Western Law School
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| Motto | Veritas et Utilitas |
| Motto in English | Truth and usefulness |
| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Faculty |
| Academic affiliation | University of Western Ontario |
| Location | London, Ontario, Canada43°00′23″N 81°16′34″W / 43.00639°N 81.27611°WCoordinates: 43°00′23″N 81°16′34″W / 43.00639°N 81.27611°W |
| Dean | Iain Scott |
| Students | 534 |
| Alumni | 6,000+ |
| Website | www |
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Western Law is a public law school located at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1959, its first Dean was former Supreme Court of Canada justice, the Honourable Ivan Cleveland Rand, who saw the school as developing "in the minds of its students the habit of thinking in terms of the dynamic tradition, in the broadest sense, of our law." The Dean of Law is Iain Scott, former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of McCarthy Tétrault, who began his tenure on September 1, 2011. In 2011, The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law changed its brand to Western Law.
The law school is situated in the southwest portion of Western's main campus and is housed in the Josephine Spencer Niblett building. While the school finds itself in the middle of the university's large campus, the law school is completely self-contained, offering students two lounges, a café, moot court room and library. The John and Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library, located on the second floor of the law school, is the central information resource for students and faculty members of the faculty. The collection currently includes approximately 193,000 volumes and 45,000 microforms. Primary materials include a comprehensive collection of Canadian legislation and law reports, the principal British and American legal sources, and a growing collection of European and other international materials. The library also has an excellent collection of legal treatises and periodical literature.
For the 2011 academic year, there were 2,700 applicants for the 175 first-year spaces. The median entering grade was 84% (3.7 GPA) and the median LSAT score was 162 (86th percentile)[1].
The school also has exchange programs with law schools around the world. Upper year students have the opportunity to study abroad for one semester for credit to their Western J.D..
The faculty offers two masters-level degrees: the Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.). The Ph.D. program will begin in September 2013.
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