The B.C.L./LL.B. Integrated Program can be further enhanced by three options that students can pursue to broaden perspectives and expertise. Each of these options entails additional credits (15 or 18 credits), rounding out the basic program to a full four years.

Minor Program

The B.C.L./LL.B. with Minor program is open to all students enrolled in the Faculty of Law, and allows them to graduate with a Minor offered by McGill's Faculties of Arts or Science upon the completion of the requirements for that Minor. Students must complete 18 credits in addition to the 105 credits needed for the B.C.L./LL.B. program.

Note that some Science Minors are 24 credits. In such cases, law students will be allowed to count six credits of their 24-credit Minor Program towards their Law degree.

All Minors offered in the Faculties of Arts and Science are open to law students. Students should note that they may NOT enroll in a Minor in Management.

Students may enroll in a Minor after completion of two full time semesters in the Faculty. Students must meet with an advisor from the appropriate Department to select the courses required to complete the Minor, and have the advisor sign their Application for a Minor [.doc]. Upon submission of the completed form to the Assistant Dean (Internal Affairs) at the Faculty of Law, the Minor will be entered onto the student's transcript. Students will be registered in the selected courses by the SAO. They should, however, confirm their registration on Log into Minerva. Students are reminded that they may not take more than six non-law credits per term.

Once a Minor has been declared, students are expected to complete it. If a student abandons or fails to complete the Minor, no credit taken toward the completion of a Minor may be transferred to count toward the BCL/LLB, except as 6 non-law credits.

Please consult the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science sections of the Undergraduate Programs Calendar to determine the requirements for individual Minors.

Major Concentration Programs

The Faculty of Law offers two designated Major Concentrations:

1. Commercial Negotiation & Dispute Resolution
2. International Human Rights & Development

Each Major Concentration is articulated around a synthetic “skill-set” driven by a transversal theme and inspired by a trans-disciplinary approach. Law and non-law courses are combined with the practical experience acquired during a mandatory internship to allow students to test the “skill-set” in a practical setting. The required writing of an independent essay allows students to integrate the various academic and clinical strands of their chosen Major Concentration.

The Majors are broader in scope than the Minors (described above) in that they reach back into the “basic” B.C.L./LL.B. program to require students to choose, as part of their 105 credits, at least 18 credits from designated options corresponding to each specific Major Concentration. Students must complete an additional 18 credits in the Major for a total of 123 credits. At least 6 of the 36 total credits for the Major must be taken in non-law courses. Students may take more than 6 non-law credits for the Major. However, the total number of non-law credits taken by students doing a B.C.L./LL.B. with Major may not exceed 12 credits.

The Major Concentrations Program is open to all law students having completed two terms in the Faculty. Students must declare a Major no later than the deadline for registration for their third year. Upon the successful completion of at least 36 credits in an approved Major Concentration, 18 of which are in addition to the basic 105 total credit requirement for the B.C.L./LL.B. program, and at least 6 of which must be non-law credits, students will be granted at the time of graduation a “B.C.L./LL.B. with Major Concentration in [specific Major option]”.

To apply, fill out and sign the Application for a Major [.doc] and have it approved by the Assistant Dean (Internal Affairs).

1. Commercial Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (36 credits)

This Major consists of 36 credits, 18 of which are in addition to the 105 total credit requirement for the BCL/LLB program, for a total of 123 credits. At graduation, students are granted a BCL/LLB with Major concentration in Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.

Required Course (6 credits)

WRIT 300D1 and WRIT 300D1 Major Internship (6)

Internship in the area of Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. The internship is normally done in the fourth year of the program. Placement must be approved by the Major Advisor.

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

3 credits from the following courses:

WRIT 491 Term Essay 1 (3)
WRIT 492 Term Essay 2 (3)
WRIT 493 Term Essay 3 (3)
WRIT 494 Term Essay 4 (3)
WRIT 495 Term Essay 5 (3)
WRIT 496 Term Essay 6 (3)

The essay must be written on a subject related to Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. The essay is to be written in the fourth year of the program, normally in the Winter term, in order to allow the student to integrate the various academic and clinical strands of the Major. Topic must be approved by Associate Dean (Academic).

27 credits from the following courses, of which at least 6 must be non-law credits:

Law courses (15-21 credits)

