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Introduction: Looking Ahead In Canadian Law School Education, Joost Blom
Introduction: Looking Ahead In Canadian Law School Education, Joost Blom
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The author [who was then Dean] speculates on the coming decade or two in Canadian legal education.
The Best And The Brightest: Canadian Law School Admissions, Dawna Tong, W. Wesley Pue
The Best And The Brightest: Canadian Law School Admissions, Dawna Tong, W. Wesley Pue
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This article assesses the admissions policies commonly employed by law faculties in common law Canada. These faculties rely heavily on admissions criteria and policies developed in the United States and, like their American counterparts, typically admit students on the basis of "index scores" produced by combining Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) performance with Undergraduate Grade Point Average (UGPA). The appropriateness of this American model to the Canadian context has never been rigorously assessed. This raises serious questions as to whether Canadian law school admissions policies serve either of their stated goals of finding the "best" students or of advancing social …