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Can anyone help with some info as my daughter who is studying for her Scottish Highers (Business Management, English, Advanced Higher Modern Studies, History and Politics), would like to know how she (daughter) applies for LLB Law in Canada (Alberta)!
thanks:)

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looks like this would be a good place to start.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/

id be interested to see how she gets on, im thinking of going to uni to become a vet if i dont manage to get into calgary police. but i dont really have a clue where to start.

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I'm applying for Masters courses at several Canadian Universities next month. I learnt absolutely everything I needed to know through studying the various websites and emailing the University departments directly.

Have a look here for a list of Universities in Canada: http://www.aucc.ca/can_uni/our_unive...s/index_e.html

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My son got into the University of Calgary (and Ontario ones) with his Scottish highers. ( he now goes to University of Aberdeen ...long story). From what I remember it was a very straightforward application - he completed application online, and had to send photocopies of his certificates. When he was looking at Canadian universities we found that the University websites have all the information you would need.
Good Luck

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Isn't law a postgrad degree here? She'd need to do another degree (or at least a few years of one) first?

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Nope, Law is offered as an Undergraduate degree also.

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Good news for Smy's pocket :thumbup:

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Where? :confused:

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I spent 2 minutes looking and found it offered at both UBC and UofAlberta.

Edit: And after a quick Google:

Dalhousie University, NS
McGill University, QC
Queen's University, ON
University of Alberta, AB
University of British Columbia, BC
University of Calgary, AB
University of Manitoba, MB
University of New Brunswick, NB
University of Ottawa, ON
University of Saskatchewan, SK
University of Toronto, ON
University of Victoria, BC
University of Western Ontario, ON
University of Windsor, ON
York University, ON

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Spend another two minutes. You need an undergrad degree first - then you do the LLB. Total of six to seven years. Might be an idea to actually read the admission criteria on your list.

http://www.law.ubc.ca/prospective/llb/llb.html

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https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/program.do?fr...&programID=118

Looks like an Undergrad Law degree to me. Granted it's not the LLB (which is where I got confused), but I'm still partially correct.

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A 'Bachelor of Laws' is the LLB. To get into an LLB program one must already have a bachelors degree. Though the LLB is called a 'bachelor' degree, in real life, it is a graduate degree... ie, one has to already have a degree to enter the LLB/'Bachelor of Laws' program.

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Chippers, dear fellow, you might want to read the links you post in support of your point... the last sentence of the first paragraph of the program description in your link reads:
So, while a "bachelor's degree", not an undergrad course of study. There have been several previous threads on academic studies, accreditation and practice for lawyers in Canada, and I don't recall any that have indicated that you don't need a bachelor's degree in another subject as a criterion for entry into a Bachelor of Laws program.

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Well... I guess that put me in my place, then.

Apologies.

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Don't sweat it... it's just cross-cultural confusion. Like me, Canadian just moved to England, when I asked the Marks and Spencer sales women if they could hem my pants. :huh: :lol:

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Had you been in Brighton, there would no doubt have been a line-up waiting to assist with the request. ;)

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sorry, didn't mean that to sound anything like as condescending as it does now that I re-read it :o. God knows if there's putting in place to be done I'm more often the put-ee than the putt-er. Certainly no need to apologise

;)

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Assuming Scottish Highers are equivalent to A Levels (I'm a Canadian and so I'm not sure) your daughter would have to complete an Undergraduate Bachelors Degree with very good marks and also get a good score on the Law School Admission Test ("LSAT") to get into a Law School.
Having said that, back in my day one could submit an application with two years of a Bachelors Degree under one's belt, assuming of course that one had a very high Grade Point Average and a great LSAT score. Not sure if that is the case today. As for Law Schools, Alberta has two and they are at the UofCalgary and UofAlberta (Edmonton). Both are pretty good but keep in mind that there are Law Schools all over the country and so she could apply to those Law Schools. Notwithstanding where she goes to Law School her LLB would be recognized everywhere except perhaps Quebec in that they are under a different legal system.

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Thanks for this thread!
I have a law degree (LLB) from a UK university, although I didn't continue onto law school, opting instead for a career in business. One option I am exploring is returning to study law and I am interested to understand how the UK version of the LLB is viewed in Canada and what additional conversion courses/qualifications I need to do. Will investigate further now.

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Well, I'm glad you lot have been able to sort out the OP without my input. (Just got back from a mini-vacation but more of that elsewhere), but I hope it's now clear to the OP that to be a lawyer in Canada is not something you can start straight out of high school. Popular undergrad degree choices for wannabe LSAT candidates are philosophy, economics and increasingly, environmental sciences. But it doesn't really matter. Just be good at something.

Novo.