Transfer and Letter of Permission Applicants
An applicant who has successfully completed a minimum of first year at another law school may apply to transfer to the second year of the LL.B. program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Transfer applicants must have completed a common law school program that the Admissions Committee judges to be the substantial equivalent of Osgoode’s first-year program (Criminal Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Property Law, Canadian Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure). Transfer applicants will, upon successful completion of all pertinent requirements, receive the LL.B. degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Students who are currently studying at another common law school may apply to enroll for a maximum of one year at Osgoode Hall Law School on a Letter of Permission basis. Although such students would be studying at Osgoode, their work would be credited toward their LL.B. degree at the home law school. The law school giving the Letter of Permission would, of course, reserve the right to approve the student’s program of study with regard to both course load and content. Students who are admitted on a Letter of Permission basis are not eligible to transfer into the LL.B. program.

Only students who have obtained a minimum B average in their previous law schoolwork are considered for admission as Transfer or Letter of Permission applicants. An indication of class rank or standing should be included in at least one reference if not indicated on the transcript. At least one letter of reference is to be completed by a law professor who can comment on the student’s abilities. Decisions are generally made in accordance with the following priorities: (A) up to one-half of the available positions will be awarded to applicants on the basis of the strength of their law school academic records to date. It is, therefore, critical that we receive an indication of an applicants= standing relative to the rest of his or her class; (B) no fewer than one-half of the available positions will be awarded to applicants who demonstrate compelling compassionate circumstances that require them to transfer to Osgoode Hall Law School. Academic qualifications are not ignored in this subgroup, rather they are used to aid in deciding between candidates who demonstrate comparable compassionate circumstances. Within this subgroup, priority shall be given to: persons who must relocate to the Toronto area due to their own medical condition or that of a parent or sibling, and persons who would be separated from their children where separation to date has been extensive and commuting is not a viable option.


National Committee on Accreditation Applicants
(Quebec and Foreign Trained Lawyers)
Osgoode Hall Law School is prepared to grant admission to a limited number of applicants whose law studies and experience have been assessed by the National Committee on Accreditation. Successful applicants are admitted to courses offered at the law school in order to meet the Canadian LL.B. equivalency requirement as set out in the letter provided by the National Committee on Accreditation. Osgoode does not provide the options of part-time study or writing exams in order to meet the equivalency requirement. Persons admitted to meet the law course requirements set by the National Committee on Accreditation do not receive the Osgoode LL.B. degree.

National Committee on Accreditation applicants should note that interviews for articling placement in Ontario generally take place during the summer one full year prior to the start of the placement. Applicants are advised to contact the Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course, immediately to confirm procedures and deadline dates by contacting (416) 947-3300.

The primary criterion for assessing applications is the perceived likelihood that the candidate will successfully complete the required program of study. The Admissions Committee does not consider the admission of National Committee on Accreditation applicants who have been assessed and who require more than one and one-half years of full-time education (45 credit hours). In the interest of increasing access to the legal profession, the Admissions Committee accords lower priority to applicants who have the option of writing the NCA challenge examinations than to those applicants who are obliged to complete course work at a Canadian law school.