Canadian Law Program – Juris Doctor (JD)/Licentiate in Law (LLL)

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For more than 50 years, uOttawa’s Faculty of Law has been offering programs in both official languages in the two most widely used legal systems in the world, Common Law and Civil Law. The Programme de droit canadien (PDC) allows students to earn both a JD and an LLL in three years, thus opening the doors to the practice of law across Canada and abroad.

Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2015-2016 calendars for the previous requirements.

(Program offered mostly in French although knowledge of English is required)

Compulsory courses: (72 credits)
CML1506 Introduction à la résolution des différends et au professionnalisme 3
CML1508 Droit des biens 3
CML1511 Compétences et habiletés juridiques 3
CML1602 Les contrats 6
CML1603 Droit pénal et procédure 6
CML1613 Droit constitutionnel I 3
CML1701 Délits civils et responsabilité extracontractuelle I 3
CML1702 Délits civils et responsabilité extracontractuelle II 3
CML1704 Législation 3
CML1705 Droit, histoire et société 3
CML2702 Droit des sociétés 3
CML2712 Droit administratif 3
CML2713 Droit constitutionnel II1 3
CML2741 Philosophie du droit 3
DRC4789 Droit international privé bijuridique 3
DRC4790 Droit des obligations I 3
DRC4791 Droit des biens 3
DRC4792 Droit des personnes et de la famille 3
DRC4794 Droit des obligations II 3
DRC4797 Procédure civile I 3
DRC4798 Procédure civile II 3
3 credits from:
CML2701 Les autochtones et le droit 3
CML3901 Problèmes choisis de droit autochtone / Selected Problems in Aboriginal Peoples and the Law 3
CML4162 Advanced Aboriginal Law 3
CML4163 Comparative Indigenous Rights 3
DRC4596 L'ordre juridique innu 3
DRC4597 L'ordre juridique cri 3
DRC4762 Droit des autochtones 3
Electives: (36 credits)
18 course credits in civil law (DRC)
18 course credits in common law (CML)
Students in this program must meet the Common Law Section oral advocacy requirement.
Students in this program must meet the Common Law Section major paper requirement. You can take the Civil Law Section’s Enseignement appliqué III : Séminaire d'exposé juridique (DRC3500) to meet this requirement.
Students in this program cannot take a common law course whose content is substantially the same as that of a civil law course they have taken as part of this program. Similarly, they cannot take a civil law course that is substantially the same as a common law course they have taken as part of the program.
Note(s)
1You must complete CML2713 by the end of second year.

In light of the PDC's mandate, a truly 'Canadian' legal education does not seem complete if it is limited to the study of the two European legal traditions. The aboriginal perspective brings a different approach to bear on legal questions which will enrich the program. The three credits in aboriginal law can be completed by taking a traditional course, by completing a directed research or an internship.