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The LLM Program (Master of Laws)
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Oscar Cabrera
(Venezuela), LLM 2006
Health Law and Policy Scholar
"The LLM program at the University of Toronto has exceeded all my expectations. The diversity of subjects covered through worshops and courses in the program is very extensive. Professors are leading academics and yet very approachable. They are always more than willing to share their expertise and time with students. Another great aspect of my year at U of T was the group of students I met in the LLM program. The fact that we are from very different parts of the world deeply enriched our academic discussions. This year was an incredibly enriching and memorable experience."
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The Master of Laws (LLM) is a one-year graduate law degree that provides students interested in continuing their study of the law beyond their first law degree with an opportunity to pursue a more profound study of specific legal issues.
The LLM program can be undertaken with a strong emphasis on a thesis (with minor coursework), or with a strong emphasis on coursework (with a shorter thesis).
The thesis-intensive format is aimed at law students who have demonstrated a strong potential for advanced research and writng in accordance with the standards of the Faculty of Law.
The coursework-intensive format is aimed at law students who wish to specialize in a specific area of law, particularly in one of the Law Faculty's several strengths, or who wish to develop an understanding of North American legal processes and laws, or who wish to explore the common law at an advanced level.
Please note that the LLM degree certificate does not reflect any speciality, nor whether you took the thesis intensive or coursework intensive LLM, in accordance with our view that all our LLMs meet exactly the same academic standard.
All LLM candidates participate in the graduate seminar, Alternative Approaches to Legal Scholarship, designed to expose students to various approaches to legal scholarship, including law and philosophy, law and economics, feminism and the law, legal history, law and society, analytical jurisprudence and critical legal theory.
Graduate students choose their other courses from those available in the JD program, which are posted on-line in the summer. Graduate students are expected to choose the more senior level seminar courses. The selection of courses is subject to the approval of the Associate Dean.
We offer an Introduction to the Canadian Legal System intensive in late August.
An LLM does not qualify foreign-trained candidates to practise law in Ontario. Contact the National Commitee on Accreditation for information on practising law in Ontario.
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