Editing University of Alberta Faculty of Law

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{{Infobox Law School
 |name = University of Alberta Faculty of Law
 |image =[[File:Law Building University Of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada 02A.jpg|200px]]
 |motto =
 |affiliation = [[University of Alberta]]
 |established = {{start date and age|1912}}
 |type = [[Public university|Public]]
 |endowment = 
 |parent endowment = 
 |dean = Dr. David R. Percy
 |city = [[Edmonton]]
 |state = [[Alberta]]
 |country = [[Canada]]
 |coordinates = {{coord |53.5243|N|113.5187|W|display=inline}}
 |students = 525<ref name="lsac.org">[http://www.lsac.org/jd/choosing-a-law-school/canadian/key-facts LSAC - JD: Canadian Law School Profiles]. 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-30.</ref>
 |faculty = 97
 |ranking =
 |public ranking =
 |bar pass rate =
 |website = http://lawschool.ualberta.ca/
 |aba profile =
 |logo = [[File:UofA Logo.svg|200px]]
}}

The '''University of Alberta Faculty of Law''' is the graduate [[school of law]] of the [[University of Alberta]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta]], [[Canada]]. Established as an undergraduate faculty in 1912 it is the third oldest law school in Canada, and often considered 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 [[English-speaking|Anglophone]], [[common law]] institution, the Faculty is known for its Centre for Constitutional Studies, Health Law Institute, rigorous curriculum and collegial atmosphere.

The Faculty of Law is widely respected for the breadth and depth of instruction it provides in the fundamentals of [[Canadian law]]. 92-95% of students at the Faculty of Law find an articling position or pursue graduate studies <ref>https://www.su.ualberta.ca/media/uploads/assets/CouncilPresentations/Student_Council_Presentation[1].pdf</ref> and the school is ranked second nationally for 'elite firm hiring'.<ref name="macleans.ca">http://www.macleans.ca/education/uniandcollege/2013-law-school-rankings/</ref>

The Chief Justice of Canada, The Right Honourable [[Beverley McLachlin]]; and the Chief Justice of Alberta, The Honourable Madame [[Catherine Fraser]], are both graduates of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.<ref>http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=beverley-mclachlin</ref><ref>https://lawschool.ualberta.ca/alumni-and-giving/alumni-stories/stories/catherine-fraser</ref>

==Academics==
[[Image:Law Building University Of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada 01.jpg|thumb|left|University of Alberta Law Centre]]<ref>5656</ref>

===Admissions Statistics===
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| MAC_commonlaw = 8
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The entrance average is traditionally around 3.8/161 (GPA/[[LSAT]]).<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-u9luOkViBOYVM2bWFMcmJNcUpOZVBZY0lsTVpyOGRIaGFR/view</ref> The male-female ratio is approximately 49:51. The average age of admitted students is 25 years of age. In 2017, 17% of applicants successfully gained admissions to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law (185/1060). For purposes of grouping, the law school looks primarily at your last two years of study or the equivalent thereof.<ref>http://www.ivyglobal.ca/LSAT/school_alberta.asp</ref>

===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 Law School|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.

===JD===
Most students at the faculty are Juris Doctor candidates. This is a three-year program. Previously, 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. This ended in 2011.<ref>http://www.law.ualberta.ca/news_events/LLBtoJDConversion.php</ref>

===Tuition===
Tuition fees for entering [[Juris Doctor]] (JD) are set at C$15,995<ref>[url=http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/ro.cfm?id=249#law]</ref>  for domestic students and C$29,727.80<ref>[url=http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/ro.cfm?id=895#law]</ref>  for international students in 2017-2018.

===Employment===
The Faculty of Law is ranked #2 in Canada for "Elite Firm Hiring" by Maclean's (2014).<ref name="macleans.ca"/>

==Facilities==

===Library===

The [https://www.library.ualberta.ca/locations/law 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===
*[http://www.law.ualberta.ca/alri/ Alberta Law Reform Institute]
**The Alberta Law Reform Institute is the official law reform agency for the province of Alberta.<ref>http://www.alri.ualberta.ca/</ref>
*[http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs/ Centre for Constitutional Studies]
**The Centre for Constitutional Studies is an academic centre of excellence dedicated to study of constitutional issues.<ref>http://ualawccsprod.srv.ualberta.ca/ccs/index.php/about-us</ref>
*[http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/hli/ Health Law Institute]
**Canada's preeminent Health Law research institute, home to leading health law scholars Gerald Robertson, [[Timothy Caulfield]], Erin Nelson and Peter Carver, among others.<ref>http://www.hli.ualberta.ca/en/About.aspx</ref>
*[[International Ombudsman Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ioi/
 |title=International Ombudsman Institute
 |accessdate=2010-12-14}}</ref>
*[http://www.slsedmonton.com/ Student Legal Services of Edmonton]

===''Alberta Law Review''===
*Founded in 1955, the ''[[Alberta Law Review]]'' is the most widely read university-based law review in Canada, with over 2,500 subscribers.<ref>[[Alberta Law Review]]</ref>

==Extracurricular==
There are 28 clubs, groups and other student led organizations at the Faculty of Law,<ref>https://www.ualberta.ca/law/students/student-clubs</ref> including Alberta Law Review, Canons of Construction (student newspaper), Environmental Law Association, Law & Business Association, the Law Students Association, OutLaw, and Women's Law Forum and others.

