Major Concentration Law with Major Concentration Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (B.C.L./J.D.) (123 credits)
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
Degree: BCLJD
Program credit weight: 123
Program Description
The B.C.L. and J.D.. with a major concentration is open to all students enrolled in the Faculty of Law.
The Major Concentration in Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is articulated around a synthetic skill set driven by the transversal theme "Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution" and is inspired by an interdisciplinary approach.
Law and non-law courses are combined with the practical experience acquired during an internship. The required writing of an independent essay allows students to integrate the various academic and clinical strands of the major program, and, more broadly, of legal learning.
The Major concentration is a 36-credit program. Students are permitted to include within their 105 credits for the B.C.L. and J.D. 18 credits toward their Major concentration. The remaining 18 credits needed for the Major concentration are added on top of the 105 credits for the Law degrees for a total of 123 credits.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (6 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WRIT 300D1 | Major Internship. | 3 |
Major Internship. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Internship in law. | ||
| WRIT 300D2 | Major Internship. | 3 |
Major Internship. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. See WRIT 300D1 for course description. | ||
Complementary Courses (30 credits)
Essay Course
3 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WRIT 491 | Term Essay 1A. | 3 |
Term Essay 1A. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Students who have completed two terms of legal studies may elect with the permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate to write an essay for 3 credits under the supervision of an instructor in the Faculty. | ||
| WRIT 492 | Term Essay 2. | 3 |
Term Essay 2. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Students who have completed two terms of legal studies may elect with the permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate to write an essay for 3 credits under the supervision of an instructor in the Faculty. | ||
| WRIT 493 | Term Essay 3. | 3 |
Term Essay 3. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Students who have completed two terms of legal studies may elect with the permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate to write an essay for 3 credits under the supervision of an instructor in the Faculty. | ||
| WRIT 494 | Term Essay 1B. | 3 |
Term Essay 1B. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Students who have completed two terms of legal studies may elect with the permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate to write an essay for 3 credits under the supervision of an instructor in the Faculty. | ||
| WRIT 495 | Term Essay 1C. | 3 |
Term Essay 1C. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Students who have completed two terms of legal studies may elect with the permission of the Dean or the Dean's delegate to write an essay for 3 credits under the supervision of an instructor in the Faculty. | ||
The essay must be written on a subject related to Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. The essay is to be written in the fourth year of the program in order to allow the student to integrate the various academic and clinical strands of the program. The topic must be approved by the Associate Dean (Academic).
Law and Non-Law Courses (27 credits)
27 credits from the following lists of law and non-law courses of which at least 6 credits must be non-law courses.
Law Courses
15-21 credits of law courses selected from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BUS1 532 | Bankruptcy and Insolvency. | 3 |
Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Federal bankruptcy law, including bankruptcy petitions, an individual's rights to a discharge, the nature of claims provable in bankruptcy, the rejection and assumption of executory contracts, the stay of proceedings and the avoidance powers of trustees and receiverships and workouts as alternatives to bankruptcy proceedings. | ||
| BUS2 503 | Business Organizations. | 3 |
Business Organizations. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A treatment of specialized topics in the law of business organizations. | ||
| BUS2 504 | Securities Regulation. | 3 |
Securities Regulation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to the structure of Canada's capital markets and a review of major features of securities regulation using the Quebec or Ontario scheme as background. An examination of the general regulatory framework for licensing of securities professionals, disclosure to investors and enforcement powers of regulators. | ||
| BUS2 505 | Corporate Finance. | 3 |
Corporate Finance. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Advanced issues in business and corporate law. Principles underlying decisions about a corporation's capital structure. Distinctive aspects and rights of corporate securities, including common shares, preferred shares. | ||
| CMPL 515 | International Carriage of Goods by Sea. | 3 |
International Carriage of Goods by Sea. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A comparative study of private international maritime law. | ||
| CMPL 518 | Policies, Politics and Legislative Process. | 3 |
Policies, Politics and Legislative Process. Terms offered: Summer 2025 How law and politics shape public policy-making and implementation. The focus will be on how policy preferences and political decisions get ‘translated’ into legal instruments. The interaction of politics and law in the making of various public policies may be explored within a single jurisdiction or a particular policy may be examined across multiple jurisdictions. | ||
| CMPL 524 | Entertainment Law. | 3 |
Entertainment Law. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course is designed to introduce students to the rules governing the Canadian entertainment industry in an international context with particular emphasis on the television, film production and distribution industries. There will also be limited coverage of the law relating to the music industry. The course will consider inter alia the contractual, tax, financial and insurance aspects of the law applicable to the entertainment industry. | ||
| CMPL 533 | Resolution of International Disputes. | 3 |
