Academic Year 2023-24
2023-24 Course Descriptions (Updated June 4th, 2023)
Fall 2023
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Fall 2023 Timetable(Updated October 17th, 2023)
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Fall 2023 Final Exam Schedule(Updated Nov 29, 2023)
Winter 2024
- Winter 2024 Timetable
- Winter 2024 Final Exam Schedule (Updated June 9th, 2023)
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Exam conflicts
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Course calendar 2023-2024
The courses below are listed in alphabetical order and are sorted based on program requirements (see our BCL/JD Program Structure and Requirements page):
1L Required Courses
2L Required Courses
Complementary Civil Law Immersion Courses
Complementary Common Law Immersion Courses
Complementary Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law Courses
Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses
Elective Courses
Law Focus Week Workshops
Graduate Courses
Non-Course Credits
1L Required Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Constitutional Law/ Droit constitutionnel (PUB2 101D1/D2) |
6 | Full-year | |
| Section 001 | Nichols | ||
| Section 002 | Narain | ||
| Section 003 | Pless (Fall)/Poirier (Winter) | ||
Contractual Obligations/Obligations contractuelles (LAWG 100D1/D2 ) |
6 | Full-year | |
| Section 001 | Dedek | ||
| Section 002 | Boulanger-Bonnelly (Fall)/Farahat (Winter) | ||
| Section 003 | Boulanger-Bonnelly | ||
Criminal Justice/Justice pénale (LAWG 102D1/D2) |
6 | Full-year | |
| Section 001 | Weisbord | ||
| Section 002 | Klein | ||
| Section 003 | Manikis | ||
Ex-Contractual Obligations/Obligations extra-contractuelles (LAWG 101D1/D2) |
6 | Full-year | |
| Section 001 | Janda | ||
| Section 002 | Von Schütz | ||
| Section 003 | Jodoin | ||
Foundations/Fondements du droit (PUB3 116) |
3 | Winter | |
| Section 001 | Raso | ||
| Section 002 | Riley Case | ||
| Section 003 | Provost | ||
| Section 004 | Muniz-Fraticelli | ||
Indigenous Legal Traditions/Traditions Juridiques Autochtones (LAWG 103) |
3 | Fall | |
| Section 001 | Mills | ||
| Section 002 | Sloan | ||
| Section 003 | Ledoux | ||
Integration Workshop (LAWG 110D1/D2) |
3 | Jukier | Full-year |
| Section 001 (Workshop) |
2L Required Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Advocacy (PRAC 200) |
1 | Dobrota | Fall |
Judicial Institutions & Civil Procedure/Droit judiciaire (PROC 124) |
4 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Fall) | Adamski | Fall | |
| Section 003 (Fall) | Saumier | ||
| Section 001 (Winter) |
Redko |
Winter | |
Legal Ethics & Professionalism / Déontologie professionnelle (LAWG 210) |
3 | Winter | |
| Section 001 | TBD | ||
| Section 002 | Weinstock | ||
| Section 003 | TBD | ||
Property/Les biens (LAWG 220D1/D2) |
6 | Full-year | |
| Section 001 | Gupta | ||
| Section 002 | Moyse | ||
| Section 003 | Emerich |
Complementary Civil Law Immersion Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Administration du bien d’autrui et fiducie (PRV4 548) |
3 | Cumyn | Winter |
Advanced Civil Law Obligations (PROC 200) |
3 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Fall) | Dedek | Fall | |
| Section 001 (Winter) | Farahat | Winter | |
Droit des personnes (PRV2 270) |
3 | Antaki | Fall |
Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship (PROC 549) |
3 |
Cumyn |
Fall |
Complementary Common Law Immersion Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Advanced Common Law Obligations (PRV3 200) |
3 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Fall) | Bjorklund | Fall | |
| Section 002 (Fall) | Gold | ||
| Section 001 (Winter) | Ellis | Winter |
