadian law schools. The
results were written up by Kirsten McMahon in the January 2005 issue of
Canadian Lawyer.
As usual (as long as law schools exist this will be the issue) many students
complained that the law schools should focus more on practical skills
training and less on theory. On the other hand the author quotes one University
Of Windsor student as saying:
"There just be some reason that they call it law school and not lawyer
school."
It was also interesting to note that some students expressed concern about
the quality of their fellow students. The suggestion is that the law schools
should look for more well rounded students in the admissions process and
place less emphasis on grades and LSAT scores (I can think of a lot of people
who would agree with this).
In any case, here are the results in order (to put these in context you
should read the article):
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1
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University
Of Victoria
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Final
Grade B+
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2
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University
Of Toronto
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Final
Grade B
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3
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University
of New Brunswick
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Final
Grade B
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4
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Osgoode
Hall of York University
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Final
Grade B
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5
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University
Of Western Ontario
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Final
Grade B
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6
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University
Of Alberta
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Final
Grade B
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7
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University
Of Saskatchewan
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Final
Grade B
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8
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Queen's
University
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Final
Grade B
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9
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University
Of Ottawa
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Final
Grade B-
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10
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University
Of Manitoba
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Final
Grade B-
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11
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University
Of Windsor
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Final
Grade B-
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12
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Dalhousie
University
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Final
Grade B-
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13
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University
Of British Columbia
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Final
Grade C+
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The results were compiled from a survey and were based on the following
criteria:
Curriculum, faculty, Caring Profs, Students, Testing, Facilities, Practice Relevance,
Percent of students who recommend the school.
The following schools did not get sufficient responses to be included:
Civil Law Schools - University of Quebec at Montreal; University of
Sherbrooke; University of Laval
Common Law Schools - University Of Calgary; University of Moncton (French
common law)
Joint Civil and Common Law Degree – McGill
Those interested in seeing the survey methodology can visit:
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/pages/surveys.html
The results of the 204 survey may be found at:
www.canadianlawyermag.com/Media/Law_Schools_Report_Card_2004.pdf
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