Resolution of International Disputes. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Conflict of jurisdictions and recognition of foreign judgments, as well as arbitration between parties to international contracts, with particular reference to international conventions. | ||
| CMPL 543 | Law and Practice of International Trade. | 3 |
Law and Practice of International Trade. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The fundamental aspects of international law governing international trade, and governmental regulation of international trade in Canada and Canada's major trading partners. | ||
| CMPL 568 | Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution. | 3 |
Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination for the non-adjudicative means of dispute resolution, including mediation and consensual arbitration. | ||
| CMPL 574 | Government Control of Business. | 3 |
Government Control of Business. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Selected topics in government control and regulation of business with emphasis on competition law and policy. | ||
| LAWG 200 | Commercial Law. | 3 |
Commercial Law. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The contract of sale in the Civil Law and Common Law traditions; nature and scope of the contract of sale; conditions of formation; sale of property of another; obligations of the seller, including delivery, quality, title; obligations of the buyer, transfer of title; product liability; comparative reference made to American U.C.C. rules and U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods. | ||
| LAWG 400 | Secured Transactions. | 4 |
Secured Transactions. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Main incidents of law and suretyship and the law of real security in the common and civil traditions; security on land and commodities; nature of suretyship and effects of a contract among the creditor, debtor, surety and co-sureties; classifications and types of preferences, priorities and real security. | ||
| LAWG 511 | Specialized Topics in Law 1. | 1 |
Specialized Topics in Law 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 512 | Specialized Topics in Law 2. | 1 |
Specialized Topics in Law 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 513 | Specialized Topics in Law 3. | 2 |
Specialized Topics in Law 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 514 | Specialized Topics in Law 4. | 2 |
Specialized Topics in Law 4. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 515 | Specialized Topics in Law 5. | 3 |
Specialized Topics in Law 5. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 516 | Specialized Topics in Law 6. | 3 |
Specialized Topics in Law 6. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 517 | Specialized Topics in Law 7. | 3 |
Specialized Topics in Law 7. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 518 | Specialized Topics in Law 8. | 3 |
Specialized Topics in Law 8. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law. | ||
| LAWG 521 | Student-Initiated Seminar 1. | 3 |
Student-Initiated Seminar 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised student-initiated seminar. | ||
| LAWG 522 | Student-Initiated Seminar 2. | 3 |
Student-Initiated Seminar 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised student-initiated seminar. | ||
| LEEL 369 | Labour Law. | 3 |
Labour Law. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to Canadian labour law including collective bargaining, arbitration and industrial relations generally. Emphasis on the Canada Labour Code, the Quebec Labour Code and related statutes. | ||
| PRV1 549 | Contrats nommés/Nominate Contracts. | 3 |
Contrats nommés/Nominate Contracts. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Une immersion dans la culture, épistémologie etpratique de la tradition juridique civiliste parl'étude du louage, y compris certains aspects dubail de logement, du contrat d’entreprise ou deservice et du cautionnement en droit québécois. / An immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the civil law tradition through the study of the contract of lease, including some aspects of residential leases, the contract of enterprise or for services, and the contract of suretyship in the law of Quebec. | ||
| PRV4 500 | Restitution. | 3 |
Restitution. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The law relating to the restitution of benefits wrongfully or unfairly acquired: a study of unjust enrichment as a doctrinal basis for various remedies at common law, in equity and under statute and the role of unjust enrichment as an integral part of the common law alongside contract and tort.This course provides an opportunity for immersion in the culture, epistemology and practices of the Common Law Tradition. | ||
| PRV5 483 | Consumer Law. | 3 |
Consumer Law. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A comparative study of civil and common law and consumer protection law in Quebec and in Canada. | ||
| PUB2 503 | Comparative Federalism. | 3 |
Comparative Federalism. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Institutional design of federal states, or of supra-national arrangements, in comparative perspective. Rationale for federal constitutions; confederal vs. federal organization; symmetric vs. asymmetric federations; allocation of powers; the subsidiarity principle; accession to and secession from the federation; the place of popular sovereignty; federalism within central legislative or executive institutions. | ||
| PUB2 517 | Corporate Taxation. | 3 |
Corporate Taxation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. In-depth consideration of problems unique to corporations and their shareholders including the small business deduction and refundable taxes; distributions to shareholders; corporate reorganizations and liquidations; the capital gain and rollover. | ||
Non-Law Courses
Students may take 6-12 credits of non-law courses. Students who take 6 non-law credits as part of their Major concentration may count an additional 6 non-law credits toward their B.C.L. and J.D. program. Students who take 9 non-law credits as part of their Major concentration may count an additional 3 credits toward their B.C.L. and J.D. Students who take 12 non-law credits as part of their Major concentration may not count additional non-law credits toward their B.C.L. and J.D.
Other non-law courses related to Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution not included in these lists may be taken with the approval of the Program Adviser.
