First year French JD programs

You are invited to consult this information on a regular basis as course information may be subject to change. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

When enrolling in a program at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, it is the responsibility of each student to:

• Become familiar with the specific degree requirements of their program and ensure that their course selection meets these requirements;
• Ensure that they have completed any prerequisites for courses selected;
• Ensure that there are no holds in your Student Centre dashboard preventing you from enrolling prior to the enrolment period;
• Ensure that the courses selected do not result in class schedule or exam schedule conflicts;
• Meet all deadlines indicated in the important dates published by the Common Law Section and the University of Ottawa;
• Become familiar with the Common Law Section’s Academic Regulations and other regulations of the University of Ottawa. It is understood that, by the act of enrolling, students agree to abide by these regulations.
• Become familiar with your enrolment tools. All Student Center applications in your uoZone Applications tab will have a pdf tutorial under their name. To open the tutorial for one application, click tutorial (PDF) under the application title. To help you with enrolment, UOttawa has produced a series of videos, including an animated video and several tutorials on enrolment functions such as understanding your academic requirements, reserved spaces and the waitlist.

Students are welcome to consult a member of the Common Law Student Centre for assistance with any of these issues.

**IMPORTANT**

DUE TO TIMETABLING CONSTRAINTS, STUDENTS CANNOT MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR BLOCK SELECTION ONLINE AFTER JUNE 26, 2025.

THE WAITLIST FUNCTION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 1L BLOCK REGISTRATION. BETWEEN JUNE 19 AND JUNE 26, YOU MAY USE THE SWAP FUNCTION TO CHANGE YOUR BLOCK ENROLMENT.

THE FACULTY OF LAW AND THE UNIVERSITY WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO CONFIRM YOUR FULL-TIME ENROLMENT FOR 2025-2026 UNTIL AFTER ALL THE COURSES OF YOUR BLOCK HAVE BEEN ADDED TO YOUR UOZONE ACCOUNT. 

Enrolment for first-year courses is available online, on uoZone; however, these are general provisions. Specific conditions may apply for students who are enrolled in certain programs (e.g. combined programs). Please be sure to carefully read the information relevant to your program. First-year students have a set curriculum and require block enrolment – meaning that they must enrol in a block of pre-determined courses.

If, for very exceptional reasons, you will not have access to the Internet during the enrolment period, you may submit a Modification/Cancellation of Enrolment form (PDF, 228.42 KB) by email at [email protected]. Please indicate, in order of preference, at least 3 block selections.

What is a small group and block registration?

In the first year, your compulsory courses are offered in a course block. Each block of courses is offered to approximately 40-50 students, with the exception of courses offered to students in the Programme de droit canadien.

You must enrol in one of the following groups:

• Small group CML1607 A, Délits Civils
• Small group CML1607 B, Délits Civils
• Small group CML1701 A, Délits et responsabilité extracontractuelle  (PDC students only)

You can consult the two different blocks available to French JD students to compare course schedules and other information related to the blocks. We cannot guarantee enrolment in any specific small group or block.

Once you enrol in a small group, you are guaranteed a place in the corresponding block of substantive law courses.

The Common Law Student Centre will enrol you in your assigned block based on your small group selection in uoZone. Students who enrol by June 26 will see their block reflected in uoZone by the end of June or early July. After this initial period, the Common Law Student Centre will continue to monitor and process block enrolments on a regular basis.

Enrolment to CML1611 - Compétences et habiletés juridiques

The Common Law Student Centre will be responsible for selecting and enrolling you into a class section for the mandatory CML1611 course.

STEP 1 - SELECT YOUR TIMETABLE

• Consult the degree requirements and course sequence for your program.
• Consult the Block Enrolment Timetables to select your preferred block. 

STEP 2 - ENROL FOR YOUR COURSE ONLINE

• Log into uoZone and, under Applications, click Student Centre. Under Academics, click on Enrol.  You will only be registering for the small group course associated to your block in the fall term. Once registered in the small group course, the Common Law Student Centre will proceed with the enrolment of the rest of your block for the academic year.
• You are guaranteed enrolment in the rest of the block once registered to the small group course.

 STEP 3 - VIEW YOUR TIMETABLE

• Your personalized timetable will be available via the Personalized Timetable function once your block enrolment has been fully completed by the Common Law Student Centre during the first half of July. You will be able to access it by logging into your uoZone account. 

 STEP 4 - PAY YOUR TUITION FEES

• You can access your online statement of account on your Student Centre, which is located under Applications in your uoZone account. Your full-time student status and full-time fees will only appear in your account during the first half of July.

Enrolment Modification Periods

June 19 to June 26

First-year students will have an opportunity to modify their block enrolment in uoZone from June 19 to June 26. During this period you may use the Swap option or simply drop your previous small group and enrol yourself in another one.

If your preferred block is full, it is recommended that you enrol in your second best option. 

Programme de droit canadien

• Enrolment to small group CML 1701 is mandatory for PDC students.

French JD / MA 

• Students registered in the French JD/MA program must enrol to a French small group course. Students in the French program will be enroling to CML 3531 - Droit international public in 2nd year of their program.

French JD / Baccalauréat spécialisé approfondi en science politique

• Students registered in this program must enrol in one of the CML1607 blocks.
• Following recent changes to the structure of the Juris Doctor program, students will be enrolled in a block of courses totaling 33 CML credits during their first year. This first year consists entirely of courses offered by the Common Law Section and does not include any courses outside the Faculty.

French JD / Baccalauréat en sciences commerciales

• Students registered in this program must enrol in one of the CML1607 blocks.
• Following recent changes to the structure of the Juris Doctor program, students will be enrolled in a block of courses totaling 33 CML credits during their first year. This first year consists entirely of courses offered by the Common Law Section and does not include any courses outside the Faculty.