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Course Number
LAW 3980
Overview

The course will cover legal issues related to Aboriginal peoples in both the criminal justice system and the family law systems.

Instructor
Course Number
LAW 3310
Overview

This seminar is a survey course on legal issues that particularly impact Indigenous peoples in Canada. It focuses on issues that will be relevant and useful to lawyers in a variety of practice areas, through the lens of reconciliation.

Instructor

Jessica Saunders

Course Title
Course Number
LAW 3346
Overview

This seminar will engage students in an examination of the access to justice (A2J) crisis for low and middle-income Canadians.

Instructor

Natasha Brown

Course Title
Course Number
LAW 3530
Overview

Administrative Law is the law that governs the executive branch of government/the administrative state. This course primarily explores the tensions between: preserving the rule of law and the rights and interests of those affected by administrative action; and honouring legislative intent in delegating decision-making authority to administrative actors.

Course Title
Course Number
LAW 3530
Overview

Administrative law is about the struggle to achieve a balance between the competing interests that shape the design and implementation of public programs.

Course Number
LAW3340
Overview

The course is ultimately intended to help students learn how to conduct a motion and a trial in a family/civil case.

The instructors have designed case scenarios, which contain factual/legal issues intended to assist in the development of skills necessary for good advocacy.

Instructor

Justice Michael Thomson and Jessica Schofield

Course Title
Course Number
3980
Category
Overview

The course will serve as a deeper dive into discrete family law topics and will enable students to develop a deeper understanding of the issues in this area of law.

Instructor

Maria Mitousis and Robynne Kazina

Course Number
LAW 3360
Overview

Advanced Legal Research is a skills-based course which provides training in research-related skills to third year students.

Instructor

Liz McCandless and Matthew Renaud

Course Title
Course Number
Law 3980
Overview

Advanced Mediation is an experiential learning, graded course designed to train students to become competent mediators. The second year Negotiation course is a pre-requisite and attendance is mandatory. By the end of the course, working with a co-mediator, you will be able to conduct a simple private law mediation session. This course will be of interest to students with backgrounds or interest in conflict resolution and those who wish to practice as mediators or ADR neutrals upon graduation.

Instructor

Mr. David Dyck, Dr. Jennifer L. Schulz

Course Number
LAW 3342
Overview

Like the First Year core Courses, the law of agency comprises fundamental principles reaching into contract and tort law, regarding the privity rule and vicarious tort liability.