History
The Faculty of Law was officially created in 1848, making it the first to be established in Canada, as a response to a petition from 23 young men who had been studying independently for the bar. Before that, lawyers in Quebec, like in the United States, did not need a law degree and typically pursued five-year apprenticeships to be called to the bar. For most of its history, it offered degrees only based on Quebec law, which features the civil law system in the sphere of private law.
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