Law: Global Professional Law GPLLM; Concentration: Innovation, Law and Technology

GPLLM; Concentration: Innovation, Law and Technology (Full-Time Option)

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 a minimum of five years of full-time work experience.

  • Applicants should demonstrate an interest in technology and entrepreneurship in their application materials.

  • 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.

Completion Requirements

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

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

      • LAW4026H Introduction to Law and Technology

    • 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:

      • LAW4012H Intellectual Property Law

      • LAW4027H Legal Technology and Informatics

      • LAW4028H Blockchain, Digital Assets, and the Law

      • LAW4030H Financing Technological Innovation

      • LAW4031H Cybersecurity and Data Protection in a Global Information Economy

      • LAW4032H Intellectual Property and Strategy

      • LAW4033H Design Thinking

      • LAW4034H Launching Technology Ventures

      • LAW4035H The Internet of Things

      • LAW4036H Applied Contract Law

      • LAW4046H Privacy and Data Governance

      • LAW4047H The Legal Challenges of Digital Environments

      • LAW4052H Law of Software Development and Commercialization

      • LAW4055H Disruptive Innovations and Legal Infrastructure

      • LAW4063H Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: A Legal and Practical Study

    • 15 credits (equivalent to 3.75 FCEs) consisting of five courses worth 3 credits each (0.75 FCE total) 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.

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS)
Time Limit: 3 years full-time

 

GPLLM; Concentration: Innovation, Law and Technology (Extended Full-Time Option)

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 a minimum of five years of full-time work experience.

  • Applicants should demonstrate an interest in technology and entrepreneurship in their application materials.

  • 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.

Completion Requirements

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

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

      • LAW4026H Introduction to Law and Technology

    • 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:

      • LAW4012H Intellectual Property Law

      • LAW4027H Legal Technology and Informatics

      • LAW4028H Blockchain, Digital Assets, and the Law

      • LAW4030H Financing Technological Innovation

      • LAW4031H Cybersecurity and Data Protection in a Global Information Economy

      • LAW4032H Intellectual Property and Strategy

      • LAW4033H Design Thinking

      • LAW4034H Launching Technology Ventures

      • LAW4035H The Internet of Things

      • LAW4036H Applied Contract Law

      • LAW4046H Privacy and Data Governance

      • LAW4047H The Legal Challenges of Digital Environments

      • LAW4052H Law of Software Development and Commercialization

      • LAW4055H Disruptive Innovations and Legal Infrastructure

      • LAW4063H Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: A Legal and Practical Study

    • 15 credits (equivalent to 3.75 FCEs) consisting of five courses worth 3 credits each (0.75 FCE total) 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.

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 6 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS-FWS)
Time Limit: 3 years full-time

 

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