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Courses, Requirements & Timetables

Courses and Requirements

Please note that not all courses are offered every year. Refer to the  for current course scheduling. 

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Note:

Upper-Year

  • Students must complete a minimum of 29 and a maximum of 31 credit hours per year (12 to 17 credits per term). 
  • Students must complete at least 1 course designated as a major paper course in their second and third year.

Second Year

Required courses 

Second or Third Year

Required course

Full course list with descriptions

LAWS 2000 ‑ Administrative Law
LAWS 2001 ‑ Maritime Law and Practice (Maritime Law I)
LAWS 2002 ‑ Business Associations
LAWS 2003 ‑ Clinical Law
LAWS 2005 ‑ Private International Law
LAWS 2006 ‑ Corporate Finance
LAWS 2008 ‑ Evidence
LAWS 2009 ‑ Comparative Criminal Law
LAWS 2010 ‑ Insurance Law
LAWS 2012 ‑ International Law
LAWS 2013 ‑ Judicial Remedies
LAWS 2014 ‑ Labour Law I
LAWS 2015 ‑ Planning Law
LAWS 2018 ‑ Youth and the Law
LAWS 2019 ‑ Law and Technology
LAWS 2020 ‑ Fisheries Law
LAWS 2022 ‑ Law of the Sea
LAWS 2023 ‑ Legal Accounting
LAWS 2028 ‑ Copyright Law
LAWS 2029 ‑ Taxation I
LAWS 2031 ‑ Torts II
LAWS 2033 ‑ Equity and Trusts
LAWS 2039 ‑ Laskin Moot
LAWS 2040 ‑ Civil Trial Practice
LAWS 2041 ‑ Coastal Zone Management
LAWS 2045 ‑ Criminal Law Problems
LAWS 2046 ‑ Criminal Trial Practice
LAWS 2048 ‑ Employment Law
LAWS 2050 ‑ Estate Planning
LAWS 2051 ‑ International Environmental Law
LAWS 2052 ‑ Labour Law ‑ Administration of the Collective Agreement
LAWS 2056 ‑ International Trade Law
LAWS 2059 ‑ Taxation III
LAWS 2062 ‑ Constitutional Law
LAWS 2066 ‑ Labour Law Problems
LAWS 2068 ‑ Ocean Law and Policy
LAWS 2069 ‑ Directed Research Paper
LAWS 2070 ‑ Directed Research Paper
LAWS 2071 ‑ Directed Research Paper
LAWS 2072 ‑ Directed Research Paper
LAWS 2074 ‑ International Human Rights Law
LAWS 2075 ‑ Legislation
LAWS 2076 ‑ Poverty Law and Human Rights
LAWS 2079 ‑ Oil and Gas Law
LAWS 2081 ‑ Bankruptcy and Insolvency
LAWS 2087 ‑ General Jurisprudence
LAWS 2091 ‑ Criminal Procedure
LAWS 2092 ‑ Criminal Clinic
LAWS 2094 ‑ Comparative Constitutional Law
LAWS 2096 ‑ Entertainment Law
LAWS 2097 ‑ Immigration and Refugee Law
LAWS 2099 ‑ The Legal Profession and Legal Responsibility
LAWS 2103 ‑ Jessup Moot
LAWS 2104 ‑ Environmental Law I
LAWS 2106 ‑ Taxation of Corporations
LAWS 2107 ‑ Gale Cup Moot Competition
LAWS 2110 ‑ Family Law I
LAWS 2112 ‑ Advanced Issues in Family Law
LAWS 2113 ‑ Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAWS 2115 ‑ Health Care Ethics and the Law
LAWS 2117 ‑ Education Law
LAWS 2121 ‑Wills & Estates
LAWS 2123 ‑ Canadian Legal History
LAWS 2125 ‑ Marine Environmental Protection Law
LAWS 2127/2128 ‑ Mental Disability Law: Civil
LAWS 2129 ‑ Corporate Transactions
LAWS 2132 ‑ Health Law
LAWS 2133 ‑ Environmental Law II ‑ Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change
LAWS 2135 ‑ Court of Appeal Placement
LAWS 2137 ‑ Regulations of Financial Institutions
LAWS 2138 ‑ Securities Regulation
LAWS 2144 ‑ Corporate Securities Law Moot
LAWS 2145 ‑ Sale of Goods
LAWS 2152 ‑ Women and the Law
LAWS 2153 ‑ Business and Environmental Law
LAWS 2157 ‑ Health Law Exchange
LAWS 2159 ‑ Health Systems Law and Policy
LAWS 2160 ‑ Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Placement
LAWS 2167 ‑ Health Law Placement
LAWS 2168 ‑ Internet and Media Law
LAWS 2169 ‑ Competition Law
LAWS 2170 ‑ Information Technology Transactions
LAWS 2171 ‑ Sopinka/McKelvey Moot
LAWS 2172 ‑ Advanced Legal Research
LAWS 2175 ‑ Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Family Division) Placement
LAWS 2177 ‑ Labour Arbitration Moot
LAWS 2178 ‑ Intellectual Property Law I
LAWS 2180 ‑ Directed Research Project
LAWS 2182 ‑ Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Changes of Corporate Control
LAWS 2188 ‑ Restorative Justice: Theory and Practice
LAWS 2189 ‑ Crown Law
LAWS 2191 ‑ Animals and the Law
LAWS 2192 ‑ Advance Negligence: Medical Malpractice
LAWS 2194 ‑ Critical Race and Legal Theory I: A Survey of 'Race' and Law in Canada
LAWS 2195 ‑ Human Rights and Law Protection in Canada
LAWS 2197 ‑ International Criminal Law
