Course summaries

Preliminary Course information Summaries (PCIS) are posted here to help inform your course selection.

Senate-approved course descriptions for the Faculty are in the UVic Academic Calendar. Detailed course descriptions are posted on Brightspace at the start of term. Access to the detailed information is restricted to students registered in the course.

LAW 301  The Administrative Law Process (Kathryn Chan)
LAW 301I  Transsystemic Administrative Law (Janna Promislow)
LAW 303  Criminal Procedure (Roberto Alberto, Lorne Phipps)
LAW 305  Sentencing: Law, Theory & Practice (Patricia Barkaskas)
LAW 307B Civil Procedure (Fernando de Lima, Stephen King)
LAW 309  Law of Evidence (Michelle Lawrence)
LAW 315  Business Associations (Mark Gillen)
LAW 316 Secured Transactions (Chibueze Ngozi)
LAW 319  Trusts (Mark Gillen)
LAW 320  Wills, Estates & Succession Planning (Deanna Rivers, Stephen Lyons)
LAW 326A Individual Employment Relationships (Marcia McNeil, Jessica Thomson)
LAW 329  Environmental Law (Chris Tollefson)
LAW 330  Public International Law (Asad Kiyani)
LAW 342  Immigration & Citizenship Law (Ngozi Nwoko)
LAW 343-1  Legal History of Right to Vote (Andrew Buck)
LAW 343-3  Sustainable Development Law & Governance (Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Segger)
LAW 343-4  Legislative Drafting (Melanie Mortensen)
LAW 343E  ĆELÁṈENEȽ: A Field Course in the Re-emergence of W̱SÁNEĆ Law (Rob Clifford)
LAW 345  Taxation (Michael Taylor)
LAW 347  Intellectual Property (Robert Howell)
LAW 349  Business Law Clinic (Michael Litchfield) / BLC Webpage
LAW 350  Law Centre: Clinical Law Term (TBA) / Law Center Webpage
LAW 353  Environmental Law Centre Clinic (Deborah Curran) / ELC Webpage
LAW 355  Legal Skills (Ian Wiebe)
LAW 356-1  Advocacy (Chris Massey)
LAW 356-2  Advocacy (Jess Patterson)
LAW 359  Civil Liberties & the Charter (Raji Mangat)
LAW 360-1  Legal Ethics and Professionalism (Pooja Parmar)
LAW 360-2  Legal Ethics and Professionalism (Alan Treleaven)
LAW 367A  Information & Privacy (Ross Alexander, John Tuck)
LAW 370  Law & Society in Southeast Asia (Victor Ramraj)
LAW 387  Health Law (Ireh Iyioha)
LAW 388  Advanced Legal Research and Writing (Claude Marchessault)
LAW 389  Appeal Law Journal (full year course) (Andrew Buck)
LAW 395A  Intersocietal Jurisprudence through Cinema (Rebecca Johnson)
LAW 396  Nonprofit Sector Law (Kathryn Chan)
LAW 397  Indigenous Legal Theories (Tracey Lindberg)
LAW 399  Supervised Research & Writing (Faculty supervisor)
LAW 450I  Indigenous Field Study Level II (Sarah Morales)

LAW 322  Family Law (Michelle Kinney, Christine Murray)
LAW 323  Refugee Law (Molly Joeck)
LAW 325  Access to Justice (Robert Lapper, KC)
LAW 326B  Labour Law (Colin Gusikoski)
LAW 340  Indigenous Lands, Rights and Governance (John Gailus)
LAW 343-1  Indigenous Criminal Justice Seminar (David Milward)
LAW 343-2  Indigenous Legal Orders and Ecological Governance (Darcy Lindberg)
LAW 343-3  Comparative Health Law (Ireh Iyioha)
LAW 343-4  Mental Health Law (Laura Johnston)
LAW 343-5  Corporate Insolvency (Christopher Ramsay)
LAW 343-6  The US Criminal Justice System (Joel Feinman)
LAW 343E  Climate Litigation Workshop (Chris Tollefson, Anthony Ho, David Wu)
LAW 344  Insurance Law (Laura Miller)
LAW 345  Taxation (Bradley Bryan)
LAW 346B  International Taxation (Geoff Loomer)
LAW 349  Business Law Clinic (Michael Litchfield) / BLC Webpage
LAW 350  Law Centre: Clinical Law Term (Christopher Heslinga) / Law Center Webpage
LAW 350I  Indigenous Field Study Level I (Alan Hanna)
LAW 353  Environmental Law Clinic (Deborah Curran) / ELC Webpage
LAW 353A  Environmental Law Clinic - Intensive (Deborah Curran) / ELC Webpage
LAW 355  Legal Skills (Ian Wiebe)
LAW 356-1  Advocacy (Paula Donnachie)
LAW 356-2  Advocacy (Jess Patterson)
LAW 360-1 Legal Ethics & Professionalism (Pooja Parmar) 
LAW 360-2 Legal Ethics & Professionalism (Alan Treleaven)
LAW 361  Historical Foundations of the Common Law (Mark Gillen)
LAW 363  Conflict of Laws (Robert Howell)
LAW 367  Communications Law and Policy (Hank Intven)
LAW 373  International Human Rights and Dispute Resolution (Pooja Parmar)
LAW 374 Law of the European Union (Eszter Bodnar)
LAW 388 Advanced Legal Research & Writing (Kaitlyn Cumming)
LAW 389  Appeal Law Journal (full year course) (Andrew Buck)
LAW 392  Water Law (Deborah Curran) 
LAW 399  Supervised Research & Writing (Faculty supervisor)