Faculty of Law
2022-2023 Course Descriptions
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2022-2023 Course Timetable
2022-2023 Exam Schedule
2022-2023 Academic Schedule
Questions? Email Curriculum Coordinator Hilary Edison at law.curriculum@ualberta.ca.
The following list includes historic sections. Not all listed sections are available in the current academic year.
450 Administrative Law
Bryden // Lewans // Plester & Gunther // Raso // Woodley
451 Corporations
Akbari // Dzah // F Majekolagbe // Meshel // O'Byrne // Paton // Yahya
452 Civil Procedure
Lund // Matheson // Molzan // Pratt // Yiu
453 Evidence
Bullerwell // Hankewich (Howery) // Penney // Sankoff // Schmidt & Stewart (Patterson)
456 Professionalism and Ethics [formerly Professional Responsibility]
Acorn // Besuijen & Christensen-Moore (ITLP only)// Couillard // Hawes // Hilborn // Kash // Levine // Paton // Smith // Yahya // Yiu (ITLP only)
486 Jurisprudence **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Advanced Legal Research & Writing (Hutchison)
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)
Law & Film (Yahya)
Law & Science (Ogbogu)
Practice & Theory in Legal Scholarship (Muir)
Queering Law (Meade-Clift)
The Rule of Law (Nye)
Socio-legal Approaches to Law (Pavlich)
Tax, Justice & Society (Akbari)
496 Legal History
501 Biotechnology Policy
502 Construction Law
503 Employment Law
Funk & Gallagher // Scott (Gawne) & Lemon
504 Taxation
505 Private International Law [formerly 454]
506 Public International Law
Harrington // Reif
507 Canadian Human Rights Law
509 Mediation Advocacy
511 Remedies
512 Techniques in Negotiation
514 Judgment Enforcement
515 International Dispute Settlement
516 Dispute Resolution
517 Musicians & the Law
518 Intellectual Property
Hutchison // F Majekolagbe // McDonald & Yoo
519 Insurance Law
Billingsley // Paetz & Carlson
520 Criminal Procedure
522 Sentencing
524 Family Law
Friedland // Johnson, Baretta & Collins // Johnson & MacKenzie
526 Independent Research Paper
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530 Health Care Ethics and the Law
531 Law & Medicine
532 Constitutional Litigation
533 Advanced Problems in Constitutional Law
538 Alberta Law Review
539 Courts Clerkship
540 Land Titles
543 Energy Law [formerly Basic Oil & Gas Law]
545 The Law of Fiduciary Obligation
546 Interviewing & Counselling
550 Accounting for Lawyers [moving from 599]
552 Natural Resources Law
553 Water Law
555 Labour Law
556 Labour Arbitration
557 International Human Rights Law
Harrington // Reif
558 Animals & the Law
559 Environmental Law
561 International Criminal Law
565 International Business Transactions
580 Trusts
582 Wills & Administration
Bonora & Lafuente // Gordon & Klaray
584 Bankruptcy & Insolvency
585 Commercial Transactions
587 Personal Property Security Law
588 Citizenship, Immigration & Refugee Law
589 Specialized Legal Topics **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Academic Supervised Internship
Alberta Utilities Commission Internship
Early Career Lawyering: Skills, Issues & Perspectives (Cembrowski & Chalaturnyk)
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (Majekolagbe, F)
Gladue Seminar & Externship (Friedland)
Lawyers & Leadership (Paton)
Low Income Individuals & the Law (Lund & Weaver)
Mental Health & the Law Seminar (Qureshi & Cochard)
Oceans Law & Policy (Jefferies) - Spring intensive
Prison Law (Hart-Dowhun & Haas)
Wahkotowin Intensive: Miyowîcêhtowin Principles and Practice (Friedland & Jobin) - Summer intensive
Wrongful Convictions (Beresh)
590 Indigenous Peoples & the Law
Macias Gimenez // Pearl // Pentland
591 The TRC, Law, Justice & Reconciliation
592 Advanced Criminal Law
593 International Environmental Law
596 Advanced Torts
598 Moot Court Competition
599 Seminars on Legal Topics **VARIABLE TOPIC COURSE**
Accounting For Lawyers (Sprysak)
Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy (Sparks & Tate)
Advanced Family Law (Cox & Proudman)
Anti-corruption Law (Hutchison)
Appellate Practice & Procedure (McGuire)
Climate Change Law (Majekolagbe, A)
Condominium Law (Gibson)
Contemporary Canadian Federalism (Bryden & Gall)
Corporate Governance (Paton)
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions (Maharaj & Jiang)
Digital Law (Szigeti)
Energy and Environmental Law & Policy (Leach)
Entrepreneurial Law (Majekolagbe, F)
Gladue Seminar (Pearl)
Information & Privacy Law (Work)
International Law & Global Corporations (Dzah)
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)
Métis Law & the Canadian State (Chartrand)
Military Law (King)
Oceans Law & Policy (Jefferies)
Public Health Law (Ogbogu)
Public Law Advocacy (Fernando & Kallal)
Public Law & Practice (Stam)
Public Utility Regulation & Antitrust (Leach)
Unjust Enrichment (McInnes)
Women Law & Social Change (Miller & Tomaszewski [Adrain])
601 Corporate Reorganization & Restructuring
602 Family Law Practice Issues
603 International Taxation
608 Advocacy
613 Corporate Securities
640 Real Estate Transactions
645 Statutory Interpretation
651 Municipal & Planning Law
660 Estate Planning
665 Corporate Taxation
675 Advanced Evidence
696 Legal Scholarship (Advanced LRW) - Graduate students only
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