comPiled By marg. Bruineman
A
prospective law school student has many op-
tions in Canada. When focusing on fi rst-year
tuition alone, a school student can expect to pay
anywhere from about $4,000 to nearly $30,000. A law
school graduate's fi rst-year salary a er being called to
the bar varies widely across the country. A random
sampling of earnings revealed a lawyer can anticipate
$57,500 in Eastern Canada, but a fi rst-year lawyer
might negotiate a starting salary in excess of $100,000
with a larger Toronto fi rm.
So break out the abacus, a little simple math can
help you fi gure out how many years of lawyering it
might take to pay back those student loans.
Tuition v. salary
WINNIPEG, MAN.
$48,000
UNIVERSITY
OF MANITOBA
$9,829
SASKATOON, SASK.
$66,000
UNIVERSITY OF
SASKATCHEWAN
$11,400
REGINA, SASK.
$65,000
CALGARY, ALTA.
$82,000
UNIVERSITY OF
CALGARY
$10,160+
EDMONTON, ALTA.
$78,000
UNIVERSITY
OF ALBERTA
$11,549
VICTORIA, B.C.
$66,000
UNIVERSITY
OF VICTORIA
$8,852 + $1,096
VANCOUVER, B.C.
$87,000
UNIVERSITY OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA
$11,224
THOMPSON RIVERS
UNIVERSITY
$17,470 +
18 s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 C A N A D I A N L a w y e r 4 s t u d e n t s
ian PHilliPS
