At University of Windsor in Windsor, Canada, Juris Doctor is offered as a master's degree in Law programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 28,215 per semester (CAD 11,109 per semester for local students).
This Juris Doctor program is a professional law degree with a curriculum organized around themes of access to justice and transnational law, combining core legal doctrine with courses in practical justice skills. Students can tailor much of their coursework to individual interests from a wide range of elective offerings across the program. Instruction takes place in person at the Faculty of Law on the University of Windsor campus, in facilities that underwent a major renovation. The faculty also hosts a program of Indigenous-focused events reflecting attention to Indigenous legal traditions and perspectives within the curriculum. The program suits students seeking to practise law in Canada and offers both theoretical grounding and applied learning opportunities intended to prepare graduates for articling and a range of legal career paths. It combines doctrinal study with a stated commitment to using legal knowledge in service of communities, reflecting the program's social-justice orientation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Juris Doctor requires applicants to write the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and submit a Personal Profile presenting a full and rounded view of themselves. Windsor Law's admissions committee assesses seven factors: undergraduate program average and performance trend, work experience, community involvement, personal accomplishments, career objectives, personal considerations, and LSAT score; no single minimum GPA or average is published on the programme page. Application deadlines are November 1 for first-year entry, April 15 for Dual JD entry, and May 1 for transfer applicants. The page links to the Faculty of Graduate Studies' general admission-requirements page for English-proficiency policy but neither page publishes a JD-specific test score, so no figure is reported here. No interview, letter of intent, or criminal-record-check requirement is stated on either sourced page.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:For September 2027 entry to the JD program, the Ontario Law School Application (OLSAS) opens in late August 2026 and first-year applicants must apply by November 1, 2026; transfer and visiting-student applications are due May 1, 2027. The joint Dual JD (Canada/US) deadline is April 15, 2027; the MBA/JD joint program is November 1, 2026 for the JD side and April 1, 2027 for the MBA side.
