Several awards are based on class standing. These include Dean's Honour List and many of the prizes and scholarships listed in other sections of our website.
A maximum of the top 10% of BCL/JD students in the Faculty of Law are named to the Dean’s Honour List (DHL) at the end of each academic year. This non-monetary designation appears on the official Â鶹AV transcript.
Where an award is based on class standing, it is calculated based on GPA for courses taken in fulfillment of the 105 BCL/JD program only. As provided in the BCL/JD program, this can include 6 non-law credits.
For annual awards based on the GPA for the Fall and Winter semesters of the academic year, students are eligible if they have completed at least 27 graded credits in the Fall and Winter semesters of that year. Any course taken with the S/U options not a graded credit. Grades received in deferred evaluations are included but Summer semester grades are not. In calculating GPA for such awards, only law courses will be counted, but all graded courses taken, including non-law courses, will be counted toward the minimum 27 graded credits.Ìý
For awards based on the cumulative GPA (CGPA) over the entire program, there is no minimum graded credit requirement in the final academic year. In calculating CGPA for such awards, only courses taken toward the 105 BCL/JD program will be counted, including up to 6 non-law credits. For students registered in a Minor or Major program, their best grades for 6 of their non-law credits will be counted.
Determining DHL
For non-graduating students, the DHL is determined on the combined GPA for the fall and winter terms only (Sessional GPA, or SGPA).ÌýThe top 10% listed below (for both 1st years and upper years) DOES NOT reflect the final DHL SGPA. Students must have completed at least 27 graded credits (minus S/U Option) to be considered eligible for the DHL.
For graduating students, the DHL is determined on the Cumulative Average (CGPA) over the entire BCL/JD Program.
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The DHL CGPA cutoff for graduating students during the 2022-2023 academic year was aÌý3.41. The DHL SGPA cutoff for continuing students during the 2022-2023 academic year was:Ìý3.32 (for 1L students) and 3.41 (for 2L, 3L, and non-graduating 4L students). |
For theÌý2024-2025 academic year, the minimum number of graded credits students must have completed to be considered eligible for the DHL will be temporarily changed toÌý(TBC)Ìýgraded credits.
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