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WESTERN/LAVAL JOINT PROGRAM

Given the importance of bilingualism and the advantages of knowing both Canadian legal systems, Western and L'Université Laval have agreed to offer students the opportunity to obtain both the common law and civil law degrees after a combined four years of study at both institutions.

The objective of the program is to offer Western and Laval students the possibility of obtaining a law degree from the institution in the other legal system. This will allow the students not only the opportunity of developing their skills in the other official language and their knowledge of the other legal system, but it will also allow them to have access to both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Barreau du Québec.

Description
To be eligible for the program students must (i) have completed either a JD (Western) or an LLB (Laval) while standing in the top 50% of their year (based on the aggregate of their grades from all years), (ii) have participated in the Laval/Western Law Exchange Program during their law program and (iii) have demonstrated the ability to learn law in the other language.

The enrollment of any students in this program will not affect the number of students admissible into the first year of law at Western.

The student is registered at the institution he or she is attending during the fourth year.

Program of Study
For Laval students at Western

Students must complete the following courses:
• Contracts (5 credits)
• Torts (5 credits)
• Property (5 credits)
• Civil Procedure (4 credits)
Students must also complete or have completed, either at Laval or Western, the following courses or their equivalent, as approved by the Associate Dean (Academic) at Western:
• Corporate Law
• Legal Ethics and Professionalism
and three of the following five courses:
• Income Taxation
• Evidence
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
• Trusts

Students must satisfy Western's essay requirement.

Students must select other courses from the range of courses offered at Western to total 29 - 31 credits for fourth year.

Students cannot select Western courses that are considered equivalent to courses they have already taken at Laval, except with the approval of the Associate Dean (Academic). A list of equivalents is available from Western Law's International Programs Office.

For Western Students at Laval
Students must complete the following courses:
• Obligations I: Contrat (DRT-1001)
• Droit des biens (DRT-1003)
• Droit des personnes physiques et de la famille (DRT-1004)
• Obligations II: Responsabilité (DRT-2000)
• Procédure civile I (DRT-1006)
• Obligations III: Exécution et extinction (DRT-2002)
• L'entreprise et ses principaux contrats (DRT-2004)
• Droit du travail fondamental (DRT-2003) (unless a Laval equivalent has been or is taken)

Students must also complete one course in each of the two blocks (critical and methodology). Legal Ethics and Professionalism satisfies the requirement of the critical block and Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy satisfies the methodological component.

The following optional courses are suggested:
• Sûretés réelles et publicité des droits (DRT-2250)
• Contrats de vente, de louage et d'entreprise ou de service (DRT-2251)
• Droit de la famille (DRT-2252)
• Procédure civile II (DRT-2450)
• Courses in Québec private law
Students must select other courses from the optional curriculum to complete a total of 45 credits at Laval, including the 15 credits completed during their Laval Exchange term. The optional courses selected cannot be equivalent to the ones completed at Western. A list of equivalents is available from Laval's Faculty of Law Student Mobility Coordinator.

Evaluation
Western students at Laval must follow the regular schedules and methods of examination of that Faculty. They may write examinations and papers in English.

Laval students at Western must follow the regular schedules and methods of examination of that Faculty. A student whose first language is not English may be given extra time to write examinations, and the length of the extra time will be determined by the Associate Dean (Academic).
Academic Calendar 2015 FACULTIES FACULTY OF LAW COMBINED PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS WESTERN/LAVAL JOINT PROGRAM
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