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Legal Education at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
We do legal education like nobody else
Proudly bilingual; rigorously pluralistic, the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Law program breaks the mold for legal education in our fast-paced, globalized world. No other law program reaches further. The ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ program ensures that students gain a cosmopolitan understanding of the law that is not confined to specific jurisdictions or legal traditions.
Legal education at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ explores concepts and ideas through a comparative, integrated lens that is unique around the world.
The ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ curriculum features multiple opportunities for problem-based learning, translation of knowledge into action, and the development of skills that are critical to engaged, effective, and enlightened jurists.
An integrated education
- designed to work across the traditional boundaries of first-year coursework
- offered in French and English
- that builds on an expertise in the civil law and common law, broadened to include other legal traditions, including better understandings of Indigenous law, as well as cutting-edge scholarship in alternate dispute resolution
A focus on problem-solving
- Students work in small groups to tackle issues in legal methodology and ethics, empirical research, and policy analysis
- A revised semester timetable makes space for one-week intensive teaching on specialized topics during the fall and winter terms
Innovative pedagogy that flips the script and
- allows you to take the lead in your own education
- uses technology in modernized classrooms to enhance participation and critical reflection
The original and critical vision that characterizes legal education at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ is a springboard for those whose ideas will inspire legal leadership for global challenges.
Above all, the Faculty prides itself on developing agile thinkers, conscientious citizens, and globally oriented, forward-looking jurists for the 21st century.
ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Law. It's a world class move.
Location
Location
- Chancellor Day Hall
- 3644 Peel Street
- Montreal QC H3A 1W9
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-6666
- Website: mcgill.ca/law
- Undergraduate Admissions
- 3644 Peel Street, Room 418
- New Chancellor Day Hall
- Montreal QC H3A 1W9
- Telephone: 514-398-6602
- Email: admissions.law [at] mcgill.ca
- Graduate Admissions
- 3644 Peel Street, Room 406
- New Chancellor Day Hall
- Montreal QC H3A 1W9
- Telephone: 514-398-6635
- Email: grad.law [at] mcgill.ca