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OLSAS – Transcript Requirements

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Refer to the application and the university's website for up-to-date program details.

OLSAS must receive your transcripts by the following dates:

  • November 1, 2023, for first-year English programs.
  • March 1, 2024, for first-year French programs at the University of Ottawa.
  • May 1, 2024, for upper-year programs.
  • June 30, 2024, for final transcripts. (August 1, 2024 for the University of Windsor’s Dual JD program.)

Check Document Tracking in your application frequently to ensure that all documents are received by the appropriate deadlines.

Official transcripts are required for each university, college, CEGEP, junior college, graduate school or other postsecondary institution you currently attend, previously attended or withdrew from. You must submit a separate transcript even if your home school transcript shows an exchange or transfer course, and regardless of whether the course of study is relevant to your application.

This includes transcripts for:

  • Work taken on Letter of Permission
  • Transfer credit
  • Exchange program credit

OLSAS does not require International Baccalaureate (IB) or Advanced Placement (AP) transcripts.

Read the transcript instructions carefully, as some types of transcripts must be ordered within your application, while others you will need to order directly from your institution.

What Makes a Transcript “Official”?

To be official, transcripts must meet these criteria:

  • Be sent directly from the registrar’s office to OLSAS
  • Be either:
    • printed on the institution’s official transcript paper or be imprinted with the school’s seal and/or bear the appropriate signatures or
    • sent electronically, where that procedure is established.

OLSAS cannot accept undergraduate transcripts provided by you or graduate departments. Photocopies and/or faxes of official transcripts and transcripts uploaded via Secure Applicant Messaging are not acceptable.

Only 1 copy of each transcript is required.

It is not possible to notify you of any outstanding transcripts at the time of the deadline.

OLSAS is prepared to receive transcripts before receiving your application, but not before August 20, 2023.

Transfer credits, Letter of Permission credits and/or exchange program credits recorded on the transcript of another university or college cannot be accepted in place of the transcript from the university or college where the course was taken.

If you attended or are attending a university or college that does not issue transcripts, you must arrange with the registrar’s office to provide OLSAS with an official statement of attendance and degree granted.

Transcripts from Ontario Universities and Colleges

Online Transcript Requests

Official transcripts are required for any Ontario university or Ontario college that you attend, have attended or have withdrawn from. You must request your transcript through your application, unless otherwise noted in the Exceptions for Online Transcript Requests.

By completing an online transcript request and forwarding the appropriate fees, you authorize the OUAC to arrange for your official transcripts to be sent to OLSAS; you do not need to contact the registrar’s office(s) directly.

You can access this section in your application by selecting “Transcripts”.

OLSAS must receive your online transcript request by the appropriate deadlines to satisfy the transcript deadline requirement.

Transcripts requested when you apply will not include the current year’s results.

Submitted transcript requests cannot be cancelled or changed.

The OUAC is not responsible for the refusal of any institution to provide transcripts (e.g., delinquent accounts, incorrect identification). If you do not resolve the issues in a timely manner, the law schools will not consider your transcripts upon their release.

Transcript Request Fees

The OUAC collects transcript request fees on behalf of the institutions.

For more information, and for a listing of each institution’s transcript request fee, refer to Transcript Request Fees.

Transcript request fees are non-refundable.

Transcripts from Canadian Institutions Outside of Ontario

If you attend, have attended or have withdrawn from a Canadian university or college outside of Ontario, you must contact the registrar’s office to arrange to have your transcript sent to OLSAS.

OLSAS has established procedures with approved distribution centres to release their transcripts by electronic means. The collection of electronic transcripts is not an automated process. As long as the document is available to OLSAS by the transcript deadline, it will meet the deadline requirement.

If your institution does not issue electronic transcripts, you must arrange with your registrar’s office to have an official paper copy sent to OLSAS.

Transcripts from US Institutions

If you attend, have attended or have withdrawn from a US university or college, you must contact the registrar’s office to arrange to have your transcript sent to OLSAS.

OLSAS has established procedures with approved distribution centres to release their transcripts by electronic means. The collection of electronic transcripts is not an automated process. As long as the document is available to OLSAS by the transcript deadline, it will meet the deadline requirement.

If your institution does not issue electronic transcripts, you must arrange with your registrar’s office to have an official paper copy sent to OLSAS.

OLSAS will convert grades of courses taken at accredited universities in the US. You do not require a World Education Services (WES) evaluation for these courses.

Transcripts from International Institutions (Excluding the US)

OLSAS requires a WES evaluation for all international transcripts.

WES evaluations must be sent directly to OLSAS by WES and must be received by the application deadline.

You are responsible for contacting the registrar to request that your transcript(s) be sent to WES.

Assessment of International Academic Credentials

Credentialing assessment means converting international academic credentials into their Canadian educational equivalents.

Your WES evaluation must include a copy of your official transcript.

You are not required to request a transcript from your registrar’s office as long as your WES evaluation contains your transcript.

You must have your transcripts evaluated by WES if your undergraduate studies were taken outside Canada and the US.

Request a course-by-course evaluation for your international grades. The evaluation will not be valid without an overall grade point average. However, the admission committees of the law schools reserve the right to apply their own evaluation.

WES evaluations must be sent directly to OLSAS by WES and must be received by the application deadline.

You are not required to have your transcripts evaluated by WES:

  • if your graduate studies were taken outside Canada and the US, although such evaluation may be requested.
  • if you are a National Committee of Accreditation candidate.
  • for courses taken as part of an exchange program, as long as transfer credits for these courses appear on the home university transcript.

Reminder: OLSAS will convert grades of courses taken at accredited universities in the US. You do not require a WES evaluation for these courses.

To contact WES, call 416-972-0070.

Approved Transcript Distribution Centres

In some instances (for institutions outside of Ontario), you may be able to order your transcript to be sent directly to OLSAS through a third-party digital credential provider. The registrar at the institutions you are attending or have attended may choose to use a third-party provider to distribute transcript documents.

These transcripts will be considered official.

We encourage you to check the websites of third-party providers to determine if this is an option for you.

Current Academic Transcripts for First-year Applicants

First-year applicants to English programs who complete courses in December 2023 are required to send their fall 2023 grades to OLSAS by February 1, 2024.

All applicants submitting fall grades must provide an official transcript.

If you attend an Ontario university or college, you must submit an online transcript request. You can access the request form in your application.

Current academic transcripts for first-year applicants to French programs.

Submitting Your Transcripts

For transcripts not requested using an online transcript request through your application or via an approved transcript distribution centre, arrange with the registrar’s office of each university, college or CEGEP that you attend, have attended or have withdrawn from to send complete official transcript(s) of all coursework completed to date directly to OLSAS.

Mailing address:
OLSAS
170 Research Lane
Guelph ON  N1G 5E2

Submitting Final Transcripts

OLSAS must receive final, official transcripts (which should include all current-year coursework and degree conferral details) by June 30, 2024, if you received an offer of admission, or have a decision pending. Submitting an online transcript request by this date does not satisfy the deadline requirement.

If you attend an Ontario university or college, you must submit an online transcript request. You can access the request form in your application.

Upper-year Applicants

No admission decisions will be made until a final, official transcript is received. These transcripts are required by June 30, 2024.

You must advise the law schools you applied to if a transcript is not available at that time.

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