2012 Admission Cycle

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Application Deadlines for Admission in the 2012-13 Academic Year

Applicants seeking admission to first-year of the J.D. program or combined J.D. programs must apply by November 1, 2011, through the Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS) for admission in the 2012-13 academic year. To access the online application, see http://www.ouac.on.ca/olsas.

Upper-year applicants seeking admission in the transfer, advanced standing transfer or letter of permission categories and lawyers with foreign legal credentials seeking admission in the National Committee on Accreditation category must apply by May 1, 2012, through OLSAS for admission in the 2012-13 academic year. To access the online application, see http://www.ouac.on.ca/olsas.

Applicants who miss the application deadline may seek permission to apply late. Late applicants must meet minimum standards of admission and must provide good reason why they were unable to meet the application deadline. Please see the request form for permission to apply late and the procedure at http://law.queensu.ca/prospectiveStudents/forms/lateApplicationRequest.html.

To access the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for information about the LSAT test and to register for a test date and site, please see http://www.lsac.org/. Register early - test dates and sites fill up quickly.

Applicants with a disability are encouraged to obtain information about writing an accommodated LSAT and to register well in advance of the deadline for accommodated testing. Please see http://www.lsac.org/pdfs/accommodatebrochure.pdf and http://www.lsac.org/LSAT/accommodated-testing.asp.

Applicants who do not have an excellent command of English and who have not been studying in the English language during their undergraduate years will be required to provide the iBT TOEL test. Please see http://www.etscanada.ca/toefl/index.php  and http://law.queensu.ca/prospectiveStudents/jdProgram/admissionInformation/firstYearAdmissionStandards.html.

Law Admissions Bursary

Queen’s University, Student Awards Office will consider applicants who have been offered admission for the award of a law admission bursary.

A bursary is a non-repayable grant from the University that is awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need. This is a proactive initiative to assist admitted applicants to know how much needs-based financial assistance would be payable at the time of registration to offset the costs of their studies in law.

The Queen’s University Law Admissions Bursary Application is available at http://www.queensu.ca/studentawards/financialassistance/law.html#admissionbursary .

Please download and complete the Law Admissions Bursary Application form and mail it to the Queen’s University Student Awards Office at the address indicated on the form. If the completed application form is filed before the early deadline of December 1, 2011, for first-round offers or by the final deadline of March 1, 2012, for second-round offers, Queen’s Student Awards will be able to include an offer of a law admissions bursary to eligible recipients with the offer package.

If you do not file a completed Law Admissions Bursary Application on time, then you will be unable to partake in the benefits of this program through the admissions cycle. We encourage you to participate in this financial assistance program by completing and filing an application, whether or not you think you would qualify.

Progress of the Admissions Cycle and Secure Applicant Messaging

Following the OLSAS application deadline, OLSAS will forward file contents in electronic format to Queen’s Faculty of Law. Files will be assembled from the electronic materials. Files in each of the admission categories are ranked for competitiveness and forwarded to the Admissions committee for review and decision throughout the cycle. Beginning in January 2012 and running through until late August, decisions regarding admission will be communicated to applicants by email and letter. Please be sure to keep OLSAS updated through the cycle with your current mailing address and current email address.

OLSAS Secure Applicant Messaging Tool (SAM)

The OLSAS Secure Applicant Messaging tool (SAM) allows applicants to send personal information
to OLSAS via a secure process, ensuring that this information will be protected. Applicants can access
SAM by logging in to their submitted application using their User ID number and password, and then selecting the appropriate link. Changes to any of the following must be made using SAM:

• name or date of birth
• home or mailing address
• email address
• LSAC account number or LSAT test date(s)
• referee’s name or address
• authorized contact