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The ������Ƶ Law Co-op Program is the only comprehensive common-law program of its kind in Canada. Co-op provides an excellent opportunity to explore a broad range of career options in law.

Requirements

If you're registered in first-year ������Ƶ law, you're eligible for the Law Co-op Program.

Law Work Experience Program (LWEP)

Students enrolled in the Juris Doctor (JD) and Juris Indigenarum Doctor (JID) program can enrol in LWEP. LWEP will be managed through the Law co-op office and admission will take place during the fall term of 2L of the JD/JID program.  

LWEP will provide JD/JID students with the opportunity to complete one work term with a legal employer to gain work experience in the legal profession. Given the academic schedule for the JD/JID, this work term will typically take place during the summer after 2L or 3L. Students can work with the Law Co-op Coordinator to determine what works best given their individual circumstances.

Fees

Co-op students pay a co-op tuition fee for each work term just like you do for your academic courses and campus services. This is not a job placement fee—it goes towards the cost of running the program.

It's free to join co-op and attend the preparation course—you'll pay your tuition fee after you secure a co-op work term. You'll pay your fees according to the same tuition fee deadlines as regular course fees. 

2026/27 fees

Fees and fee deadlines vary by program (fees listed as effective May 1, 2026).

Undergraduate engineering students pay installments of the co-op tuition fee each term:

• $411.86 for domestic students
• $882.30 for international students

All other undergraduate students pay the co-op tuition fee after they secure a work term:

• $823.72 for domestic students
• $1,764.60 for international students

Graduate students in all programs pay the co-op tuition fee for each co-op term

• $823.72 for domestic students 
• $1,040.71 for international students

• the grad co-op program fee  
• the grad ancillary fees

If you register for a course (e.g. thesis 596 or 598) and a co-op work term in the same term, during that term, you'll pay:

• the grad co-op program tuition fee
• the course tuition fee
• the grad ancillary fees

The fee for a co-op work term challenge is $411.86 for domestic students and $882.30 for international students. 

Questions about co-op tuition fees? Email us or call 250-721-7032 for assistance.

Sample employers

Here are a few of the employers students have worked for:

• BC Public Service Agency (Victoria)
• Department of Justice (Vancouver)
• Public Prosecution Service of Canada (Yellowknife)
• Environment Canada (Ottawa)
• Office of the Ombudsperson (Victoria)
• Cook Roberts (Victoria)
• Dwyer Tax Lawyers (Victoria)
• Dinning Hunter Jackson Law (Victoria)
• BCGEU (Burnaby)
• Access Pro Bono Society (BC)

Some students go on to article with their previous co-op employers after law school. 

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Get support

We're here to support you with every step in your co-op journey, from applying to co-op to making sure you're supported at work. Contact your co-op coordinator or office for assistance.

If you identify as having a disability or a mental health condition, if you belong to an equity group, or if you identify as Indigenous, we have additional supports for your co-op experience.