===Student Legal Services===
Each year approximately 250 law students from the Faculty of Law volunteer with Student Legal Services, a student-managed, non-profit society dedicated to helping low income individuals with legal issues in the Edmonton area. Student Legal Services was founded in 1969 and is one of the largest legal clinics in Canada.<ref>http://www.slsedmonton.com/about/student-legal-services-history/</ref>

===Law Show===
Since 1995, law students have presented a large scale variety show with all proceeds going to charity. The show features an entertaining law-themed play written by students interspersed with dancing, singing, and videos. Prior to 2008, the show was formatted as a variety hour-style show, but since it has taken the form of a play which spoofs a famous movie or television show.
*Law Show 2008: It's a Wonderful Law
*Law Show 2009: The League of Extraordinary Lawyers 
*Law Show 2010: Where in the Law is Carmen Sandiego?
*Law Show 2011: Draculaw
*Law Show 2012: The Wizard of Laws
*Law Show 2013: Charlie and the Law Factory
*Law Show 2014: Alawddin
*Law Show 2015: Harry Lawter 
*Law Show 2016: Ferris Buellaw's Day Off 
*Law Show 2017: Alice in Wonderlaw
*Law Show 2018: Monsters LLP
*Law Show 2019: Neverlaw: The Peter Pan Story
*Law Show 2020: Shrek: Law & Ogre

==Alumni==

*The Right Honourable Madame [[Beverley McLachlin]], Former [[Chief Justice of Canada]]
*The Honourable Mr. [[William Stevenson (judge)|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 (justice)|Allan Wachowich]], former [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta]]
* Edward R. Wachowich - Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta (deceased 2012)
*The Honourable Mr. [[Ron Stevens]], former [[List of Alberta provincial ministers|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]]<ref>{{cite web |author= |title= ABORIGINAL COURTS IN CANADA |url= http://www.scowinstitute.ca/library/documents/Aboriginal_Courts.pdf|work= |publisher= THE SCOW INSTITUTE|date= |accessdate=}}</ref>
*The Honourable [[Peter Lougheed]], former [[Premier of Alberta]]
*The Honourable Mr. [[David Hancock]], former [[Premier of Alberta]], 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 [[List of Indian reserves in Alberta|Regional Chief of Alberta]]<ref name="Littlechild">=http://ainc-inac.gc.ca/aiarch/mr/nr/m-a2009/bio000000348-eng.asp</ref>
*[[Daryl Katz]], [[CEO]] & [[Chairman]] of The [[Katz Group of Companies|Katz Group]] and owner of the [[Edmonton Oilers]]
*[[Eldon Douglas Foote]], founder of [[HomCare Inc]]
*[[Frank T. MacInnis]], former CEO & Chairman, [[Emcor|EMCOR Group]]; President, [[MES Holdings Corporation]]
*[[Robert E. Pelzer]], President, [[Novartis]] North America
*[[David G. A. McLean|David McLean]], CEO of The McLean Group; Chairman, [[Canadian National Railway Company]]
*[[Ron Cummings]], retired litigator known for liability cases
* [[Violet King Henry]], the first black woman lawyer in Canada.
* [[Patrick Peacock]], President of the [[Canadian Bar Association]], 1988–89;  President of the [[Calgary Stampeders]], 1985–86 and Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[Canadian Football League]], 1985.
* [[Steve Blackman (writer)|Steve Blackman]], Emmy-nominated writer  and founder of Law Show.

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

Frank MacInnis, who graduated with an [[LL.B.]] in 1971, donated $2.5 million to the law school in 2006.<ref>[http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=7182 U of A Faculty of Law receives unprecedented $2.5 million donation - ExpressNews - University of Alberta<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of law schools in Canada]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.law.ualberta.ca Official website]
* [http://www.canonsonline.com Canons of Construction - University of Alberta Faculty of Law Student Newspaper]
* [http://lawschool.ualberta.ca/facultystaff/faculty.aspx Faculty Profiles]
* [https://www.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/history/faculties/55sumlaw.html History of the Faculty of Law written in 1955]
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