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[ccc12388]

Hey everyone,

Just put in my order for textbooks (for 1L) through the bookstore and was a little surprised to see that only 3 of my courses had required textbooks (402, 406 and 410). Is this normal or is it sometype of mistake on the bookstores end? 

Thanks!

[sweetiepie37974]

On 8/13/2023 at 12:25 PM, ccc12388 said:

Hey everyone,

Just put in my order for textbooks (for 1L) through the bookstore and was a little surprised to see that only 3 of my courses had required textbooks (402, 406 and 410). Is this normal or is it sometype of mistake on the bookstores end? 

Thanks!

Hey! If you want to PM me which profs you have for each course, I can tell you whether this is accurate or whether there may be more books to come

[SafariJoint]

Hello,

 

Will someone be able to provide names of textbooks required for 1L? Got accepted for this fall and wanted to see what the reading materials look like. Thanks a lot!

[FourteenWishes]

Are any of you UofC 2 or 3Ls transfers into the UofC? If so, can I ask you some questions? Thank you! 🙂

[AKS2024]

Hi,

I'm trying to decide between law schools.

I noticed that the University of Calgary has a very small class size, and I assume it might be more challenging to achieve a B+ or higher since the curve is set at a B.

Do students find it difficult to get higher than a B at UofC, and is this the most significant factor in the 1L recruitment process?

 

[elars]

On 1/20/2025 at 9:44 PM, AKS2024 said:

Hi,

I'm trying to decide between law schools.

I noticed that the University of Calgary has a very small class size, and I assume it might be more challenging to achieve a B+ or higher since the curve is set at a B.

Do students find it difficult to get higher than a B at UofC, and is this the most significant factor in the 1L recruitment process?

 

It's hard to compare "how easy it is to get a B+ or higher?" from one law school to another. Regardless, I would not recommend basing your decision on which law school to attend based on how easy it is to get good grades at the particular schools you are looking at. Generally speaking, the most important consideration you should have when deciding on a law school is whether or not you would like to live and work in that city/province following law school. It's by no means the only consideration you should have, but it is the main one.

As for your other question about the 1L recruitment process, the most significant factors, in my opinion, would equally be each of the following:

• 1L grades
  • You will only have one semester worth of law school grades when you apply in the 1L recruit so they don't have much to go off of. Try to get at least a B average, but the higher the better.
• Undergraduate grades
  • Since you have very little law school grades to look at in 1L recruit, they will also be looking at your undergraduate grades. Presumably, they will be good since you already got into law school, but just know that they 100% look at them in the 1L recruit.
• Networking/connections
  • Should be obvious but it's worth stressing how networking and/or prior connections can help you get a foot in the door.
• How well you interview/how much you prepared for the interviews
  • I would argue that your grades get you the interview and then they don't do much after that. Once you are interviewing, they are really trying to get to know you and figure out:
    • (1) What brought you to law school and why you want to be a lawyer,
    • (2) Why you want to work at their firm specifically as opposed to other firms,
    • (3) Are there any areas of law that you are particularly interested in, and
    • (4) Are you weird/will they be comfortable working with you and having you around clients.
• Luck
  • I do believe there is always a bit of luck involved as there are way more applicants than available positions, so don't be too hard on yourself if you don't get a position in the 1L recruit.