Complementary Principles of [Canadian] Administrative Law Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Communications Law (CMPL 577) |
3 | Handa | Fall |
Consumer Law (PRV5 483) |
3 | Saumier | Winter |
Employment Law (LEEL 570) |
3 | De Four-Wyre | Fall |
Faillite (BUS1 532) |
3 | Lachance | Fall |
Government Control of Business (CMPL 574) |
3 | Hinarejos | Fall |
Immigration and Refugee Law (PUB2 551) |
3 | Crépeau | Fall |
International Taxation (CMPL 539) |
3 | Christians | Fall |
Judicial Review of Admin Action/Contentieux administratifs (PUB2 401) |
3 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Winter) | Fox-Decent | Winter | |
| Section 003 (Fall) | Kellam | Fall | |
Labour Law (LEEL 369) |
3 | Blackett | Winter |
Healthcare Delivery and the Law (LAWG 581) |
3 | Khoury | Winter |
Law and Poverty (LEEL 582) |
3 | Gill | Winter |
Law and Practice of International Trade (CMPL 543) |
3 | Bjorklund | Fall |
Privacy Law (LAWG 561) |
3 | Cofone | Fall |
Securities Regulation (BUS2 504) |
3 | Morin | Winter |
The Administrative Process (PUB2 400) |
3 | Raso | Fall |
Complementary Social Diversity, Human Rights and Indigenous Law Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Civil Liberties (CMPL 573) |
3 | Eliadis | Fall |
Critical Engagements with Human Rights (LAWG 505) |
3 | Ramanujam | Fall |
Critical Race Theory (LAWG 507) |
3 | Riley Case | Fall |
Disability Law and Policy (LAWG 582) |
3 | Beaudry | Fall |
Indigenous Peoples and the State (CMPL 500) |
3 | Sloan |
Fall |
Immigration and Refugee Law (PUB2 551) |
3 | Crépeau | Fall |
International Criminal Law (PUB2 502) |
3 | Mégret | Winter |
Labour Law (LEEL 369) |
3 | Blackett | Winter |
Law and Poverty (LEEL 582) |
3 | Gill | Winter |
Public International Law/Droit international public (PUB2 105) |
3 | Fall | |
| Section 001 | Riley Case | ||
| Section 003 | Crépeau | ||
Regulating AI (LAWG 562) |
3 | Cofone | Fall |
Women and Constitutions (LAWG 580) |
3 | Narain | Winter |
Elective Courses
| Course Title and Number | Credits | Instructors | Term |
Accounting for Management (CACC 520) |
3 | Cecere | Fall |
Advanced Criminal Law (PUB2 501) |
3 | Ferraro | Winter |
Advanced Torts (PRV5 582) |
2 | Ellis | Fall |
Banking Law (BUS2 531) |
3 | Lemieux | Fall |
Business Associations/Droit des affaires (BUS2 365) |
4 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Fall) | Zumbansen | Fall | |
| Section 003 (Winter) | Janda | Winter | |
Canadian Legal History (CMPL 547) |
3 | Piper | Fall |
Canon Law (CMPL 502) |
3 | Muniz-Fraticelli | Fall |
Civil Litigation Workshop (PROC 459) |
3 | Woods | Fall |
Commercial Law (Sale) (LAWG 200) |
3 | Serry | Winter |
Comparative Federalism (PUB2 503) |
3 | Poirier |
Winter |
Corporate Finance (BUS2 505) |
3 | Barbeau | Fall |
Criminal Procedure (PUB2 422) |
3 | Kennedy | Winter |
Droit de la famille (LAWG 273) |
3 | Gibeault | Fall |
Entertainment Law (CMPL 524) |
3 | Mechanic | Winter |
European Union Law 1 (CMPL 536) |
3 | Hinarejos | Fall |
Evidence (Criminal Matters) (LAWG 426) |
3 | Klein | Winter |
Family Property Law (LAWG 300) |
3 | Leckey | Fall |
Faillite/Bankruptcy and Insolvency (BUS1 532) |
3 | Lachance | Fall |
Intellectual and Industrial Property (BUS2 502) |
3 | Gold | Fall |
International Environmental Law and Politics (CMPL 546) |
3 | Ellis | Winter |
International Investment Disputes (LAWG 585) |
3 | Bjorklund | Winter |
Law and Healthcare (CMPL 642) |
3 | Khoury | Winter |
Legal Education Seminar (LAWG 625) |
3 | Jukier | Winter |
Legal Theory (CMPL 506) |
3 | Nichols | Winter |
Legal Traditions (CMPL 600) |
3 | Howes | Winter |
Preuve civile (LAWG 415) |
3 | Ferland | Winter |
Private International Law/Droit intl prive (LAWG 316) |
3 | Fall & Winter | |
| Section 001 (Fall) | Walsh | Fall | |
