Faculty of Law

International Perspective

Information for Students from Canada

 Information for Studnts from Canada

 

 

Bond has strong links with Canada. There are currently over 130 Canadian students studying for law degrees at Bond and there is an active Canadian Law Students Association.

We have an arrangement with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, under which its staff periodically come to Bond to teach its course in Canadian Constitutional Law. Our students can take the course as part of the elective component of their Bond degrees. Students taking the course are also registered with and receive a transcript from the University of Manitoba.

All Canadians interested in studying at Bond are invited to contact Professor Eric Colvin.

Which LAW program should I take?

Students seeking a professional qualification who have already completed a first degree may enrol in the Juris Doctor (JD) program.

Students who have not completed a first degree must enrol in the LLB program. Bond follows the Australian tradition in admitting high school graduates direct to the LLB program. Credit towards the elective component of the LLB degree will ordinarily be given for at least four subjects from any pre-law university studies.

Canadian law graduates wishing to specialise in international, corporate and trade law or dispute resolution should consider our Master of Laws. Current Canadian law students might consider a one semester exchange program.

Bond Faculty of Law has student exchange programs with the University of British Columbia and the University of Saskatchewan. There are also exchange programs with the law schools at Duke University and Northwestern University in the USA.

Professional admission in Canada

Canadians graduating with an Australian law degree must pass some additional examinations in Canadian law before they can enter a bar admission course in Canada. For all provinces except Quebec, the additional requirements are determined by the National Committee on Accreditation (the ‘NCA’) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

The NCA makes decisions on an individual basis so its rulings can vary from applicant to applicant. The major variables affecting NCA rulings include the amount of any pre-law undergraduate studies, the length of the law degree, the amount of any studies undertaken in a Canadian law school, and the marks obtained in the law degree.

As a guide, applicants with respectable Bond results and a four-year pre-law degree have commonly been required to take eight examinations in Canadian law. These may be completed through a Canadian law school or via exams set by the NCA.

Note that admission rules are subject to change. The rules in each jurisdiction should be examined carefully to determine the requirements.

Bond LAW faculty links to canada

The Faculty's links with Canada have been fostered by Professor Eric Colvin who was Dean from 1996 to 2000. Professor Colvin was Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan before he joined the founding staff at Bond. His writings on Canadian criminal and constitutional law have frequently been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Colvin has also taught at UBC and the University of New Brunswick. Other Faculty members with Canadian experience are Associate Professor Vai Io Lo, who has taught at the University of Windsor, and Professor John Wade, who is a graduate of UBC and has taught at Osgoode Hall, the University of Manitoba and the University of Calgary.

Several Canadian academics have spent time at Bond as visiting staff, including Professor Bruce Welling from the University of Western Ontario, Professors Ken Cooper-Stevenson, Dan Ish and Tim Quigley from the University of Saskatchewan and Professors Karen Busby and Lee Stuesser from the University of Manitoba. Professor Stuesser holds a continuing adjunct appointment to assist with our advocacy training program.

Applying for admission to Bond University

Students may apply to Bond University on-line or via one of our Canadian agents:

Agent
Phone
Email
KOM Consultants
905 318 8200
 info@komconsultants.com
AustraLearn Canada
1888 637 4412
 studyabroad@australearncanada.org
OzTREKK
1866 698 7355
 info@oztrekk.com

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