The deadline by which you must accept this offer is outlined in the offer letter. Any offer not accepted or declined by this date will be considered expired and the seat offered to someone else. As such, if you have any questions, please reach out well in advance of this deadline.

To accept the offer, you are required to pay a non-refundable deposit of $500 for domestic students. This deposit will be applied to your tuition fees in September.  Once your deposit has been processed by the university, you will receive a confirmation of acceptance from our admissions office.  Please note that if you pay your deposit close to the offer deadline you may not receive our confirmation until after the deadline has passed.  Rest assured that as long as your deposit is paid on or before the offer deadline, the offer is considered accepted and your seat secured. 

International candidates, or those being considered for a combined program may have different deposit requirements.  If you are applying to a combined program, please reach out to the admissions office to learn more.

Deposits may not be required from candidates accepted from the waitlist.  Please refer to your offer letter for instructions on how to accept the offer of admission in these cases.

Deposits can be paid through the application status portal.

Please note that student numbers (often called B00# or "boo" numbers) are generated after your offer has been accepted and will be provided upon the confirmation of acceptance letter.

Every year we hold events for incoming students, to give them an opportunity before their offer deadline to experience lectures, events, talk to current students and faculty and engage with the Schulich community.

We will be hosting online events throughout the winter/spring, as well as an in person event in March (called Weldon Welcome Days).

For the in-person Weldon Welcome Days event, in order to make it easier for those travelling from outside Nova Scotia, we do offer a travel subsidy, depending on where one is travelling from.  The amounts available are listed below. 

We hope to maintain an archive of the events to allow anyone who cannot attend the ability to access the recordings.

Information about the Weldon Welcome events are sent out after receipt of an offer, starting at the end of December.

We have long-standing partnerships with four of Dalhousie's graduate programs, allowing students to complete a Juris Doctor (JD) and a specialist Masters degree at the same time and in one year less than it would take you to complete both degrees separately.

• JD/Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
  
• JD/Masters of Health Administration (MHA)
• JD/Masters of Information (MI)
• JD/Masters of Public Administration (MPA)

If you have applied or have been accepted for one of the combined program partners please reach out to law.admissions@dal.ca to discuss how this influences your acceptance process and next steps.

If you have not yet applied but are interested in learning more about pursuing a combined degree, please see our Combined Degree Program page and reach out.

Learn more about our combined degree programs.

We offer nearly 200 courses in traditional and emerging areas of the law.

• Visit our website to see our course listings
• Visit the academic calendar

Law school curriculum is ever changing, and Dalhousie regularly reviews and updates course offerings to ensure we have the most up-to-date legal education available. As such, please be mindful of this when reviewing the calendar and know that some course availability may change during your time at the Schulich School of Law.

Please note that all first year students have the same mandatory, foundation law courses.

If you require accommodation for your class schedule, our accommodations office is happy to work with you prior to first year registration in July.

Tuition for the 2026-27 academic year will not be set until the spring. Tuition and fees for the 2025-2026 academic year were:

• $22,857.49 for Canadian students
• $45,288.49 for International students

You will be able to access the updated fee schedule and calculation on the Dalhousie Money Matters website once it is available

The Schulich School of Law awards over $2 million dollars to our students annually, between entrance scholarships, bursaries and awards.

We begin the process of awarding entrance scholarships in February. These scholarships are valued between $1,000 - $23,000 and will be credited towards your tuition fees. Applications for entrance scholarships are accepted until January 15, 2026.

Learn more about our entrance scholarships and access the application.

If you have missed the deadline to be considered for entrance scholarships, you will be eligible for our Scholarship and Bursary Program in the fall. You can get more information about the current offerings here.

Learn more about our financial support program.