Program: Legal Studies – Advanced Entry - Ontario Tech University

General information

Our university’s Legal Studies Advanced Entry program provides college graduates with the opportunity to apply their Court and Tribunal Agent/Paralegal or Legal Administration diploma toward a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Legal Studies.

Students enrolled in the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program will enter directly into third year of the Legal Studies degree program at the university and will follow a modified program map that will allow students to complete the program in two years of full-time study.

Admission requirements

Admission is competitive. The specific average or standing required for admission varies from year to year. Students are selected by taking into consideration a wide range of criteria including school marks, distribution of subjects taken, and performance in subjects relevant to the academic program. Possession of the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Preference will be given to applicants with the best qualifications.

To qualify for the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program, the minimum entrance requirement is a two-year Ontario college diploma (or equivalent) in Court and Tribunal Agent/Paralegal or Legal Administration.

Students with a two-year Ontario college diploma (or equivalent) in Police Foundations, Child and Youth Worker, Law and Security Administration, Developmental Services Worker, or Social Services Worker are also eligible to apply for the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program, provided that they have also completed a one-year graduate certificate in one of the following: Paralegal; Legal Research and Information Management; Mediation - Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Advanced Entry completion requirements

Students accepted into the Advanced Entry program will complete the following courses.

Year 3

Year 4

LGLS 4200U – Law and Social Change
Three LGLS 3000/4000-level electives
FSSH 3000/4000-level elective
LGLS elective
One of:
SSCI 4101U – Honours Thesis I or
LGLS 4000-level elective
One of:
LGLS 4099U – Legal Studies Integrating Project or
SSCI 4102U – Honours Thesis II
One of:
LGLS 3300U – Disability and the Law or
LGLS 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada or
LGLS 3320U – Race, Ethnicity and the Law or
LGLS 3330U – Gender, Sexuality and the Law
One of:
SSCI 4098U – Practicum or
SSCI 4103U – Internship or
LGLS 4000-level elective