N.B. You must be registered in the JD program in order to qualify.

Any registered JD student may take a course listed as a Law & Technology Option course. However, JD students who wish to receive formal recognition for having completed the Law & Technology Option, which consists of a notation on their transcript, must complete the following requirements:

1. complete compulsory courses (6 units); and
2. complete optional courses (12 units) chosen from among courses in either the English Common Law Section or the French Common Law Section (for a list, see below); and
3. complete a major paper in an approved Law & Technology course or an approved Law & Technology directed research course. If completed as part of an approved Law & technology course, the paper must be worth at least 50% of the final grade for the course. A major paper completed through a Directed Research course must be on a topic approved by a Co-ordinator of the Law & Technology Option, and be assigned the code CML 3251 (4 units) or CML 3351 (3 units).
4. obtain a minimum overall average of 6.0 in the Law & Technology Option courses.

As well, students may choose to participate in a moot or clinical course in an area related to law & technology. The following is a list of moot competitions in the area of Law & Technology:

• The Harold G. Fox Moot
• Oxford Intellectual Property Law Moot

What do I do if a course I have taken/want to take is not listed?

Ask the instructor of the course to contact the coordinator of the Law & Technology Option, Professor Marina Pavlović. The coordinator will review the course syllabus and decide if the course meets the criteria for a law & technology course.

Compulsory courses (total of 6 units)

3 units from:

• CML3371 Intellectual Property Law (previously CML3371 Introduction to Intellectual and Industrial Property) (3 units)
• CML3771 Le droit de propriété intellectuelle (3 units) (previously CML3771 Introduction à la propriété intellectuelle et industrielle) (3 units)

3 units from:

• CML3316 Technology Law Internship (3 units)
• CML3316 Technology Law Internship: Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) (3 units)
• CML3351 Global Technology Law & Policy (3 units)
• CML3716 Stage en droit et technologie (3 units)

Optional courses (students must choose courses totalling 12 units)

Note: Not all courses are offered each academic year. Courses counting toward the law & technology option are determined on a yearly basis depending on content and approach of the course. If you have any questions about which courses qualify for the Law & Technology option, please contact the Co-ordinator for the Law & Technology Option.

Courses offered in the English Program

• CML1105 Bio Ethics (3 units)
• CML1105 Cyber feminism (3 units)
• CML1105 Food Security and Sustainability
• CML1105 Global IP Policy & Social Justice (3 units)
• CML1105 Law of Robotics (3 units)
• CML1105 Music Law (3 units)
• CML1105 Technology Law: The Law of Everyware (3 units)
• CML3120 Harold G Fox Moot (3 units)
• CML3126 Communications Law (3 units)
• CML3142 Intellectual property Advocacy Practicum (3 units)
• CML3152 Access to Health Care (3 units)
• CML3253: Competition Law (3 units)
• CML3258 Electronic Commerce Law Practice Workshop (4 units)
• CML3305 Privacy Law (3 units)
• CML3358 Regulation of Internet Commerce (3 units)
• CML3374 Law and Society: Cyberfeminism (3 units)
• CML3374 Law and Society: Law and Bioethics (3 units)
• CML3375 Medical-Legal Problems (3 units)
• CML3379 Law and Psychiatry: Mental Health Law and Neuroethics (3 units)
• CML3388 Intellectual Property Litigation (3 units)
• CML3390 Law and Policy: Property of the Person (3 units)
• CML3395 Regulation of Internet Communications (3 units)
• CML3396 Patent Law (3 units)
• CML4103 Privacy Law (3 units)
• CML4104 Studies in Public Law: Health Information, Genomics and Privacy (3 units)
• CML4106 Studies in Private Law: Media and Libel Law (3 units)
• CML4106 Studies in Private Law: Special Topics in Law: Visual Arts and Cultural Property Law (3 units)
• CML4107 Studies in Business Law: Copyright (3 units)
• CML4108 Studies in International Law:  International Industrial Property Law (3 units)
• CML4108 Studies in International Law: International Intellectual Property (3 units)
• CML4108 Studies in International Law: International Law and Comparative Intellectual Property (3 units)
• CML4109 Studies in Human Rights: Personal Health Information in Privacy Law (3 units)
• CML4109 Studies in Human Rights: Privacy Law and Technology (3 units)
• CML4112 Agricultural Knowledge Systems, Biodiversity and Food Security (3 units)
• CML4112 Digital Music and the Law (3 units)
• CML4112 Intellectual Property Litigation (3 units)
• CML4112 Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Health (3 units)
• CML4112 Law of Everyware (3 units)
• CML4112 Laws of Robotics (3 units)
• CML4112 Intellectual Property and Human Rights (3 units)
• CML4114 Entertainment Law (3 units)
• CML4114 Information Privacy in the Digital Age (3 units)
• CML4114 Techno-Rico: A Global Seminar on Technology Law (3 units)
• CML4114 Techno-Rico: Building Better Humans (3 units)
• CML4114 Intensive Study: Selected Legal Issues: Art, Technology, and Law  (3 units)
• CML4114 Intensive Study: Selected Legal Issues: Foundations OF Intellectual Property (3 units)
• CML4118 [previously CML4112] Advanced Trademarks (3 units)
• CML4306 International Intellectual Property (3 units)
• CML4343 Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property / CML4343 Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property: Advanced Intellectual Property Practice (3 units)