| Section 003 (Winter) | Saumier | Winter | |
Responsabilité médicale (CMPL 522) |
3 | Khoury | Fall |
Secured Transactions (LAWG 400) |
4 | Walsh | Fall |
Sentencing in Canadian Law (PUB2 504) |
3 | Manikis | Fall |
Science Technology and Law (CMPL 576) |
3 | Raso | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 4 (LAWG 514) - Aviation Finance (Winter) |
3 | Hanley | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 5 (LAWG 515) - Slavery and the Law (Winter) |
3 | Blackett | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 6 (LAWG 516) - Mediation (Winter) |
3 | Péch | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 7 (LAWG 517) - Personal Injury Law (Fall) |
3 | Wechsler | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 7 (LAWG 517) - Prison Law, Policy and Reform (Winter) |
Kennedy | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 9 (LAWG 519) - Legal Profession (Fall) |
3 | Headon | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 9 (LAWG 519) - Space Security (Winter) |
Harrington | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 10 (LAWG 520) - Droit de logement (Winter) |
3 | Searle | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 11 (LAWG 530) - Anatomy of a Murder Trial (Fall) |
3 | Cohen | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 11 (LAWG 530) - Tax Litigation Seminar (Winter) |
TBD | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 12 (LAWG 531) - Criminal Trial Advocacy (Fall) |
3 | Israel | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 12 (LAWG 531) - Transnational Commercial Law (Winter) |
Walsh | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 13 (LAWG 532) - Securities Regulation Practice (Fall) |
3 | Stratiev | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 13 (LAWG 532) - Law, Race, and Capitalism (Winter) |
Gupta | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 14 (LAWG 533) - Profilage racial (Fall) |
3 | Belton | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 14 (LAWG 533) - Foundational Transactional Skills (Winter) |
3 | Ertman | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 16 (LAWG 535) - Public Health Law & Policy (Fall) |
3 | Khoury | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 16 (LAWG 535) - Advanced Topics in Business Law (Winter) |
Zumbansen | Winter | |
Specialized Topics in Law 17 (LAWG 536) - Internet Law (Fall) |
3 | Mendelsohn | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 18 (LAWG 537) - Intro to Corporate Transactions |
3 | Claxton | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 18 (LAWG 537) - Animal Law (Winter) |
3 | Ménard | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 19 (LAWG 538) - Transnational Law: Case Studies (Fall) |
3 | Zumbansen | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 19 (LAWG 538) - State Accountability and Social Change (Winter) |
3 | TBD | Winter |
Specialized Topics in Law 20 (LAWG 539) - Corporate Governance (Fall) |
3 | Rosenblum | Fall |
Specialized Topics in Law 20 (LAWG 539) - EU Law II (Winter) |
3 | Hinarejos | Winter |
Statutory Interpretation (PUB2 505) |
3 | Christians | Fall |
Student Initiated Seminar 1 (LAWG 521) - Municipal Law and Public Advocacy (Fall) |
3 | Raso | Fall |
Student Initiated Seminar 1 (LAWG 521) - Youth Criminal Justice (Winter) |
Klein | Winter | |
Student Initiated Seminar 2 (LAWG 522) - Introduction to Art Law (Winter) |
3 | TBD | Winter |
Talmudic Law (CMPL 513) |
3 | Whitman | Winter |
Taxation (PUB2 313) |
4 | Christians | Fall |
Trial Advocacy (PUB2 420) |
3 | Omer |
Winter |
Law Focus Week Workshops
The Faculty of Law would like to acknowledge the McCarthy Tétrault Fund for Innovative Legal Education in support of Focus Week Workshops.
