Thompson Rivers University
Thompson Rivers University
Application requirements
How to get into Thompson Rivers University
Please upload a copy (PDF) of your statement letter. It should be no more than 750 words in length.
The purpose of the statement of interest is to provide the Admissions Committee with additional information about you that will be used in assessing your application. Among other things, the Admissions Committee is interested in finding out the following:
- What led you to make the decision to apply to Law School?
- What you would like to do with your law degree?
- Why you are interested in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University in particular?
- Why you have made previous academic or other choices and how they have affected your decision to apply to Law School?
This is a place for you to show us who you are, and what makes you of particular interest to the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University. It is also an opportunity for you to demonstrate your personality, your maturity and that you understand the nature of the decision that you are making in choosing to come to the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University.
The members of the Admissions Committee consider the Statement of Interest in the context of the rest of your application. Therefore it is useful for you to discuss how the experiences you have listed elsewhere on your application are relevant to your desire to attend Law School.
Maximum allowed file size is 10MB.
If you are an Indigenous applicant, use this section to describe your reasons for applying under this category. Please explain your connection to or due to colonial factors, your lack of connection to your Indigenous community.
If you are a Discretionary applicant, explain why your LSAT or GPA are not competitive. Explain what has taken place since to prove that you are now capable of the rigors of law school at a full-time, in-person program. It is helpful to explain if you have overcome the circumstances that led you to apply under this category, or if you now have support in place etc.
If you require more than 4000 characters to explain your situation, please email your letter as a PDF document to lawadmissions@tru.ca asking it to be added to your file. Please include your TRU ID number in the email.
Please submit a copy of your current Resume/CV. Please ensure that the Resume/CV that you provide clearly lists:
- All of your Academic Honours (including scholarships, medals, awards at post-secondary level, as well as entrance awards) with dates they were received.
- All your Employment or Professional Experience (including name of employer, location of employment, position held, type of work, and specific dates)
- Any Extra-Curricular Community Activities (including the name of the associated Organization/Community, your role & participation, and specific dates)
Maximum allowed file size is 10MB.