In the Admissions and Scholarships are descriptions of the various entrance awards and other financial support. Note that the Lord Beaverbrook Scholarships, the Tore Martin Grude Memorial Awards and the Stephen R. Smith Memorial Entrance Scholarship require completion of the special application form included in the Admissions Guide. The curriculum offered to our students is recognized as a very strong one and exists on the foundation that all law students should receive a broad and thorough background in the law so that they may fulfil their professional responsibilities to the public. As at most law schools, the first year is compulsory. In addition, students in upper years are required to take a range of courses in specified areas such as business, commercial law, perspectives on law, and public law, representing the many different facets of the law.
Students graduate with an appreciation of law as a profession.
The law school has a particular strength in the area of property and in 1997, the University established the Centre For Property Studies . A great many other specialized courses are offered responding to the changing focus of law and recognizing the increasing importance of skills such as legal writing, oral presentation and alternative dispute resolution. Our programme regularly adapts to these needs. Because of the strength of our Faculty, we are also able to present, in many of our courses, an interdisciplinary perspective in such areas as history, sociology, and international relations. In short, the programme at the Law School is a solid one that prepares students for the law profession.