Law: Juris Doctor Degree (JD) is a professional doctorate in Law programme offered by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 22,800 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Professional Doctorate
Field:Law
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 22,800 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Thompson Rivers University's Juris Doctor is the professional law degree offered through TRU's Faculty of Law, with applications accepted on a rolling basis each year: the cycle opens September 1, carries an early-consideration deadline of November 1 for complete applications, and closes for fall intake on February 10. The program builds oral advocacy skills through workshops and moot court competitions at the provincial, national, and international levels, and offers experiential options including a student-staffed legal clinic and court field visits; the TRU Community Legal Clinic in particular lets students earn course credit while working under supervision with underserved clients. Students can also pursue exchange opportunities with partner law schools in Europe, collaborate with faculty on legal scholarship, and contribute to the TRU Law Review. The Faculty reports that 99% of its graduates secure articling positions within nine months of graduation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: TRU Law admits first-year students in one of three categories: General, Indigenous Canadian, and Discretionary Consideration. GENERAL ACADEMIC BASIS — one of: an undergraduate degree from a degree-granting institution; the first three years (a minimum of 90 credits) or more of an approved undergraduate program, including at least 30 credits of upper-level courses; or the first two years of an undergraduate degree with current enrolment in third year, in which case an offer is conditional on completing that third year by 30 June of the academic year in question with a minimum of 90 credits, 30 of them at senior level, while maintaining the average from your first two years. LSAT: every applicant, including discretionary applicants, must have an LSAT score on file. INDIGENOUS CANADIAN category: two reference letters plus proof of Indigeneity, uploaded to the applicant portal after processing; the personal statement or Special Facts box can be used to describe your connection to your community. DISCRETIONARY CONSIDERATION category: for applicants whose LSAT or grades were affected by circumstances such as disability, financial disadvantage, age, membership of a historically disadvantaged group, residence in a small or remote community, injury or illness; you explain this in the Special Facts box, must still meet the basic requirements including an LSAT score, typically have at least two years of undergraduate study completed, and must supply two reference letters. Reference letters are required only for the Indigenous and Discretionary categories. DOCUMENTS: apply through EducationPlannerBC and upload a personal statement (also called the statement of interest), a resume or CV and your LSAC ID; transcripts must be sent to TRU directly by each post-secondary institution, and referees are contacted through an automated link from your TRU applicant portal rather than emailing letters in. For scale, TRU Law admits roughly 125 students a year and its 2025-26 incoming class averaged an LSAT of 159 and a GPA of 3.84 on TRU's 4.33 scale — a class profile, not a published cut-off.
Application Details
Start Date:September (Fall) start — the current cycle's application asks first-year applicants to select the fall (September to December) start date.
Application Deadline:TRU Law runs its own calendar, separate from the university's general dates. Applications open 1 September. The early admission deadline is 1 November, which also gives priority consideration for scholarships, and completed competitive applications received by then form the first batch sent to the Admissions Committee. The final deadline is 10 February — the same date TRU lists on its undergraduate deadline table. After the first batch, files are reviewed on a rolling basis; offers begin in November and carry on until the class fills, usually in April or May, after which a waitlist is formed. Discretionary applicants who are not competitive are reviewed after the deadline. TRU Law publishes these dates for all first-year applicants rather than splitting them by applicant type.