Non-Law Courses - Economics
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 223 | Political Economy of Trade Policy. | 3 |
Political Economy of Trade Policy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy. | ||
| ECON 305 | Industrial Organization. | 3 |
Industrial Organization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The course analyzes the structure, conduct, and performance of industries, particularly but not exclusively in Canada. Topics include effects of mergers, barriers to entry, product line and promotion policies, vertical integration, and R D policies of firms. | ||
| ECON 310 | Introduction to Behavioural Economics. | 3 |
Introduction to Behavioural Economics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to economic decision-making in markets and strategic environments, including bounded rationality, individual decision-making under uncertainty, and behavioural game theory. | ||
| ECON 546 | Game Theory. | 3 |
Game Theory. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course introduces students to game theory, the branch of the social sciences that focuses on the formal modelling and analysis of human interactions and strategic behaviour. Basic concepts in cooperative and non-cooperative games are applied to economic models. | ||
Non-Law Courses - Management
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BUSA 395 | Managing in Europe. | 3 |
Managing in Europe. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Current social, economic and trade developments in the rapidly-evolving European arena. Focus on both the expanding EU and integrating with emerging market economies and Central and Eastern Europe. Emphasis on managing in the expanded opportunities and challenges facing international and Canadian managers. | ||
| BUSA 481 | Managing in North America. | 3 |
Managing in North America. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of corporate strategies in the context of Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Emphasis on public policy's impact on corporate decision-making and implications for management. Examines bilateral experience of major industrial sectors compared with global corporate strategies. Theoretical and empirical literature combined with industrial histories, policy and management case studies. | ||
| INDR 459 | Comparative Employment Relations. | 3 |
Comparative Employment Relations. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Comparison of employment relations in current socio-political and economic context of a variety of nations. Emphasis on historical and recent developments in labour-management relations, labour legislation, institutional structures, collective bargaining, contract coverage, and the role of multi-national corporations. | ||
| INDR 492 | Globalization and Labour Policy. | 3 |
Globalization and Labour Policy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exploration of contemporary labour policies around the world in the context of globalization. Topics include labour market functioning, international trade, technological change, flexibility, employment standards, protective legislation, employment practices. | ||
| INDR 496 | Collective Bargaining. | 3 |
Collective Bargaining. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Principles of collective bargaining in Canada and abroad. Problem oriented. Mock collective bargaining sessions provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge gained. | ||
| MGCR 211 | Introduction to Financial Accounting. | 3 |
Introduction to Financial Accounting. Terms offered: Summer 2025 The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results. | ||
| MGCR 293 | Managerial Economics. | 3 |
Managerial Economics. Terms offered: Summer 2025 The course focuses on the application of economic theory to management problems and the economic foundations of marketing, finance, and production. Attention is given to the following topics: price and cost analysis; demand and supply analysis, conditions of competition. | ||
| MGCR 382 | International Business. | 3 |
International Business. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises. | ||
| MGCR 423 | Strategic Management. | 3 |
Strategic Management. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes. | ||
| MGPO 383 | International Business Policy. | 3 |
International Business Policy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Development and application of conceptual approaches to general management policy and strategy formulation in multinational business involvement (exporting, licensing, contractual arrangements, turnkey projects, joint ventures, consortia); technology transfer, location and ownership strategies: competitive multinational relationships. Emphasis on pragmatic analysis, using case studies. | ||
| MGPO 440 | Strategies for Sustainability. | 3 |
Strategies for Sustainability. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations. | ||
| MGPO 445 | Industry Analysis and Competitive Strategy. | 3 |
Industry Analysis and Competitive Strategy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of industry structure, macro-environment, and evolution. Evaluation of strategic position, behaviour, and intent of organizations within industry context. Development of strategic recommendations for these firms. | ||
| MGPO 450 | Ethics in Management. | 3 |
Ethics in Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of the economic, legal and ethical responsibilities of managers in both private and public organizations. Through readings, case studies, discussions and projects the class evaluates alternative ethical systems and norms of behaviour and draws conclusions as to the right, proper and just decisions and actions in the face of moral dilemmas. The focus of this course is on the decision process, values and consistency of values of the individual and on the impact of systems control and incentives on managerial morality. | ||
| MGPO 460 | Managing Innovation. | 3 |
Managing Innovation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Firms face difficulties in developing new products. This course examines the new product development process to understand why problems occur and what managers can do. Topics include the creative synthesis of market and technology; the coordination of functions; and the strategic connection between the project and the strategy. | ||
| MGPO 469 | Managing Globalization. | 3 |
Managing Globalization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries. | ||
| MGPO 470 | Strategy and Organization. | 3 |
Strategy and Organization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course explores how strategic change affects the organization and how the organization can be designed to realize its strategy more effectively. It will examine how strategic choices affect organizational structures, processes, culture, human resource policies, leadership styles, etc. and how the organization can be aligned with the organizational mission. | ||
| ORGB 325 | Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. | 3 |
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. Terms offered: Summer 2025 A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process. | ||
| ORGB 380 | Cross Cultural Management. | 3 |
Cross Cultural Management. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning. | ||
| ORGB 420 | Managing Organizational Teams. | 3 |
Managing Organizational Teams. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Theory, research, and applications. Principles of team processes and effectiveness in organizational settings, specifically the theoretical developments and empirical findings of group dynamics and team effectiveness, and practical strategies and skills for successful management of organizational teams. | ||
Non-Law Courses - Political Science
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| POLI 243 | International Politics of Economic Relations. | 3 |
International Politics of Economic Relations. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations. | ||