Law: Global Professional Law GPLLM (Concentration: Canadian Law in a Global Context)

Concentration: Canadian Law in a Global Context

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 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 at least five years of full-time work experience. However, applicants without five years of full-time work experience may be eligible for admission. If admitted, they will only be eligible to enrol in courses within the Canadian Law in a Global Context concentration.

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

      • Internet-based TOEFL: overall minimum 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:

      • LAW4010H Foundations of Canadian Law

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

      • LAW4007H Canadian Administrative Law

      • LAW4008H Canadian Constitutional Law

      • LAW4009H Canadian Criminal Law

      • LAW4017H Professional Responsibility

      • LAW4020H Property Law

      • LAW4021H Tort Law

      • LAW4022H Contract Law

      • LAW4023H Business Organizations

      • LAW4024H Applied Legal Research and Writing

      • LAW4051H Evidence Law

      • LAW4060H Advanced Criminal Law: Financial Crimes in a Global Context

      • LAW4064H Negotiation (Credit/No Credit)

      • LAW4065H The Emergence of LegalTech

      • LAW4066H Trial Advocacy (Credit/No Credit)

      • LAW4067H Employment Law

    • 15 credits (3.75 FCEs) consisting of five courses worth 3 credits each (0.75 FCE) from any concentration. Not all elective 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.

Note: Canadian Law in a Global Context students without the minimum five years of full-time work experience may only select electives from within their concentration.

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