University of Alberta Faculty of Law

University of Alberta Faculty of Law
Established	1912
School type	Public
Dean	Philip Bryden
Location	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Enrollment	518
Faculty	37
Annual tuition	$11,571
Website	www.law.ualberta.ca

The University of Alberta Faculty of Law is the graduate school of law of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Established as an undergraduate faculty in 1912, it shares the distinction, along with the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, of being the oldest law school in Western Canada. The school offers a three-year Juris Doctor (J.D.) program, as well as the graduate degrees of Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Ph. D. An Anglophone, common law institution, the Faculty is known for its Centre for Constitutional Studies and Health Law Institute, and widely respected for the breadth and depth of instruction it provides in the fundamentals of Canadian law.

Academics

University of Alberta Law Centre

Admissions Statistics

The entrance average is traditionally around 3.7/161 (GPA/LSAT). The male:female ratio is approximately 49:51. The average age of admitted students is 25 years of age.

Acceptance Rate

In 2010, 14% of applicants successfully gained admissions to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law (171/1200).

Joint Programs

JD/MBA

A 4 year joint-JD/MBA program is offered in cooperation with the University of Alberta School of Business.

DUAL JD

The University of Alberta Faculty of Law and the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School (Colorado, USA) offer a dual degree program that enables students to obtain an Alberta law degree and a Colorado law degree within four years. University of Alberta students take the first two years of their legal studies at the University of Alberta and the latter two at Boulder.

Recent developments

From LLB to JD

Traditionally, the University of Alberta Faculty of Law has granted the Bachelor of Laws to graduating students, following the British naming tradition despite structurally being similar to the American graduate education structure; however, the Faculty of Law will be granting the Juris Doctor degree starting in 2012.

Tuition

Tuition fees for entering Juris Doctor (JD) are set at C$11,571.20 for domestic students and C$29,727.80 for international students in 2011-2012.

Facilities

Library

The John A. Weir Memorial Law Library, with approximately 390,000 volumes, is the second largest law library in Canada (after the Osgoode Hall Law School library).

Institutes and Centres of Excellence

• Alberta Law Reform Institute
• Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
• Centre for Constitutional Studies
• the Health Law Institute
• International Ombudsman Institute
• Student Legal Services of Edmonton
• Alberta Law Review

Alumni

• The Right Honourable Madame Beverley McLachlin, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• The Honourable Mr. W.A. Stevenson, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• The Honourable Mr. Ronald Martland, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• The Honourable Madame Catherine Fraser, Chief Justice of Alberta
• The Honourable Mr. William A. McGillivray, former Chief Justice of Alberta
• The Honourable Mr. Allan Wachowich, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
• The Honourable Mr. Ron Stevens, former Deputy Premier of Alberta and Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations; Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
• The Honourable Mr. L. S. Tony Mandamin, first Aboriginal Canadian Judge appointed to the Federal Court of Canada
• The Honourable Peter Lougheed, former Premier of Alberta
• The Honourable Mr. David Hancock, Alberta Minister of Human Services and Government House Leader
• The Honourable Ron Ghitter, former Senator and Alberta MLA
• Clarence Campbell, former President of the National Hockey League
• Chief Wilton Littlechild, first Treaty Indian in Canada to serve as a Member of Parliament; elected Regional Chief of Alberta
• Daryl Katz, CEO & Chairman of The Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
• Eldon Douglas Foote, founder of HomCare Inc
• Frank T. MacInnis, former CEO & Chairman, EMCOR Group; President, MES Holdings Corporation
• David McLean, CEO of The McLean Group; Chairman, Canadian National Railway Company
• Laurie McFadden, partner & co-head international energy and natural resources group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Frank MacInnis, who graduated with an LL.B. in 1971, donated $2.5 million to the law school in 2006.

Over a dozen graduates of the Faculty of Law have become Rhodes Scholars, and two have won the Vinerian Scholarship at Oxford.

See also

• List of law schools in Canada

External links

• Official website
• Canons of Construction - University of Alberta Faculty of Law Student Newspaper
• Faculty Profiles
• History of the Faculty of Law written in 1955