Program Curriculum
Please note: This curriculum applies to students admitted in 2024 and 2025. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions page on the right side of your screen for information about differences in the curriculum for students admitted 2023 and earlier.
Please see your Advisement Report for an up-to-date summary of your program requirements, which courses have already been completed, and which are still remaining. Contact the Program Administrator if you have any questions about your degree requirements and course selection.
| Fall Semester | Winter Semester |
| Intensive - JUR 400: Law and Legal Methods | Intensive - JUR 104: Ethics and Professionalism |
| JUR 100: Legal Research and Writing | JUR 101: Contract Law |
| JUR 106: Criminal Law | JUR 103: Property Law |
| JUR 107: Constitutional Law | JUR 108: Administrative and Regulatory Law |
| JUR 102: Tort Law | JUR 109: Indigenous and Aboriginal Law |
| JUR 105: Foundations of Legal Theory | JUR 110: Legal Research and Writing II |
| Fall Semester | Winter Semester |
| Intensive - JUR 403: Technology Toolkit for the Practice of Law | Intensive - JUR 402: Financial Intensive |
| JUR 201: Business Law and Practice | JUR 200: Business of Lawyering |
| JUR 204: Data, Algorithm, and Science in the Law | JUR 203: Civil Procedures and Practice |
| Elective #1 | Elective #4 |
| Elective #2 | Elective #5 |
| Elective #3 | Elective #6 |
In the third year of this program, students spend one semester completing a 15-week professional placement, and the other semester taking academic courses that allow for focus on key interest areas. Placements may take place in the summer after 2nd year, or in the fall or winter semester of 3rd year. The academic semester will take place in fall or winter of 3rd year.
| Placement Semester | Academic Semester |
JUR 300: Professional Placement Note: JUR 300 is the only course students take in their placement semester. It is worth 6 credits, and also includes a mandatory in-class component that takes place over the week of intensives. See Significant Dates above for specific start dates. |
Intensive - JUR 404: Emotional and Cultural Quotient Intensive |
| Elective #7 | |
| Elective #8 | |
| Elective #9 | |
| Elective #10 | |
| Elective #11 |
Over the course of this program, students must take 11 elective courses (10 for students admitted 2022 and earlier). Students can select 11 of the courses below over 2nd and 3rd year, which allows them to customize their JD degree to reflect their interests and ambitions in different areas of the law.
Keep in mind that course offerings vary semester to semester, and that not every elective is available in every semester.
List of Electives
JUR 202 Family Law
JUR 205 Advocacy and ADR
JUR 206 Wills and Estates
JUR 207 Legal Innovation
JUR 208 Intellectual Property Law
JUR 209 Technology, Law and Society
JUR 210 Privacy Law
JUR 211 Class Actions
JUR 212 The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
JUR 213 Human Rights Law in Canada
JUR 214 International Human Rights Law
JUR 215 Public Interest Litigation
JUR 216 Critical Race Theory
JUR 217 Global Health Law and Policy
JUR 218 Gender, Sexuality and the Law
JUR 219 International Criminal Law
JUR 220 Issues in Indigenous Economic Development
JUR 221 Insurance Law
JUR 222 International Trade Law
JUR 223 Indigenous Legal Theory and Practice
JUR 224 Law and Health Care in Canada
JUR 225 Municipal Law
JUR 226 Refugee Law
JUR 227 Secured Transactions
JUR 228 Sports and Entertainment Law
JUR 229 Climate Change and the Law
JUR 230 Securities Regulations
JUR 231 Negotiation Theory and Practice
JUR 232 Disability Law
JUR 233 Feminist Legal Theory
JUR 235 Special Topics *
JUR 301 Moot Court Competition *
JUR 302 Real Estate Law
JUR 303 Labour and Employment Law
JUR 304 Advanced Corporate/Commercial Law
JUR 305 Moot and Advocacy Skills *
JUR 306 Environmental Law
JUR 307 Children and the Law
JUR 308 Immigration Law
JUR 309 Criminal Procedure
JUR 310 Tax Law and Practice
JUR 311 Evidence
JUR 312 Law and Injustice
JUR 313 Advanced Legal Solutions
JUR 314 Private International Law
JUR 315 Public International Law
JUR 316 Big Tech, Social Justice and the Public Interest
JUR 317 Advanced Issues in Privacy and Technology
JUR 318 Law Journal *
JUR 320 Advanced Legal Research and Writing
JUR 325 Mental Health and the Law
JUR 331 Law of Armed Conflicts
JUR 332 Indigenous Dispute Resolution
JUR 334 Indigenous Peoples and Criminal Law Practice
JUR 335 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
JUR 340 Advanced Criminal Law
JUR 342 International Environmental Law
JUR 345 Directed Studies *
JUR 350 Competition Law
JUR 355 Non-Profit Law
JUR 360 Corporate Governance
JUR 365 Law, Protest, and Social Movements
JUR 370 Comparative Regional Human Rights Systems
JUR 380 Legal Clinic I *
JUR 381 Legal Clinic II *
*Asterisks next to course listings indicate that these courses require departmental permission to enrol, and students cannot enrol themselves. In most cases, these courses require an application and approval from staff or faculty members to join.
Please see the (PDF file) Course Catalog for descriptions of each course offered at Lincoln Alexander.
Note: Intensive courses are mandatory, in-person classes that occur the week before all other regularly-scheduled semester-long classes begin. They take place over 5 full days in the Fall, and 4 full days in the Winter. Please see the Significant Dates table above for the intensive start dates.