今天有时间，想给大家说说关于渥太华大学法学院的连读专业的情况。
我家老二一门心思要读律师，两年前录取了渥太华大学，商科和法律的连读专业，B.commerce & JD. 读了两年business，今年九月正式入读法学院，成为法学院一年级新生。
渥太华大学的法学院，有两种语言授课，英语授课需要考试进去，这种连读的不需要考试，前两年本科成绩达到标准，可以直接进入法语授课的班。所以对法语的要求比较高，但可以缩短读书的时间。
通过孩子的学习，感觉这个专业听起来很好，很顺利，但难度很大，可以直读的不到10%，drop率90%以上，坚持下来还是很好的，起码法语很溜了。看我们华人家长都推法语，那么这个专业还是有优势的。
渥太华大学咱们中国人很少，竞争我觉得也不激烈，找工作好像也不难，挺relax的，我家孩子住了两年，再回来都觉得多伦多太乱了，车多人多的。那里房子也不离谱，我都想搬过去了。
今天有时间，想给大家说说关于渥太华大学法学院的连读专业的情况。
我家老二一门心思要读律师，两年前录取了渥太华大学，商科和法律的连读专业，B.commerce & JD. 读了两年business，今年九月正式入读法学院，成为法学院一年级新生。
渥太华大学的法学院，有两种语言授课，英语授课需要考试进去，这种连读的不需要考试，前两年本科成绩达到标准，可以直接进入法语授课的班。所以对法语的要求比较高，但可以缩短读书的时间。
通过孩子的学习，感觉这个专业听起来很好，很顺利，但难度很大，可以直读的不到10%，drop率90%以上，坚持下来还是很好的，起码法语很溜了。看我们华人家长都推法语，那么这个专业还是有优势的。
渥太华大学咱们中国人很少，竞争我觉得也不激烈，找工作好像也不难，挺relax的，我家孩子住了两年，再回来都觉得多伦多太乱了，车多人多的。那里房子也不离谱，我都想搬过去了。
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I am a lawyer. The only reason you should be choosing UOttawa's direct entry JD program is if you plan on living in Ottawa in the long-term. Law school rankings do exist and many employers would not hire you from this program. The only jobs that I've seen people in this program get are largely in Ottawa as well.
Getting a 3.7+ GPA (A-) in your last two years of undergrad is far easier than maintaining a 3.7+ GPA in your first two years. Universities use the first two years of undergrad to weed out a lot of students. Class averages are typically in the C to C+ range for first and second year courses, while class averages for third and fourth year courses are in the B to B+ range. I went to law school with Queen's commerce graduates and the grading system in this program is very fair, especially in upper-year courses. It is not a difficult program to do well in.
You may not want to work in the business field, but you should know that many of the jobs in the legal field are in corporate areas of law. See the list of employers that participate in the law school recruitment process here - https://ultravires.ca/2022/12/toronto-summer-2023-2l-recruit-numbers/. Over 90% of these employers are corporate law firms and having a Queen's commerce degree will be a benefit when applying to these firms.
In all honesty, why are you not willing to give yourself a chance to try and get into the top law schools in Canada? You are closing many doors before even giving yourself a chance to see if you can do it. It is not that difficult to get into Western and Queen's law. Even TMU's law school is doing pretty well now in the job market. You can always apply to UOttawa's law school in the future too. At the end of the day, you are competing for jobs with many people in their mid-late 20s and 30s (the average age in first year of law school is 25-27). You would be at a huge disadvantage in the job market as a law student in their low 20s doing one of these undergraduate/JD combined degree programs.