Fluently bilingual third year students in good academic standing at Queen's Law may apply for admission to the joint degree program at the Université de Sherbrooke to obtain a civil law degree conferred by the Université de Sherbrooke after successful completion of a fourth academic year of full-time studies following graduation. Further information about the joint degree program is accessible at http://www.usherbrooke.ca/droit/internationalisation/queens_sherbrooke_droit_civil.html.  Applications to participate in this program must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Students no later than 1 March 2008 for admission the following September.
 
Queen's Faculty of Law has the prerogative to select and rank students for admission to the joint common law/civil law degree program having regard to the requirements for fluency in French and a good academic record. Applicants will be required to undergo a test for fluency in French as determined by the Université de Sherbrooke. Furthermore, the Université de Sherbrooke has the prerogrative to refuse admission to a joint program applicant who does not meet the minimum requirements or may grant a conditional admission subject to the final grades of the academic year preceding the proposed academic year of study. Students will not be approved to take courses that overlap substantially in content with courses taken in the J.D. degree program at Queen’s. Students must complete at least 31 credits over the academic year: 22 credits from mandatory courses and 9 credits from elective courses: full details are at  http://www.usherbrooke.ca/droit/internationalisation/queens_sherbrooke_droit_civil.html

Applications are available from the Faculty of Law at the Université de Sherbrooke by contacting the Faculty Secretary at Secretaire.faculte.droit@USherbrooke.ca. Completed applications and all supporting documentation must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Students at Queen’s Faculty of Law by 1 March to allow the applications to be reviewed and ranked for submission to Université de Sherbrooke by its deadline date of 31 March for studies commencing the following fall at Université de Sherbrooke in the civil law degree program.

An application consists of:

Students in their final year and graduates of the civil law degree program at Universite Sherbrooke may apply to take an intensive fourth year of studies at full courseload following graduation to obtain a common law J.D. degree conferred by Queen's University.

Applicants must have at least a B average to be considered for admission into the joint degree program. Applicants must be fluent in English and the normal expectation is that language-based examination accommodations would not be required. The Faculty of Law does not provide students the opportunity to write examinations in French.  Further information about administration of the joint program can be found at http://www.usherbrooke.ca/droit/internationalisation/queens_sherbrooke_common_law.html.

An application consists of:
1 A completed application form. An application form for admission to the joint degree program can be downloaded and printed at http://law.queensu.ca/prospectiveStudents/jdProgram/forms/civilCommonApplicationForm07.pdf. 
2 An application fee of $75.00 payable by cheque or money order to the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University.
3 Midterm and final transcripts sent directly from originating institutions for all undergraduate and law degree work completed.
4 An LSAT score report, if available.
5 Personal Statement - must be authored and edited solely by the applicant in English. The personal statement should indicate the student's reasons for wanting to study in the program. The personal statement should address the applicant's fluency in written and spoken English.
6 An academic letter of reference.
7 Any other supporting material required in sections III and IV of the application pertaining to academic history.