Université de Moncton École de droit

The University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is one of only three French-language common law schools in Canada. (The University of Ottawa and McGill also offer common law degrees in French.) The school was founded in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities outside of Quebec. As Quebec practices civil law, there was a need to instruct francophone lawyers in common law to practice in other parts of Canada. The University of Ottawa law school teaches both common and civil law, as does McGill; thus the University of Moncton's Faculty of Law is the only exclusively French, exclusively common law school in Canada. [ [http://www.umoncton.ca/droit/Information__generale/Introduction.html Université de Moncton, Campus de Moncton - Faculté de droit ] ]
New Brunswick has a significant francophone minority (approximately 35% of the province speaks French as a first language), and it is the only constitutionally bilingual province in Canada, thus the province faced a unique need that was recognised by the creation of the school.

The Faculty considers a students GPA, extracurricular activities and an interview and questionnaire, as well as letters of reference, as part of the application process. A GPA of 2.8 (on a 4.3 scale) is the minimum acceptable score. As classes are conducted entirely in French, competence in the French language is required. Like all francophone schools in Canada, the University of Moncton does not require that its students take the LSAT.

The University of Moncton offers both the basic LL.B. and the graduate LL.M. The school also offers joint degrees: the LL.B.-MBA (Masters of Business) and LLB-MEE (Maitrise en études de l'environnement/Masters of Environmental Studies). As well, students who already possess a civil law degree (an LL.L. or a B.C.L.) from a Canadian school can enroll at the University of Moncton for two semesters to complete an LL.B. [http://www.umoncton.ca/droit/imgs_demande/02Conditionsetpolitiquesgeneralesdadmission.pdf]

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