LLB Curriculum

Courses

The Program
Our rigorous program of study provides the foundation for understanding law, legal ethics and practice within a flexible structure. You will participate in the critical examination of ideas about law in order to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between law and society. An appreciation of the law as a scholarly discipline is emphasized throughout the program of study.

First Year Curriculum
Our goal is to provide an intellectually challenging and practical legal education. You will begin your study in first year with a set of seven required core courses that provide a grounding in the major areas of law and professional ethics. These courses are:

- foundations to law
- legal research and writing
- contracts
- criminal law and procedure
- torts
- constitutional law and history
- property law.

The Faculty encourages the use of computers in legal education and instruction. To that end, instruction in electronic research techniques is a mandatory component of the first-year LL.B program.

Upper Year Curriculum
In order to increase the flexibility of our program, you are permitted four years to complete the remaining two years of the LL.B program. You will complete a number of required upper year courses during the remaining years of study:

- administrative law
- company law
- evidence
- one of either jurisprudence or legal history
- civil procedure
- conflict of laws
- professional responsibility
- a written work requirement.

There is a wide range of offerings in jurisprudence, ranging from general survey courses to specialized seminars e.g., law and literature, law and liberalism, law and post modernism, and law and the Holocaust.

During upper years subsequent optional courses complement the required core courses, allowing you to explore your own interests. Each academic year, the Faculty offers more than 150 classes with over 70 different optional courses. In addition, students may obtain credit for participation in the following ways:

- upper year competitive moot court competitions
- working on the Alberta Law Review
- applied research opportunities under the supervision of a Faculty member or
- registering in an out-of-faculty course.

Optional Courses The Faculty of Law has offered courses in the following topics. However, not all courses will be offered every year. As issues and areas of interest emerge, new courses are created. Students have the opportunity to do directed research courses in areas of personal interest.
Aboriginal Law Aboriginal Peoples and Law Fiduciary Obligations Special Topics in Native Law	Family Law Family at Risk Family Law Family Law Practicum
The Administrative Process Administrative Law Advocacy Immigration Law Labour Arbitration Labour Law Legislative Process and Legislative Drafting	Health Law Biotechnology Law Fiduciary Obligations Law and Medicine Selected Problems in Health Law: Health Care Issues Health Care Ethics and The Law Privacy and Access to Information Intellectual Property
Military Law Municipal and Planning Law Poverty Law Privacy & Access to Information	International Law International Business Transactions International Criminal Law International Environmental Law International Human Rights Law Pacific Rim Law Public International Law Regional International Law
Advanced Private Law Remedies Advanced Torts Fiduciary Obligations Insurance Restitution	Jurisprudence Law and the Holocaust Law and Popular Culture Law, Gender, and Sexuality Liberal Law and Lawyering Modern Legal Theory Representations of Law in Literature
Constitutional Law Advanced Problems in Constitutional Law Civil Liberties Constitutional Litigation Selected Issues in Human Rights	Labour and Employment Law Employment Law Labour Arbitration Labour Law
Corporate/ Commercial Law Bankruptcy and Insolvency Competition Law Construction Law Corporate Securities Corporate Tax Employment Law Entertainment Law Insurance Law Intellectual Property International Business Transactions Internet Law Judgment Enforcement Law Personal Property Security Sale of Goods Start up & Growth Business Taxation	Land Law Construction Law Land Titles Municipal and Planning Law Oil and Gas Law Real Estate Transactions
Criminal Law Advanced Criminal Law Advanced Evidence Civil Liberties Criminal Advocacy Criminal Trial Procedure International Criminal Law Law and Practice of Sentencing	Lawyering Skills Advanced Evidence Advocacy Alternative Dispute Resolution Constitution Litigation Court of Appeal Internship Criminal Trial Procedure and Advocacy Interviewing and Counselling Labour Arbitration Law and Practice of Sentencing Techniques in Negotiation Legislative Process and Legislative Drafting
Estates Estate Planning Taxation Trusts Wills	Legal History Legal History: Intellectual Foundations of Constitutional Law Legal History: The Origins of English and Canadian Law
Environmental Law Animal Law Environmental Law International Environmental Law Natural Resources Law Oil and Gas	Moots Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot Alberta Court of Appeal Moot Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot Clinton J. Ford Moot Western Canada/Sopinka Trial Cup Trial Moot Gale Cup Moot Jessup International Moot Laskin Moot Labour Arbitration Moot Negotiation Competition Client Counselling Competition

Other Degrees at the Faculty

The Faculty of Law offers:

- a Combined Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) and LL.B degree - a joint program with the Faculty of Business. Students may apply in their first year of the regular M.B.A program or in the first or second year of law studies.

- Master of Laws - The LL.M. program is a research-based thesis program that gives candidates a unique opportunity to study a select area of law in considerable detail. Successful candidates are assigned a faculty supervisor to assist them with their program.