Law (B.C.L./J.D.) (with Minor)

123 credits · Faculty of Law · 2026-2027 catalogue

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B.C.L. and J.D. with Minor

In addition to the 105 credits needed for the B.C.L. and J.D. program, students complete 18 further credits toward a minor program. Since Science minors are typically 24 credits and Management minors and Arts minor concentrations are typically 18 credits, Law students will be allowed to count 6 credits of a 24-credit Science minor toward their Law degree as non-Law credits.

Required Courses (47 credits)

First Year (33 credits)

The following 33 credits of courses may be taken only in the first year:

  • LAWG 100D1 Contractual Obligations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 100D2 Contractual Obligations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 101D1 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 101D2 Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 102D1 Criminal Justice (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 102D2 Criminal Justice (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 103 Indigenous Legal Traditions (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 110D1 Integration Workshop (1.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 110D2 Integration Workshop (1.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 101D1 Constitutional Law (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PUB2 101D2 Constitutional Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB3 116 Foundations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Second Year (13 credits)

The following 13 credits of courses may be taken only in the second year:

  • LAWG 210 Legal Ethics and Professionalism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 220D1 Property (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 220D2 Property (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PROC 124 Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Any Year (1 credits)

The following 1 credit course may be taken in any year after completing the first year:

  • PRAC 200 Advocacy (1 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

Civil Law Immersion Courses (3 credits)

3 credits from the following list of civil law courses:

  • BUS2 561 Insurance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 506 Advanced Civil Law Property (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PROC 200 Advanced Civil Law Obligations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PRV1 549 Contrats nommés/Nominate Contracts (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PRV2 270 Law of Persons (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PRV4 548 Administration Property of Another and Trusts (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Common Law Immersion Courses (3 credits)

3 credits from the following list of common law courses:

  • PRV3 200 Advanced Common Law Obligations (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • PRV3 534 Remedies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PRV4 500 Restitution (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PRV4 549 Equity and Trusts (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PRV5 582 Advanced Torts (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses (3 credits)

Students must take at least 3 credits from the following courses:

  • CMPL 500 Indigenous Peoples and the State (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CMPL 504 Feminist Legal Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CMPL 511 Social Diversity and Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 516 International Development Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CMPL 565 International Humanitarian Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 571 International Law of Human Rights (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CMPL 573 Civil Liberties (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • IDFC 500 Indigenous Field Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • LAWG 503 Inter-American Human Rights (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 505 Critical Engagements with Human Rights (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 507 Critical Race Theory Advanced Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 508D1 Indigenous Constitutionalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 508D2 Indigenous Constitutionalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 509 Indigenous Law Revitalization (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 562 Regulating Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 580 Women and Constitutions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 582 Disability Law and Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LEEL 369 Labour Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LEEL 582 Law and Poverty (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PUB2 105 Public International Law (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 502 International Criminal Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 503 Comparative Federalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PUB2 507 Prison Law and Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Principles of Canadian Administrative Law (3 credits)

3 credits from the following courses:

  • BUS1 532 Bankruptcy and Insolvency (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BUS2 504 Securities Regulation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BUS2 506 Corporate Governance (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 518 Public Policy, Politics and Law (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • CMPL 539 International Taxation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 543 Law and Practice of International Trade (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CMPL 574 Government Control of Business (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CMPL 575 Discrimination and the Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 577 Communications Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CMPL 580 Environment and the Law (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LAWG 523 Tax Practice Seminar (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 561 Privacy Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LAWG 581 Health Care Delivery and the Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • LAWG 583 Public Health Law and Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LEEL 369 Labour Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LEEL 570 Employment Law (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LEEL 582 Law and Poverty (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PRV4 545 Land Use Planning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PRV5 483 Consumer Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 400 The Administrative Process (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PUB2 401 Judicial Review of Administrative Action (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PUB2 500 Law and Psychiatry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 507 Prison Law and Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PUB2 515 Tax Policy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PUB2 551 Immigration and Refugee Law (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Elective Courses (46 credits)

Students must take 46 other elective courses offered within the Faculty or approved as credit equivalences in order to complete the 123-credit degree requirement.

Minimum Writing Requirement

All students are required to submit at least one research paper. This requirement may be satisfied by: writing an essay in a course in which the essay constitutes no less than 75% of the final grade; writing a term essay under independent supervision, for credit, within the Faculty of Law; 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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