Legal Studies – Advanced Entry

General information

Our university’s Legal Studies Advanced Entry program provides college graduates with the opportunity to apply their Court and Tribunal Agent/Paralegal or Legal Administration diploma toward a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Legal Studies.

Students enrolled in the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program will enter directly into third year of the Legal Studies degree program at the university and will follow a modified program map that will allow students to complete the program in two years of full-time study.

Admission requirements

Admission is competitive. The specific average or standing required for admission varies from year to year. Students are selected by taking into consideration a wide range of criteria including school marks, distribution of subjects taken, and performance in subjects relevant to the academic program. Possession of the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Preference will be given to applicants with the best qualifications.

To qualify for the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program, the minimum entrance requirement is a two-year Ontario college diploma (or equivalent) in Court and Tribunal Agent/Paralegal or Legal Administration.

Students with a two-year Ontario college diploma (or equivalent) in Police Foundations, Child and Youth Worker, Law and Security Administration, Developmental Services Worker, or Social Services Worker are also eligible to apply for the Legal Studies Advanced Entry program, provided that they have also completed a one-year graduate certificate in one of the following: Paralegal; Legal Research and Information Management; Mediation - Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Advanced Entry completion requirements

Students accepted into the Advanced Entry program will complete the following courses.

Year 3

• LGLS 1000U – Foundations of Legal Studies
• LGLS 2100U – Public Law
• LGLS 2110U – Private Law
• LGLS 2200U – Legal Theory
• LGLS 2940U – Legal Research Methods

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  Two of:

• LGLS 2120U – International Law or
• LGLS 2420U – Canadian Human Rights Law or
• LGLS 2500U – Information and Privacy Law

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  Three of:

• LGLS 3200U – Sociology of Law or
• LGLS 3220U – Philosophy of Law or
• LGLS 3230U – Law and Globalization or
• LGLS 3240U – Cultural Studies of Law or
• LGLS 3520U – Law and Technology or
• LGLS 3700U – Law and Power

Year 4

• LGLS 4200U – Law and Social Change
• Three LGLS 3000/4000-level electives
• FSSH 3000/4000-level elective
• LGLS elective

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  One of:

• SSCI 4101U – Honours Thesis I or
• LGLS 4000-level elective

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  One of:

• LGLS 4099U – Legal Studies Integrating Project or
• SSCI 4102U – Honours Thesis II

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  One of:

• LGLS 3300U – Disability and the Law or
• LGLS 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada or
• LGLS 3320U – Race, