Table of Contents

1 The Faculty

1.1 Location

1.2 Faculty Administrative Officers

1.3 Faculty Administrative Staff

1.4 Directors of Institutes

1.5 Directors of Research Centres

1.6 Teaching Faculty

1.7 Law Library Staff

2 The Faculty of Law at McGill

2.1 History of the Faculty of Law to 1968

2.2 The National Programme since 1968 and the Faculty's New Curriculum

2.3 Legal Education at McGill Today

3 Admission to Undergraduate Programmes

3.1 Admissions Policy and Process

3.2 Programmes

3.3 Eligibility

3.4 Categories of Applicants

3.5 Admissions Procedure

3.6 Application Deadlines

4 Undergraduate Programmes of Study

4.1 The McGill Programme

4.2 Law/Minor Programme

4.3 Law/Major Concentration Programme

4.4 Law/Honours Programme

4.5 M.B.A./Law Programme

4.6 Law/M.S.W. Programme

4.7 Course Sequences by Year

5 Undergraduate Courses of Instruction

5.1 Regular Courses

5.2 Faculty Supervised Equivalences

5.3 Credit Equivalences Granted for Activity Outside the Faculty

5.4 Course Concentrations

6 Library, Endowment Funds and Special Projects

6.1 Nahum Gelber Law Library

6.2 Wainwright Trust

6.3 Boulton Trust

6.4 International Human Rights Law Trust

6.5 Other Faculty Endowments and Annual Funds

6.6 Meredith Memorial Lectures

6.7 Visiting Judges Programme

6.8 Endowed Lectures

6.9 International Human Rights Law Programme

6.10 McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill

6.11 Moot Court Programme

6.12 Legal Methodology Teaching Groups

6.13 Legal Theory Programme

6.14 Visiting Scholars Programme

6.15 Legal Theory Workshops and McGill Lecture in Jurisprudence and Public Policy

6.16 Annie Macdonald Langstaff Workshops

6.17 International Business Law Programme

7 Student Activities and Services

7.1 Law Students Association/ Association des étudiants en droit

7.2 Law Student Services

7.3 Office of the Dean of Students

7.4 Student Services

7.5 Ombudsperson for Students

7.6 Extra-curricular Activities

8 Faculty Governance and Academic Regulations

8.1 Faculty Council

8.2 Outline of Academic Regulations

8.3 Marking System and Degree Classifications

8.4 Changes in Regulations

9 Registration and Commencement of Classes

9.1 Commencement of Classes

9.2 Registration

9.3 Course Nomenclature

9.4 Course Change Period

9.5 Regulations Concerning Withdrawal

9.6 Minerva

9.7 Changes to Student Records after Normal Deadlines

9.8 Class Schedule

10 Personal Information

10.1 Updating Personal Information

10.2 Documentation

10.3 Identification (ID) Cards

10.4 Legal Name

10.5 Verification of Name

11 General Policies and Information

11.1 Authorization, Acknowledgment and Consent

11.2 Student Rights and Responsibilities

11.3 E-mail Communication

11.4 Policy Concerning Access to Records

11.5 Transcript of Academic Record

11.6 Health Insurance - Canadian Residents

11.7 Health Insurance - International Students

11.8 Computing Facilities

11.9 Proper Use of Computing Facilities

11.10 Academic Integrity

12 Calendar of Dates - Faculty of Law 2004-2005

13 Fees

13.1 Fee Information Booklet

13.2 Access to Fee Information

13.3 Tuition Fees

13.4 Compulsory Fees

13.5 Other Fees

13.6 Billings and Due Dates

13.7 Fees and Withdrawal from the University

13.8 Other Policies Related to Fees

13.9 Deferred Fee Payment

13.10 Fees and Charges

14 Admission to the Legal Profession

14.1 Canada

14.2 The United States

15 Placement of Graduates and Alumni Relations

15.1 Resource Centre

15.2 On-Campus Recruitment

15.3 Careers Days

15.4 Training Programmes and Publications

15.5 Reciprocity Agreement

15.6 Alumni/ae Network

16 Scholarships, Prizes, and Student Aid

16.1 Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid for Entering Students

16.2 Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid for Continuing Students

16.3 Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid for Graduating Students

16.4 Dean's Honour List

16.5 Graduate Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid for Entering Students

16.6 Graduate Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid for Continuing Students

16.7 Awarding of Scholarships, Prizes and Student Aid

17 Graduate Programs of Study

17.1 Programs Offered

17.2 Admission Requirements

17.3 Application Procedures

17.4 Program Requirements

17.5 Course Descriptions

18 Research Centres

18.1 Research Centre in Air and Space Law

18.2 Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law

18.3 Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law

19 University Administrative Officers