Faculty of Law
2021-2022 Course Descriptions
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2021-2022 Course Timetable
2021-2022 Exam Schedule
2021-2022 Academic Schedule
450 Administrative Law
Bryden, Lewans, Plester, Raso, Woodley
451 Corporations
Akbari, Meshel, O'Byrne, Yahya
452 Civil Procedure
Lund, Matheson, Molzan, Pratt, Yiu
453 Evidence
Hankewich (Howery), Penney, Sankoff, Schmidt & Stewart
456 Professional Responsibility
Acorn, Besuijen, Couillard, Hawes, Hilborn, Kash, Levine, Smith, Yahya, Yiu (NCA only)
486 Jurisprudence **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Critical Perspectives on Race & the Law (Bains & Vigneux)
Equality & Section 15 (Nye)
Feminist Legal Theory (Eisen)
Greek & Shakespearean Drama & Justice (Acorn)
Indigenous Law: Foundations & Methods (Friedland)
An Introduction to Law & Economics (Kaplinsky)
Jurisprudence (Lewans)
Practice & Theory in Legal Scholarship (Muir)
The Rule of Law (Nye)
Socio-legal Approaches to Law (Pavlich)
Tax, Justice & Society (Akbari)
496 Legal History (Muir)
501 Biotechnology Policy (Caulfield)
502 Construction Law (Mavko & Taitinger)
503 Employment Law
504 Taxation (Sprysak)
506 Public International Law
507 Canadian Human Rights Law (Raso)
509 Mediation Advocacy (Kobewka & Hilborn)
511 Remedies (Lavoie)
512 Techniques in Negotiation (Kash)
514 Judgment Enforcement (Lund)
516 Alternative Dispute Resolution (Weaver)
518 Intellectual Property
519 Insurance Law
520 Criminal Procedure
522 Sentencing (Moreau)
524 Family Law
Friedland, Johnson & Mackay, Johnson & MacKenzie
526 Independent Research Paper
530 Health Care Ethics and the Law (Nelson)
531 Law & Medicine (Nelson)
532 Constitutional Litigation (Feehan & McDaniel)
539 Courts Clerkship
543 Basic Oil & Gas Law [Energy Law]
546 Interviewing & Counselling (Acton)
553 Water Law (Percy)
555 Labour Law (O'Halloran & Nychka)
556 Labour Arbitration (Nugent)
557 International Human Rights Law
558 Animals & the Law (Sankoff)
559 Environmental Law (Jefferies)
561 International Criminal Law (Harrington)
565 International Business Transactions (Reif)
580 Trusts (McInnes)
582 Wills & Administration
Bonora & Lafuente, Gordon & Klaray
584 Bankruptcy & Insolvency
585 Commercial Transactions (Wood)
587 Personal Property Security Law (Wood)
588 Citizenship, Immigration & Refugee Law (Szigeti)
589 Specialized Legal Topics **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Academic Supervised Internship
Alberta Utilities Commission Internship
Early Career Lawyering: Skills, Issues & Perspectives (Cembrowski & Chalaturnyk)
Gladue Seminar & Externship (Friedland)
Habeas Corpus: Theory & Practice (Hart-Dowhun & Haas)
Lawyers & Leadership (Paton)
Low Income Individuals & the Law (Lund & Weaver)
Mental Health & the Law Seminar (Cochard & Qureshi)
Wrongful Convictions (Beresh)
590 Indigenous Peoples & the Law (Pearl)
591 The TRC, Law, Justice & Reconciliation (Lightning-Earle)
592 Advanced Criminal Law (Beresh)
599 Seminars on Legal Topics **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Accounting For Lawyers (Sprysak)
Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy (Sparks & Tate)
Anti-corruption Law (Hutchison)
Contemporary Canadian Federalism (Bryden & Gall)
Corporate Governance (Paton)
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions (Maharaj/Jiang)
Digital Law (Szigeti)
Energy and Environmental Law & Policy (Leach)
Information & Privacy Law (Work)
International Dispute Settlement (Harrington)
Introduction to Language Rights (Kingston)
Law & Policing (Allan)
Law & Religion (Hart)
Law & Technology (Raso)
Medical Malpractice Law (Miller & Jomha)
Methods of Indigenous Legal Engagement (Pearl)
Public Law Advocacy (Fernando)
Public Law & Practice (Stam)
Women Law & Social Change (Miller & Tomaszewski [Adrain])
601 Corporate Reorganization & Restructuring (Wood)
602 Family Law Practice Issues (Hebert & Stokes)
603 International Taxation (Woltersdorf)
608 Advocacy (Kelly & Kirk)
613 Corporate Securities (Meshel)
640 Real Estate Transactions (Kortbeek)
645 Statutory Interpretation (Hutchison)
651 Municipal & Planning Law (Noce)
660 Estate Planning (Sprysak)
665 Corporate Taxation (Herbert)
675 Advanced Evidence (Seaman & Quinlan)
696 Advanced LRW (Muir) - Graduate students only
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