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Trudeau earned his law degree at the Université de Montréal in 1943.

During his studies he was conscripted into the Canadian Army, just like thousands of other Canadian men, as part of the National Resources Mobilization Act.

When he was conscripted into the Army, he decided to join the " Canadian Officers ' Training Corps ", and he then served with the other conscripts in Canada, since they were not assigned to any overseas military service until after the Conscription Crisis of 1944 ( after the Invasion of Normandy that June.

) Before this, all Canadians serving overseas were volunteers, and not conscripts.