Queen's Faculty of Law

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The Queen's University Faculty of Law is a faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

In 1949 Queen’s University, the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto were operating law schools not recognized by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Finally, in 1957 the Law Society of Upper Canada agreed to allow universities to offer law programs which would eventually lead to the qualification as a barrister and solicitor in Ontario.

The crest of Queen’s law school is a sword and the scales of justice on top of a white X and a shield. The motto indicated at the top of the symbol is the French phrase “Soit droit fait” which loosely translates into “let right be done”.

Queen’s law is housed in Sir John A. Macdonald Hall, which was completely renovated in 2003.

[edit] Academics

Most accepted applicants have completed either a three or four year university program. The preference is to accept those applicants who have an honours undergraduate degree. Acceptance to Queen’s law is competitive, with a few thousand applicants vying for around 160 positions. The average LSAT score of accepted applicants is 160 and the average undergraduate average (for the last two years) is 82%.

The faculty of law at Queen’s offers an LL.B. and a graduate program in law LL.M. In addition combined degree programs include a master of industrial relations and a master of public administration both of which may be combined with the LL.B. The Faculty of law is also in the process of developing a doctoral program effective in 2007.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Madame Justice Nancy Flatters (Law ’81)

[edit] External links

• Canadian Lawyer magazine's 2005 ranking of Canadian Law Schools
• Canadian Lawyer magazine's 2005 Canadian lawyer's compensation survey

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