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How Often Do You Go to Court?
Getting significant time in court as a civil litigation junior for anything other than Wagg motions, undertakings motions, and sub service motions was a challenge even pre-covid. Now everything is moving so slowly, and so much has been shunted off into written-only hearings, that I have to assume it's much harder. Don't fret about it too much. Focus on doing a really good job of it when you have a chance (really well prepared materials have become so rare that they tend to get noticed) and, whenever possible , stick around in court after your hearing to watch others have a go at it. It's impossible to stress enough how much you can learn from just watching a few different kinds of proceedings in the early years. Even just sitting and listening in assignment court or civil practice court or whatever your local equivalent can teach you a lot. And occasionally you'll get lucky and have a judge or master who likes to update counsel on new rules or procedures in the courtroom, and you can come back to the office with useful recon. -
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Accepted 2022
Thank you so much for this post I’m literally crying right now while I read your post about being in my same position last year. My gpa is 2.71 my lsat diagnostic is sitting steady at 155 tho I hope to get it up to 160 by the time I write it. I was going to use the same strategy as you with the personal statement and I have a similar long list of work/life experience. TMU is my only chance at getting into law school next fall and reading your post makes me feel a lot less alone. -
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McGill to Dalhousie GPA Conversion
Hi! I had a question about converting 4.0 to 4.3 GPA. McGill does not list percentages on their transcript, only the letter grade, as well as our letter grade only goes as high as an A (4.0). Would that mean that a GPA of 3.8x/4.0 from McGill be looked at as a 3.8x/4.3 when considered by Dalhousie? Or is there any kind of conversion that gets done, even though there is no A+/percentages listed on the the transcript? Any help would be greatly appreciated! -
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Good ECs for law School Application
If your stats are there, nothing else really matters. -
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Good ECs for law School Application
Hi, I am a potential law school applicant and am currently in my undergrad. I am not very worried about my grades and academic references, but I don't have very good EC's or professional references. I've mostly been working retail and have little to no volunteering experience. Do any of you have any recommendations to improve my application? -
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Do Retired Professors Still Count As An Academic Referee?
This is probably a stupid question, but I was close with two Professors who have recently retired. One retired just after the summer semester and one retired a year ago. Do these Professors still count, or is it because that since they're retired they no longer count as one? Thank you in advance! -
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GPA: 3.5 LSAT: 168 (expected), 3rd yr, Windsor?
I’m going to piggy back on this answer. To begin. Well done. Like seriously. But you are young, I would finish your fourth year. You will appreciate it in the long run. Just keep up the good work - make sure you take the time to enjoy your undergrad as much as you can. Law school is fun yes but very very busy. You are in a very different community - but well supportive one. Being 19 I think will make a big difference. Also, I wouldn’t worry much about the age. I’m a 1L at OZ. There are many 20-21 yr olds. So I wouldn’t worry much about it. You are ahead of the curve. Because you are relatively young, law schools may appreciate if you wait an extra year to apply (ie. you apply In 4th year). Just focus on your grades, lsat and your undergrad experience. -
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How Often Do You Go to Court?
Yeah, criminal is where you live in a courtroom almost every day. CH and I would both expect to be in a courtroom at least four times a week. -
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MAG interview ?
Are you interviewing with the Crown Law Office (appellant) or Crown Attorney's Offices? I interviewed with the Crown Attorney's Offices and prepared by reading the Crown Prosecution Manual (kept notes on key points of each directive), reviewed my 1L crim outlines (focusing on the procedure components), and found old government questions through google (I'm sure you'll find it if you search for "sample government interview questions criminal law"). I would also be familiar with most of the important SCC criminal law decisions over the past year (e.g., Brown/Sullivan, Bissonnette, Kirkpatrick). If I did the prep again, I would put more focus on verbally answering fact patterns. I found the interview's most challenging component was trying to remember all the elements of an offence or crim pro off the top of my head. The interview felt like an exam, with marks and timed questions. I also did not really do an "OCI" it was more one big interview and that was it. If you are interviewing with the Crown Law Office, I haven't interviewed there so someone else may share their experience. -
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GPA: 3.5 LSAT: 168 (expected), 3rd yr, Windsor?
You're 18 years old applying to law school? Firstly, congrats and well done on getting ahead in your undergrad studies. It's common to not score the same on an official test as on practice ones, but in any case, you have some impressive practice scores. However, I'd caution you to not apply to law school this year. AFAIK, age isn't grounds to apply access/discretionary. It's to add context to, for example, a medical condition or stressful event that might've impacted your grades. But do double check with schools of interest. It's my understanding that you can get a complete undergrad in three years in Ontario, but most people apply to law school with four. You'll be more competitive with an extra year. I also assume you'd be 19 by the time class starts next year if you got in this cycle. Even so, most people in law school are in their mid twenties, many older. I'm not saying you couldn't handle the work, but I wouldn't advise a teenager (despite being a legal adult) to jump into a community of 25+ year olds. Edit: civil law only schools can be different in terms of age group, but I assume you're only applying to common law ones. -
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MAG interview ?
Hi there folks! I received an OCI offer from the MAG Crown Office but I am unsure what to expect from a government OCI. Also, if anyone has worked within the MaG (specifically the Crown branch), can you share your experience? Thank you! -
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GPA: 3.5 LSAT: 168 (expected), 3rd yr, Windsor?
how would i qualify as an access student? because im 18? -
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Mature student: GPA 3.1, LSAT 173
I think you're precisely the type of candidate the Mature category is for. I got into Ottawa, Western, Windsor and was waitlisted at Osgoode with a lower GPA & LSAT.
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