 Courses offered in the French Program

• CML3509  Introduction au droit de la santé (3 units)
• CML3526 Droit des communications (3 units)
• CML3795 Droit et informatique (3 units)
• CML3796 Droit des brevets (3 units)
• CML4504 Études en droit public : droit à l’accès à l’information et à la vie privée (3 units)
• CML4504 Études en droit public : Les renseignements personnels de la santé, la génomique et la vie privée (3 units)
• CML4507 Études en droit des affaires: le commerce électronique (3 units)
• CML4508 Études en droit international : Droit international et comparé de la propriété intellectuelle (3 units)
• CML4508 Propriété intellectuelle internationale (3 units)
• CML4513 Problèmes pratiques en droit : Droit, cinéma et pauvreté (3 units)
• CML4514 Étude intensive: Thèmes choisis : Études en droit de l'environnement: Preuve juridique et preuve scientifique (3 units)
• CML4514 Thèmes choisis: Étude intensive sur un thème choisi en droit : Les données géospatiales et le droit (3 units)

Important: You must be currently registered in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law JD program in order to register for the Law & Technology Option.

Do I register for the Law & Technology Option before I have completed all the requirements?

No. There is no special procedure to register for the Law & Technology Option during the regular annual admission process. Once they have completed their first year of legal studies, law students may take the compulsory and optional courses required to satisfy the requirements of the Law & Technology Option, including a Major Paper in an approved course. Once the requirements have been met, students should follow the procedure below.

Registering for the Option in Law & Technology once you have completed the requirements

1. JD students who wish to receive formal recognition of an Option in Law & Technology must complete 18 units in the field of Law & Technology. (See requirements).
2. Once the required units have been achieved, students should obtain the registration form.
3. Students must complete the form to identify which qualifying courses they have completed and to identify their Major Paper.
4. The form must then be signed by the Law & Technology Option Coordinator, and returned to the Common Law Student Centre for processing.

Registration for Students Pursuing the Law & Technology Option

• Students pursuing the Law & Technology Option must complete a major paper in either a concentration option course listed in the requirements (the paper must be at least 50% of the final mark) or in a Directed Research course approved by a Law & Technology Option Coordinator under course code CML 3251 (4 units) or CML 3351 (3 units).
• The deadlines to register a major paper are
  • October 29 for Fall Term Courses
  • January 12 for January Courses
  • February 28 for Winter Term Courses
• To register a major paper, visit Common Law Student Centre (Room 237 FTX) to obtain and complete the "Major Paper Registration" form. The form must also be signed by the professor teaching the course in which the student wishes to complete the major paper. This form can also be obtained online from the Forms section.