FEATURE – EXCERPT FROM THE JANUARY 2001 RICHARDSON –
LAW SCHOOL BOUND NEWSLETTER - 2001 CANADIAN LAWYER LAW SCHOOL SURVEY
Richardson LSAT Preparation - Toronto, Canada
Well, it's that time of year again. Once again Canadian Lawyer
magazine has ranked Canada's law schools. Many of you know my
views on this. To repeat: Although the law schools are not the
same, they are not susceptible to a numerical ranking. Although
everybody agrees with this sentiment, the ranking continues to be
closely watched. The schools that score at the top defend the
ranking and the schools that score at the bottom criticize it.
Queen's University even posted the results of the ranking on it's
web site at: www.queensu.ca along with the title:
"Queen's law school jumps to sixth place in national survey."
Those interested should go to the Queen's University
site.
The author of the article, Kirsten McMahon suggests that the more
"black letter" law is taught the happier are the students. It
seems that many students have reached the saturation point when
it comes to ideology in the classroom.
"Grads stressed that they felt cheated out of a practical,
skills-based education and had to sit in a politically charged
classrooms listening to diatribes on feminism."
Anyway, for it is worth here are how Canada's schools were ranked
in order:
1. University of Victoria - A+
2. University of Alberta - A
3. University of Calgary - A
4. University of New Brunswick - A
5. University of Windsor - A
6. Queen's University - A-
7. Dalhousie University - A-
8. University of Toronto - A-
9. University of Saskatchewan - B+
10. University of British Columbia - B+
11. Univeristy of Western Ontario - B+
12. McGill University - B
13. University of Manitoba - B
14. Univeristy of Ottawa - B
15. Osgoode Hall - C