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Application requirements
How to get into Queen’s University
Your Personal Statement: must highlight your academic, personal, professional and extracurricular accomplishments, should highlight your interest in studying law at Queen’s, must be authored entirely by you and must not exceed 6,000 characters in length, including spaces. The Admissions Committee finds the Personal Statement to be helpful, along with letters of reference, the Autobiographical Sketch and verifiers, to identify scholarship prospects among applicants who are competitive based on grades and LSAT scores. If you apply to the Access category, you will be required to submit a secondary mandatory statement (1,500-character limit). The statement will appear in your OLSAS application after you choose the Access category of admission. Use this statement to address the basis of your claim and upload corroboration of these circumstances through relevant supporting documentation. Part-time studies applicants: Outline in the Personal Statement your reasons for wanting to study part time.
Your personal statement is an important part of your application. It allows us to better understand who you are, your journey to law school, and why you are interested in studying law at Queen’s.
Most important things:
Authenticity Your personal statement should tell us about you as a person, describe your journey to law school and why you are passionate about law and attending Queen’s Law school. To ensure your personal statement is authentic, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT or other content creation platforms are not permitted. We want to know who you are as a person which includes your personal writing style.
Unique Your personal statement should contain different information than your Autobiographical Sketch (ABS) and your resume. Your personal statement is meant to tell a story about your unique journey to law school and is not meant to be a written version of your resume.
Your Best Judgement Your personal statement should be based on your best judgement of the information that makes you a strong candidate for Queen’s Law. Share the information that you feel will make us confident about your application and you as a future law student.
Tips
Tell us why you want to study law and what led you to this decision. Explain why you want to attend Queen’s Law and describe some of the research that led you to this decision. Ensure that you answer the question in the prompt. Pay attention to your grammar, formatting, and spelling. A high level of writing quality is required, professional writing is key. Tell us how your personal and professional experience has prepared you for law school.