LAWS 2198 ‑ Critical Perspectives on Law
LAWS 2203 ‑ Intellectual Property Law II
LAWS 2204 ‑ Secured Transactions
LAWS 2205 ‑ International Humanitarian Law/Law of Armed Conflict
LAWS 2206 ‑ Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Rights Moot
LAWS 2207 ‑ Gender, Sexuality and the Law
LAWS 2210 ‑ Law and Religion
LAWS 2211/2212 ‑ Law of International Trade and Shipping
LAWS 2213/2214 ‑ Energy Law
LAWS 2215 ‑ European Union Law ‑ EUCE Visiting Professorship (Intensive)
LAWS 2216 ‑ Current Issues in Corporate Law: Corporate Governance
LAWS 2217 ‑ Intellectual Property Commercialization Placement
LAWS 2218 ‑ Construction Law
LAWS 2219 ‑ Regulatory Systems in Environment and Health
LAWS 2220 ‑ Privacy Law
LAWS 2221 ‑ Public Health Law
LAWS 2222 ‑ Patent Law
LAWS 2223/2224 ‑ Elder Law
LAWS 2225 ‑ Environmental Law Placement
LAWS 2227 ‑ Dealing with the Past: The Indian Residential Schools Settlement
LAWS 2230 ‑ Science and the Law
LAWS 2231 ‑ Current Issues in Labour & Employment Law: Innis Christie Visiting Professor (Intensive)
LAWS 2232 ‑ Real Estate Transactions
LAWS 2233 ‑ Restitution
LAWS 2235/2236 ‑ Mental Disability Law: Criminal
LAWS 2238 ‑ Public Law Placement
LAWS 2245 ‑ Bowman National Tax Moot
LAWS 2246 ‑ Economic Analysis of Law
LAWS 2247 ‑ Topics in Writing, Legal Research and Oral Advocacy
LAWS 2248 ‑ Issues in Criminalization and Imprisonment
LAWS 2249 ‑ Refugee Law and the Criminal Asylum Seeker
LAWS 2250 ‑ Willms and Shier Environmental Law Moot
LAWS 2251 ‑ African Nova Scotians and the Law
LAWS 2252 ‑ Fiduciary Law in the Business Context
LAWS 2253 ‑ Class Action Law and Procedure in Canada
LAWS 2254 Refugee & Forced Migration Law
LAWS 2257 ‑ Genders, Sexualities and Laws
LAWS 2258 ‑ Family Law Dispute Resolution
LAWS 2261 ‑ Human Rights and Difference
LAWS 2262 ‑ Theory and Practice of Mediation and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland
LAWS 2269 ‑ Taxation II
LAWS 2270 ‑ Indigenous Governance
LAWS 2272‑ Canadian National Negotiation Competition Moot
LAWS 2273 ‑ Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot
LAWS 2276 ‑ Imprisonment Penal Policy
LAWS 2277 ‑ Wilson Moot
LAWS 2278 ‑ Law and Public Policy in Practice
LAWS 2280 ‑ Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
LAWS 2281 ‑ International Commercial Arbitration (Intensive)
LAWS 2285 Special Topics in African Nova Scotian's and the Law
LAWS 2286 ‑ Visitorship in Indigenous Law
LAWS 2287 Revitalizing Indigenous Feminist Governance
LAWS 2289 ‑ Indigenous Law as Practice: Applying Mi'kmaq Legal Traditions
LAWS 2290 ‑ Special Issues in Aboriginal Law
LAWS 2291 ‑ Health Law and Policy: Current Issues I
LAWS 2292 ‑ Health Law and Policy: Current Issues II
LAWS 2295 ‑ Criminal Appeal Practice
LAWS 2296 ‑ Canadian Patent Drafting Competition
LAWS 2297 ‑ International Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Practicum
LAWS 2298 ‑ Advanced Commercial Drafting: Private Equity and Public M&A (Intensive)
LAWS 2301 ‑ Qualitative Methods and Interviewing for Lawyers (Intensive)
LAWS 2302 ‑ Case Studies in Public Policy and Law
LAWS 2303 ‑ Cannabis Law, Regulation and Policy
LAWS 2304‑ From Legal Research to Public Policy Impact (Intensive)
LAWS 2307 ‑ The Law of Sexual Offences
LAWS 2310 ‑ Child Protection Law
LAWS 2311 & 2321 ‑ Second Year Moot
LAWS 2319‑ Pharmaceutical Science, Law & Policy
LAWS 2320‑ Technology & Innovation Law: Clinical Advocacy
LAWS 2333 Conflict and Mediation Principles: the Northern Island Experience (Intensive)
LAWS 2338 ‑ Clinical Advocacy, Law and Practice: Responding to Sexualized Violence
LAWS 2355 Business Law Workshop: Law & Technology (Intensive)
LAWS 2357 & 2358 ‑ ±«Σγtv Law Journal Advanced Legal Writing
LAWS 2359 & 2360 ‑ ±«Σγtv Law Journal Editorial Assistantship
LAWS 2361 & 2362 ‑ Civil Procedure
LAWS 2366 International Human Rights Law Advocacy (Intensive)
LAWS 2370 ‑ Sentencing: Principles, Law, and Policy
LAWS 2371 ‑ Value Added Taxes (Intensive)
LAWS 2372 ‑ The Law of Digital Commerce
LAWS 2373 ‑ International Investment Law
LAWS 2374 ‑ Advanced Legal Ethics and Professionalism
LAWS 2508 ‑ Law Reform: Selected Problems
LAWS 2700 ‑ Queen's/±«Σγtv Spring International Law Program
LAWS 3010 & 3020 ‑ Graduate Seminar