University of Windsor Faculty of Law

Infobox University


name = University of Windsor Faculty of Law
motto = "Bonitatem, disciplinam, scientiam" (Goodness, discipline, knowledge)
established = 1963
type = Public law school
president = Ross H. Paul (Term ending in 2008)
chancellor = Ed Lumley
city = Windsor
state = ON
country = Canada
undergrad = available
postgrad = available
campus = Urban, University of Windsor 51 ha (125 acres)
free_label = Sports teams
free = Windsor Lancers
mascot = The Lancer
colours = blue color box|#072B61 and gold color box|#FDD017
endowment = 32.5 Million CA$ [ [http://cronus.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Finance/Opbudget.nsf/54ef3e94e5fe816e85256d6e0063d208/4688f38ebfe5d622852571f6005eed0d/$FILE/UOW%20FS,%20April%2030,%202006%20final.pdf] (Page 6), Accessed May 24, 2007]
affiliation = nondenominational
affiliations = AUCC, IAU, COU, CIS, OUA, CUSID
website = [http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/law/ http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/law/ ]

The University of Windsor Faculty of Law, located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was opened in 1969, and places particular focus on trans-border legal issues, social activism and access to justice. [ [http://www.lsat.org/CanadianReview/template2.asp?url=Schools/windsor.htm Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools ] ]

The Faculty of Law is one of six in Ontario, and has a major teaching and research focus on Social Justice issues. It publishes the law journal "Access to Justice". Students can take advantage of faculty expertise in Human Rights Law, Poverty Law, Aboriginal rights law and legal issues effecting women, minorities and children.

Clinic

The faculty, in conjunction with Legal Aid Ontario runs a downtown Windsor community legal clinic called Legal Assistance Windsor staffed with supervising lawyers, law students, and social workers aimed at meeting the legal needs of persons traditionally denied access to justice. This clinic operates in the area of landlord tenant law as well as social benefits. The University of Windsor runs a second legal clinic, Community Legal Aid, located at the corner of Sunset and University. This clinic is a Student Legal Aid Services Society (SLASS) clinic, which is staffed primarily by volunteer law students and overseen by supervising lawyers, called review counsel. This clinic operates primarily in the areas of criminal law, landlord tenant law, and small claims court. The clinic offers free legal services to those who qualify financially and all students of the University of Windsor.

Program

The faculty also has a joint LL.B-J.D.degree program with the University of Detroit Mercy. The program is completed in three years and students take courses at both the University of Windsor and the University of Detroit Mercy.Windsor Law offers a joint law/MBA programme through the Odette School of Business, and a joint LLB/JD programme through the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. [ [http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/law/LawTop.nsf/inToc/222B6014A9A6FBF885256DCA004FE755 University of Windsor - Law Main Web Pages - Admission Brochure ] ] The Paul Martin Law Library serves the Faculty of Law.

Notable faculty include:

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Admissions

The Faculty of Law has traditionally been among the most competitive law schools in terms of entrance statistics. This is due to the Faculty's holistic approach to admissions which takes into account various factors, thereby resulting in accomplished and well rounded law students.The school focuses on "access to justice" and social justice initiatives. This is reflected in the school's unique admissions policy. Seven factors are considered and weighted equally:
1) Undergraduate performance: Undergraduate GPA, academic awards and prizes, the level of degrees obtained;
2) Work experience: Qualifications, vocational skills, organisational and administrative skills;
3) Community involvement: religious/athletic/social/community service activities;
4) Personal accomplishments: Extracurricular activities, hobbies, artistic or athletic accomplishments, language skills;
5) Career objectives of the applicant and how they intend to employ their legal education;
6) Special personal considerations: illness, bereavement, family responsibilities, other special circumstances;
7) LSAT score. [ [http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/law/LawTop.nsf/inToc/222B6014A9A6FBF885256DCA004FE755 University of Windsor - Law Main Web Pages - Admission Brochure ] ]

The latest available entrance stats from the 2007-2008 cohort show that the incoming year had an average LSAT score in the 84th percentile and average GPA of 3.82 out of a possible 4.0.

References

ee also

*List of law schools in Canada

External Sites

* [http://www.canlii.org/ CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute]
* [http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/law/ University of Windsor Faculty of Law]