Concentration: Business Law

Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Faculty of Law's additional admission requirements stated below.

• Applicants must have completed a Juris Doctor (JD), Bachelor of Laws (LLB), or a bachelor's degree (in law or another discipline) from a recognized university, with a minimum mid-B average or equivalent in their final year of study.

• Applicants must demonstrate a minimum of five years of full-time work experience.

• Applicants whose primary language is not English and who obtained their admitting degree (bachelor's degree) from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must show evidence of English proficiency by submitting English-language test scores. Several English-language testing services are acceptable. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are the most common tests:

  • TOEFL with the following minimum scores:

    • Paper-based TOEFL: minimum overall score of 600, and 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE)

    • Internet-based TOEFL: minimum overall score of 100/120, and 24/30 on each section.

  • IELTS, Academic module: overall score of 7.5 with at least 7.0 in each component.

  • The Certificate of Proficiency in English (COPE): overall score of 86 with at least 22 in both the listening and reading components, 40 in the writing component, and 7 in the speaking component (Test of Oral Proficiency).

  • The University of Toronto Academic English preparation course: overall grade of A in Level 60.

  • Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Online: overall score of 70 with at least 70 in each component.

  • Cambridge English Qualifications: overall score of 191 with at least 185 on each section.

• No conditional offers of admission will be given based on successful completion of an English-language test.

Program Requirements

• Coursework: 30 credits (7.5 full-course equivalents [FCEs]), as follows:

  • One required 3-credit course (equivalent to 0.75 FCE) as follows:

    • LAW4001H Law and Business in a Global Economy

  • 12 credits (equivalent to 3.0 FCEs) consisting of four courses within this concentration worth 3 credits each (0.75 FCE total) from this list:

    • LAW4002H Comparative Corporate Governance

    • LAW4003H Securities Regulation and Corporate Finance

    • LAW4004H Mergers and Acquisitions

    • LAW4005H Canadian and Cross-Border Issues in Corporate Tax

    • LAW4006H International Dispute Resolution

    • LAW4011H Law and Policy of Public Private Partnerships

    • LAW4012H Intellectual Property Law

    • LAW4013H Economic and Social Regulation and Competition Law

    • LAW4014H International Insolvency Law

    • LAW4015H Organization of Transactional Legal Practice

    • LAW4018H Foundations of Legal Theory

    • LAW4019H Anti-Corruption Law: International, Domestic, and Practical Perspectives

    • LAW4022H Contract Law

    • LAW4032H Intellectual Property and Strategy

    • LAW4036H Applied Contract Law

    • LAW4053H Law and Regulation of Banks and Financial Institutions

    • LAW4057H Cannabis Law and Regulation

    • LAW4058H Competition Law

    • LAW4059H Digital Trade

    • LAW4061H Issues in Tax Law and Policy

    • LAW4062H Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law

  • 15 credits (equivalent to 3.75 FCEs) consisting of five courses worth 3 credits each (0.75 FCE total) from any concentration. Not all courses will necessarily be available every year. The program reserves the discretion to decline student requests to complete certain electives based on course enrolment or otherwise.

Full-Time Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S)

Extended Full-Time Program Length

6 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S/F/W/S)

Time Limit

3 years full-time