FEATURE - 2006 CANADIAN LAW SCHOOL SURVEY – HOW THE SCHOOLS RANKED
Richardson LSAT Preparation - Toronto, Canada
Once again respondents complained about the lack of practical
lawyering schools taught in the law schools.
In addition, increasing tuition fees were worthy of note. The
article is titled:
"How much is too much?
In Ontario, at least, fewer middle class students are entering
law school. A new StatsCan study suggests they are caught in a
bind, unable to afford steep fee increases and ineligible for
student aid."
Law school tuition fees are also of interest to society as a whole. On December 29/05 The Globe And Mail published an interesting editorial. It appeared on page A18 and was titled: "Let tuition fees rise". The editorial took the position that law school tuition fees should be deregulated. It closed by suggesting:
"Premier Dalton McGuinty should take the wraps off universities, particularly in professional programs such as law, in which graduates stand to earn large incomes. Let the competition begin."
(Those interested in the article should visit globandmail.com and search the words: "Let tuition fees rise")
The 2006 rankings were as follows:
1. Osgoode Hall - Final Grade B+
2. University of Toronto - Final Grade B+
3. University of Victoria - Final Grade B+
4. University of Calgary - Final Grade B
5. University of Windsor - Final Grade B
6. McGill University - Final Grade B-
7. Dalhousie University - Final Grade B-
8. University of New Brunswick - Final Grade B
9. University of Western Ontario - Final Grade B-
10. University of Alberta - Final Grade B-
11. Queen's University - Final Grade B-
12. University of Saskatchewan - Final Grade B-
13. University of Ottawa - Final Grade B-
14. University of Manitoba - Final Grade C+
15. University of British Columbia - Final Grade C+
The following schools had insufficient responses to be included:
University of Quebec at Montreal, Laval, Sherbrooke and Moncton.