Law
Juris Doctor (JD)
Juris Doctor and Juris Indigenarum Doctor (JD/JID)
UVic Law is one of Canada’s leading law schools. We offer a broad legal curriculum, grounded in a strong commitment to community, social justice and human rights.
UVic Law provides experiential learning placements with hands-on legal work with real clients, guided by practicing lawyers. Choose from a wide range of legal disciplines, including the JD/JID, the first program of its kind in the world.
Highlights
- be part of a small cohort of students
- earn 2 degrees in the 4-year JD/JID program
- engage in paid legal work as part of our Co-op program
- live and study on the beautiful West Coast
Areas of focus
- Access to justice
- Environmental Law and Sustainability
- Indigenous law
- International law
Potential careers
What can you do with a law degree? Here are a few jobs that relate to the program:
- Crime analyst
- Investigator
- Judge
- Lawyer
- Negotiator
- Policy analyst
Learn more about potential careers.
Co-op program
Want to explore potential career options? We offer the only common law co-operative education program in Canada.
Admission
Apply to the Faculty of Law after completing at least 3 years of study at UVic or another post-secondary institution.
The process for each admission stream is competitive, with more qualified applicants than available spots.
Streams
We also consider applications from students at other law schools or with foreign law degrees who wish to attend as upper-year students.
View our Equity, inclusion & accessibility in admissions page.
JD program
Learn about law within its wider social, political, historical and economic contexts. Our program is built on a sense of civic responsibility.
- Learn about the JD program
JD/JID program
In the JD/JID program, you'll develop the skills you need to practice with Indigenous legal orders, within Canadian common law and at the interface between them.
- Learn about the JD/JID program
Application deadline
Applications open on September 1 and close December 1.
Tuition & fees
View a full breakdown of tuition costs and fees for both domestic and international Law students.
Funding options
You could be eligible for scholarships, awards, medals and prizes on the basis of academic merit. Bursaries can also help cover some of the financial need not met by Canadian government student loans and grants.
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