The last few posts have dealt with the issue of attending law school outside of Canada and then becoming a lawyer in Ontario. One of the questions is what is meant by a "law school".

The University of London External LL.B. is a highly respected and well attended British Common Law LL.B. Can graduates of this program qualify to enter the Bar Admission Course in Ontario? See the following post from the University of London Facebook group.

"Bad news for Canadians who wish to practice with a LL.B from UOL External—the Federation of Law Societies changed the rules and omitted external systems from their guidelines and replaced it with attended a 3year program. I clarified this when I called them Friday. Here are the regulations, in part, and a link. I know I’m devastated.

“Candidates who attended and graduated from an accredited law school (i.e. ABA/UK Law Society/Bar Council approved) in a common law jurisdiction with a three (3) year or six (6) semester LL.B./ J.D. (or equivalent) degree, with English as the medium of instruction, should demonstrate competency…”

http://www.flsc.ca/en/foreignLawyers/guidelines.asp

So far, no comment from UOL on this change."

This is worth a bit more research and deserves to be part of this ongoing analysis.

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