BUS1 432 Bankruptcy (3)
BUS2 365 Business Associations (4)
BUS2 367 Business Organizations (3)
BUS2 504 Securities Regulation (3)
BUS2 505 Corporate Finance (3)
CMPL 508 Research Seminar 1 (approval required) (2)
CMPL 509 Research Seminar 2 (approval required) (2)
CMPL 515 Intl Carriage of Goods by Sea (3)
CMPL 521 Trade Regulation (3)
CMPL 524 Entertainment Law (3)
CMPL 533 Resolution of Int'l Disputes (3)
CMPL 543 Law & Practice of Intl Trade (3)
CMPL 544 Intl&Domest Documentary Sales (3)
CMPL 568 Extrajudicial Dispute Resol (3)
CMPL 574 Government Control Of Business (3)
LAWG 200 Sale (4)
LAWG 400 Secured Transactions (4)
LAWG 500 Complex Legal Transactions 1 (3)
LAWG 501 Complex Legal Transactions 2 (3)
LAWG 511 Specialized Topics in Law 1 (approval required) (1)
LAWG 512 Specialized Topics in Law 2 (approval required) (1)
LAWG 513 Specialized Topics in Law 3 (approval required) (2)
LAWG 514 Specialized Topics in Law 4 (approval required) (2)
LAWG 515 Specialized Topics in Law 5 (approval required) (2)
LAWG 516 Specialized Topics in Law 6 (approval required) (3)
LAWG 517 Specialized Topics in Law 7 (approval required) (3)
LAWG 518 Specialized Topics in Law 8 (approval required) (3)
LAWG 521 Student-Initiated Seminar 1 (approval req.) (3)
LAWG 522 Student-Initiated Seminar 2 (approval req.) (3)
LEEL 369 Labour Law (3)
PROC 349 Lease,Enterprise,Suretyship (3)
PRV4 451 Real Estate Transactions (3)
PRV4 500 Restitution (3)
PRV5 483 Consumer Law (3)
PUB2 417 Corporate Taxation (3)

Non-Law courses (6-12 credits)

Note: Students who take 6 non-law credits as part of their Major may count an additional 6 non-law credits towards their BCL//LLB. Students who take 9 non-law credits as part of their Major may count an additional 3 credits towards their BCL/LLB. Students who take 12 non-law credits as part of their Major may not count additional non-law credits towards their BCL/LLB.

Economics:

ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy (3)
ECON 305 Industrial Organization (3)
ECON 310 Intro to Behavioural Economics (3)
ECON 546 Game Theory (3)

Management:

BUSA 395 Managing in Europe (3)
BUSA 481 Managing in North America (3)
BUSA 493 Global Econ. Competitiveness (3)
INDR 459 Int'l Employment Relations (3)
INDR 492 Globalization & Labour Policy (3)
INDR 496 Collective Bargaining (3)
MGCR 211 Intro to Financial Accounting (3)
MGCR 293 Managerial Economics (3)
MGCR 382 International Business (3)
MGCR 423 Organizational Policy (3)
MGPO 383 International Business Policy (3)
MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3)
MGPO 445 Industry Anal. & Comp. Strat. (3)
MGPO 450 Ethics in Management (3)
MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3)
MGPO 468 Managing Org Politics (3)
MGPO 469 Managing Globalization (3)
MGPO 470 Strategy and Organization (3)
MGPO 567 Business in Society (3)
ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Res. (3)
ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3)
ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3)

Political Science:

POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations (3)

or another non-law course related to Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, approved by the Major Advisor.

2. International Human Rights & Development (36 credits)

This Major consists of 36 credits, 18 of which are in addition to the 105 total credit requirement for the BCL/LLB program, for a total of 123 credits. At graduation, students are granted a BCL/LLB with Major concentration in International Human Rights and Development.

Required Course (6 credits)

WRIT 300D1 and WRIT 300D1 Major Internship (6)

Internship in the area of International Human Rights and Development. The internship is normally done in the fourth year of the program. Placement must be approved by the Major Advisor.

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

3 credits from the following courses:

WRIT 491 Term Essay 1 (3)
WRIT 492 Term Essay 2 (3)
WRIT 493 Term Essay 3 (3)
WRIT 494 Term Essay 4 (3)
WRIT 495 Term Essay 5 (3)
WRIT 496 Term Essay 6 (3)

The essay must be written on a subject related to International Human Rights and Development. The essay is to be written in the fourth year of the program, normally in the Winter term, in order to allow the student to integrate the various academic and clinical strands of the Major. Topic must be approved by Associate Dean (Academic).

27 credits from the following courses, of which at least 6 must be non-law credits:

Law courses (15-21 credits)

CMPL 508 Research Seminar 1 (2)
CMPL 509 Research Seminar 2 (2)
CMPL 516 International Development Law (6)
CMPL 521 Trade Regulation (3)
CMPL 533 Resolution of Int'l Disputes (3)
CMPL 543 Law & Practice of Intl Trade (3)
CMPL 546 Intl Environmental Law (3)
CMPL 565 Intl. Humanitarian Law (3)
CMPL 571 Intl Law of Human Rights (3)
LAWG 503 Inter-American Human Rights (3)
LAWG 511 Specialized Topics in Law 1 (1)
LAWG 512 Specialized Topics in Law 2 (1)
LAWG 513 Specialized Topics in Law 3 (2)
LAWG 514 Specialized Topics in Law 4 (2)
LAWG 515 Specialized Topics in Law 5 (2)
LAWG 516 Specialized Topics in Law 6 (3)
LAWG 517 Specialized Topics in Law 7 (3)
LAWG 518 Specialized Topics in Law 8 (3)
LAWG 521 Student-Initiated Seminar 1 (3)
LAWG 522 Student-Initiated Seminar 2 (3)
PUB2 105 Public International Law (3)
PUB2 451 Immigration & Refugee Law (3)
PUB2 502 International Criminal Law (3)
PUB2 503 Comparative Federalism (3)

Note: Students who take 6 non-law credits as part of their Major may count an additional 6 non-law credits towards their BCL//LLB. Students who take 9 non-law credits as part of their Major may count an additional 3 credits towards their BCL/LLB. Students who take 12 non-law credits as part of their Major may not count additional non-law credits towards their BCL/LLB.

