Law
Tuition & fees
Understanding your costs is essential to building a successful financial plan. A great place to start your planning is by researching your tuition, student fees, and living costs.
Tuition and student fees
The Faculty of Law provides detailed information on planning
Living costs
Whether you are a single student or are a student with a family, living costs are your largest educational expenses and are often the hardest to plan for. Take a look at general guidelines and estimates for costs of living to help you get started with your planning.
Types of financial support
Scholarships & awards
Scholarships and awards recognize outstanding entering and continuing students and are administered by the Faculty of Law.
JD students may also apply for:
- Affiliation Awards
- Awards for Aboriginal Students
- Awards for Students with Disabilities
- Premier Undergraduate & Wesbrook Scholarships
Bursaries
JD students enrolled in the full-time program are eligible to apply for UBC Bursaries.
Applications for Law students are open from June 1 to 30. To be considered for bursary support, you must apply during this period.
Bursary support will not cover all of your unmet need, and bursary award amounts may vary each year depending on the number of eligible students, total unmet need of applicants, and available bursary support.
To complete your application, log on to the Student Service Centre, and choose the Finances section.
Student loans
Full-time JD students are eligible to apply for government student loans.
Government student loans are provided to supplement your own resources and will not be sufficient to cover all of your costs for the JD program.
JD students applying for student loan funding from provinces other than BC are recommended to submit their loan applications by the end of June each year to have funding in place for September.
Students enrolled in the part-time JD program are not eligible for government financial assistance.
Do you have previous loans?
If you are attending full-time studies, have previous government student loans, and are not taking out new student loans this year, you must inform your lenders that you are back in school to keep your loans out of repayment.
Other funding
To complete your financial plan, you may want to consider a Professional Student Line of Credit. Many JD students use this additional resource to fill gaps in their funding. Plan ahead for how you will manage your line of credit spending as it is still debt.
Exchange opportunities
As a Law student, you are eligible to go on exchange during your second or third year. You can access Law programs from all over the world. To find out about exchange opportunities for JD students, visit the Go Global website.
For further assistance with creating your financial plan, please contact Student Financial Assistance & Awards.
