As one of the largest common-law law schools in Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School has a diverse and comprehensive upper year curriculum. Second and third year students may select from among 125 courses and seminars to design a course of study especially suited to their particular interests.
Study Options
In a typical term, upper year students take 4 or 5 courses and seminars. Students may enrol in a curricular stream and/or participate in:
- a clinical or intensive program
- a competitive moot
- an international exchange at a partner law school
- an upper year law journal editor position
- a directed research paper under the supervision of a full-time faculty member
- an upper-year or graduate level course in another faculty at York University
Graduation Requirements
In designing their upper year course of study, students must ensure that they:
- take a minimum of 60 credits over second and third year
- enrol in no less than 13 and no more than 17 credits each semester
- select not more than two seminar courses each term
- satisfy the upper year research and writing requirement
- complete their Osgoode Public Interest Requirement volunteer hours
Starting with the incoming class in 2012, students will also be required to:
- fulfill a second upper year research and writing requirement
- complete the new practicum/experiential learning requirement