Anthropology:

ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3)
ANTH 342 Gender, Inequality & the State (3)
ANTH 418 Environment and Development (3)
ANTH 439 Theories of Development (3)

Economics:

ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy (3)
ECON 306D1 Labour Economics& Institutions (3)
ECON 306D2 Labour Economics& Institutions (3)
ECON 313 Economic Development 1 (3)
ECON 314 Economic Development 2 (3)
ECON 316 The Underground Economy (3)
ECON 426 Labour Economics (3)

Geography:

GEOG 200 Geo Persp:World Env Problems (3)
GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples (3)
GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3)
GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3)
GEOG 410 Geog of Underdvlpmnt:Cur Probs (3)

International Development:

INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development (3)

Management:

MGPO 469 Managing Globalization (3)
MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries (3)
ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3)

Political Science:

POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction (3)
POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations (3)
POLI 300D1 Developing Areas/Revolution (3)
POLI 300D2 Developing Areas/Revolution (3) (D1, D2)
POLI 323 Developing Areas/China & Japan (3)
POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa (3)
POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East (3)
POLI 345 International Organizations (3)
POLI 351 The Causes of Major Wars (3)
POLI 354 Approaches to Intl Pol Econ (3)
POLI 362 Political Theory and IR (3)
POLI 474 Inequality and Development (3)
POLI 522 Seminar: Developing Areas (3)

Sociology:

SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment (3)
SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change (3)
SOCI 353 Inequality and Social Conflict (3)
SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender&Development (3)
SOCI 484 Emerging Democratic States (3)
SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization (3)
SOCI 550 Developing Societies (3)

Honours Program in Law

The Honours program aims to provide within the B.C.L./LL.B. program a space in which advanced legal research of the highest quality can be pursued. It represents a bridge to the pursuit of graduate studies in law.

Alternatively, it offers a unique opportunity for advanced research for those students who cannot proceed to graduate studies, for financial or other reasons. At its core is the research and drafting of an extended written project, the Honours Thesis, to be completed over a period of one and a half academic years.

The goal is to provide students with an opportunity to produce a substantial work of publishable quality.

The Honours program thus represents a concrete instance of including in the undergraduate program the special vocation of the McGill Faculty of Law for research and academic excellence.

Admission to Honours

There is no automatic admission to the Honours program, and space is limited due to resource constraints. Students who have completed two years of full-time studies in the Faculty of Law may apply for admission. Selection will be based on the candidate’s academic record in the Faculty, the strength of the research proposal, and the availability of supervision.

A minimum law CGPA of 3.00 is required, but it is expected that students admitted will in fact have a higher law CGPA.

Honours application form [.doc]

Research project

Students wishing to apply must develop a research project in consultation with a member of the Faculty and submit a thesis proposal of approximately 1200 words. The Honours thesis is expected to be approximately 30 000 to 35 000 words in length, and is graded on a Pass/Fail basis by the supervisor and another examiner. The standard for obtaining a Pass reflects the goal of the Honours program: to produce a substantial work of publishable quality.

Course Sequence

The sequence for students wishing to participate in the Honours program is as follows: In the Fall of the third year, interested students submit an application for admission to the Honours program based on a research project developed in the previous months with the assistance of a Faculty member.

For 2008-2009, applications must be handed in by Friday, 10 October 2008 at 15:00, at the SAO. To apply, complete and sign the Honours application form [.doc]. Students will be informed of the result of their application shortly thereafter.

Students admitted to the Honours program register for the course Honours Thesis 1 (3 credits) either in the Winter or Summer term of their third year. In their fourth year, students in the Honours program normally register for the courses Honours Thesis 2 (6 credits) in the Fall term and Honours Thesis 3 (6 credits) in the Winter term.

A student having successfully completed the Honours program will be awarded the degree of BCL/LLB (Honours) upon graduation.

Courses

WRIT 450 Honours Thesis 1 (3)
WRIT 451 Honours Thesis 2 (6)
WRIT 452 Honours Thesis 3 (6)

Progress reports

Progress reports are required to be submitted to the SAO by the student and supervisor at the end of each of the terms in which the student is registered for Honours Thesis 1 and Honours Thesis 2.

Thesis Submission

The thesis must be submitted by the end of the fourth academic year. For 2008-2009, the due date is Monday, April 8, 2009 at 15:00, at the SAO, to allow the supervisor and another examiner to grade it in time for the student to graduate in June. Students are encouraged to submit at an earlier date in the event the thesis is sent back for further revision by the supervisor or co-examiner.