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JUSTICE CANADA1.0 PROGRAM: LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLEThe Legal Studies Program, administered by the Department of Justice Canada,offers financial assistance to Métis and Non-Status Indians who wish to attend lawschool. The program provides grants to pay for tuition, text books and living expenses.Scholarships for the three-year law program, also described in this section of the guide,and scholarships for a pre-law orientation course are offered as well as somescholarships for graduate studies in law.(If you are a Status Indian or Inuit, you may be eligible to receive similar assistance fromIndian and Northern Affairs Canada. Refer to the Post-Secondary Education Program,also described in this section of the guide, for further information.)1.1 Eligibility:To qualify for financial assistance, an applicant must be a Non-Status Indian or Métis, ofCanadian citizenship, living in Canada, who has received a conditional or unconditionalacceptance from a law school.The criteria for unconditional acceptance into law school usually include two or threeyears of university studies, good marks and a high score on the Law School AdmissionTest (LSAT). However, other criteria may be considered from mature students.1.2 Contact: Call Collect: (613) 957-9643 Fax: (613) 941-2269 Internet: http://canada.justice.gc.ca Write: Programs Directorate, Grants and Contributions Unit, Department of Justice Canada 222Queen Street, 10 th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H82.0 PROGRAM: ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS INITIATIVEThe Aboriginal Community Corrections Initiative is designed to test and evaluateoffender treatment and services within the context of community healing and to supportthe development and exchange of knowledge among Aboriginal people aboutcommunity corrections.Solicitor General Canada expects to negotiate, in concert with provincial/territorialgovernments, up to five agreements to test innovative approaches to communitycorrections in Aboriginal communities, including one or two agreements with off-reservecommunities. Communities with large numbers of Aboriginal offenders will be targeted.2.1 Eligibility:Any Aboriginal community may make a proposal for funding. Proposals can besubmitted by First Nations, community groups or Aboriginal organizations that have aPg. 224