The one-credit workshops are taught in an intensive period and offer an opportunity to critically analyze and develop relevant skills for experts in the law, such as negotiation, mediation, project management, community mobilization, policy analysis, empirical research, entrepreneurship, financial analysis, and the like. Due to the intensive nature of the Focus Week Workshops, attendance is mandatory.
Focus Week Workshops are graded pass/fail.
All other courses (except 1st year courses) are suspended during the week. Fall 2023 Focus Week will take place October 16-20, 2023 & Winter 2024 Focus Week will take place February 26-March 1, 2024.
Focus Week Workshop courses for the Fall term will open on August 10, 2023 at 1pm.
Focus Week Workshop courses for the Winter term will open on TBD.
Students must drop Fall FWW by the add/drop deadline, September 12, 2023 at 11:59pm. Alternatively, if you see available spaces, please e-mail us at sao.law [at] mcgill.ca to be added manually to the course, no later than October 5, 2023 at 3pm.
Please note that due to high demand, limited availability and potentially conflicting scheduling, students wishing to take more than one Focus Week course in any given term should request approval from the SAO before Add/Drop deadline - Email: sao.law [at] mcgill.ca
Law Focus Week Workshop 1 (LAWG 550) |
1 | Fall & Winter | |
| Transaction Diligence Simulation | Singh | Fall | |
| The Right to Black Life Under International Human Rights Law | TBD | Winter | |
Law Focus Week Workshop 2 (LAWG 551) |
1 | Fall & Winter | |
| Build Your Professional Success with Emotional Intelligence | Reichman Van Toch | Fall | |
| Space and Satellite Finance | TBD | Winter | |
Law Focus Week Workshop 3 (LAWG 552) |
1 | Fall & Winter | |
| Sustainable Finance and the Energy Transition | Toulouse | Fall | |
| Trans People and the Law | TBD | Winter | |
Law Focus Week Workshop 4 (LAWG 553) |
1 | Fall & Winter | |
| Anatomy of a Deal | Struthers | Fall | |
| Recours collectifs en contexte autochtone | TBD | Winter | |
Law Focus Week Workshop 5 (LAWG 554) |
1 | Fall & Winter | |
| La justice climatique: analyse critique d’un enjeu global sous l’angle socio-juridique | Khoury | Fall | |
| Criminal Defence (in-depth: R.c. G.G., 2023 QCCA 305 (CanLII)) - The Fundamentals of Sentence Representation | TBD | Winter |
Graduate Courses
Graduate courses are open to BCL/JD students by approval. Students must complete the Course Change Form.
For more information about registering for Graduate Courses, including the complete procedure please see the Course Registration Guide.
Airline Business and Law (ASPL 614) |
3 | Petsikas | Winter |
Communication 1 (LAWG 601) |
1.5 | Abram | Fall |
Communication 2 (LAWG 602) |
1.5 | TBD | Winter |
Government Regulation of Air Transport (ASPL 613) |
3 | Correia | Fall |
Government Regulation of Space Activities (ASPL 639) |
3 | Harrington | Winter |
Law and Health Care (CMPL 642) |
3 | Khoury | Winter |
Legal Education Seminar (LAWG 625) |
3 | Jukier | Winter |
Legal Research Methodology 1 (CMPL 610) |
1.5 | Mégret | Fall |
Legal Research Methodology 2 (CMPL 611) |
1.5 | Mégret | Winter |
Legal Research Methodology for DCL (LAWG 702) |
2 | Mégret | Fall |
Public International Air Law (ASPL 633) |
3 | Correia |
Fall |
Private International Air Law (ASPL 636) |
3 | Weber | Fall |
Space Law: General Principles (ASPL 637) |
3 | Jakhu | Fall |
Theoretical Approaches to Law (CMPL 641) |
3 | Fall | |
| Section 009 | Antaki | Fall | |
| Section 010 | Provost | Fall |