Curriculum
The Juris Doctor program of study is built around courses that give students a firm foundation in the law. It also includes an array of courses that allow them to customize their study path and explore specialty areas of law.
First-Year
LAW 401 Foundations to Law
LAW 405 Legal Research and Writing
LAW 410 Contracts
LAW 420 Criminal Law
LAW 430 Torts
LAW 435 Constitutional Law
LAW 440 Property Law
Upper Years
LAW 450 Administrative Law
LAW 451 Corporations
LAW 452 Civil Procedure
LAW 453 Evidence
LAW 456 Professionalism & Ethics
LAW 486 Jurisprudence or LAW 496 Legal History
One course in Indigenous and Aboriginal Law
The Administrative Process/Public Law
Advanced Private Law
Corporate/Commercial Law
Criminal Law
Estates
Family Law
Health Law/Law & Medicine
Human Rights
Indigenous Law
Intellectual Property
International Law
Labour & Employment
Land Law
Legal Theory
Litigation & Lawyering skills
Moots
Natural Resources/Environmental Law
Taxation
Experiential Learning
Learning doesn't just happen inside the classroom. The Faculty of Law recognizes the importance of giving students experiential opportunities which will serve them well as they prepare to enter the profession. Curriculum-based opportunities include internships, externships and courses with an experiential component.
