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At the Faculty students pursue an integrated program of studies which qualifies them for the Bar Admission Programs in all Canadian provinces. The Faculty grants concurrently both its degrees - Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - to candidates who have successfully completed 105 credits.
Students should consult the Faculty Website for updates: /law-studies/.
First Year
The following 29 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year.
| LAWG 100D1 | (3) | Contractual Obligations |
| LAWG 100D2 | (3) | Contractual Obligations |
| LAWG 101D1 | (2.5) | Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts |
| LAWG 101D2 | (2.5) | Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts |
| PRAC 147D1 | (1.5) | Introductory Legal Research |
| PRAC 147D2 | (1.5) | Introductory Legal Research |
| PRV1 144D1 | (2.5) | Civil Law Property |
| PRV1 144D2 | (2.5) | Civil Law Property |
| PUB2 101D1 | (3) | Constitutional Law |
| PUB2 101D2 | (3) | Constitutional Law |
| PUB3 116D1 | (2) | Foundations |
| PUB3 116D2 | (2) | Foundations |
N.B. In the winter term of the first year, students may also take one of the following courses: required course PUB2 111 (Criminal Law), or complementary courses LAWG 273 (Family Law), PUB2 105 (Public International Law) or PUB2 400 (The Administrative Process).
Second Year
The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year.
| PRAC 155D1 | (1.5) | Legal Ethics and Advocacy |
| PRAC 155D2 | (1.5) | Legal Ethics and Advocacy |
| PROC 200 | (3) | Advanced Civil Law Obligations |
| PRV3 200 | (3) | Advanced Common Law Obligations |
| PRV4 144 | (4) | Common Law Property |
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Complementary Civil Law Courses:
Students must take at least 4.5 credits from the following list of advanced civil law courses and from the trans-systemic course list:
| BUS2 461 | (3) | Insurance |
| LEEL 470 | (3) | Employment Law |
| PROC 349 | (3) | Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship |
| PRV1 255 | (3) | Successions |
| PRV2 270 | (3) | Law of Persons |
| PRV4 448 | (3) | Administration Property of Another and Trusts |
Complementary Common Law Courses:
Students must take at least 4.5 credits from the following list of advanced common law courses and from the trans-systemic course list:
| PRV3 434 | (3) | Remedies |
| PRV4 449 | (3) | Equity and Trusts |
| PRV4 451 | (3) | Real Estate Transactions |
| PRV4 456 | (2) | Wills and Estates |
| PRV4 500 | (3) | Restitution |
| PRV5 182 | (2) | Advanced Torts |
The following trans-systemic courses count for half their credit weight in each of the advanced common law and advanced civil law course lists above:
| BUS2 365 | (4) | Business Associations |
| CMPL 522 | (3) | Medical Liability |
| LAWG 200 | (4) | Sale |
| LAWG 273 | (3) | Family Law |
| LAWG 300 | (3) | Family Property Law |
| LAWG 316 | (3) | Private International Law |
| LAWG 400 | (4) | Secured Transactions |
| LAWG 415 | (3) | Evidence (Civil Matters) |
| PRV5 483 | (3) | Consumer Law |
Social Diversity and Human Rights Courses:
Students must take at least 3 credits from the following courses:
| CMPL 500 | (3) | Aboriginal Peoples and the Law |
| CMPL 504 | (3) | Feminist Legal Theory |
| CMPL 511 | (3) | Social Diversity and Law |
| CMPL 516 | (3) | International Development Law |
| CMPL 565 | (3) | International Humanitarian Law |
| CMPL 571 | (3) | International Law of Human Rights |
| CMPL 575 | (3) | Discrimination and the Law |
| LAWG 503 | (3) | Inter-American Human Rights |
| LEEL 482 | (3) | Law and Poverty |
| PUB2 105 | (3) | Public International Law |
| PUB2 451 | (3) | Immigration and Refugee Law |
| PUB2 500 | (3) | Law and Psychiatry |
| PUB2 502 | (3) | International Criminal Law |
| PUB3 115 | (3) | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
Other Courses (44 credits)
Students must take other complementary or elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 105-credit degree requirement.
For students who entered the Faculty in 2004-2005 or later, these other credits may include up to six non-Law credits. For students who entered the Faculty prior to 2004-2005, these other credits may include up to 12 non-Law credits.
Minimum Writing Requirement
All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by:
a) writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade;
b) writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law;
c) writing an article, note or comment of equivalent substance that is published or accepted for publication in the McGill Law Journal and approved by the Faculty Adviser to that publication.
Papers written jointly do not satisfy this requirement.
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Faculty of Law—2010-2011 (last updated Dec. 17, 2010) (disclaimer)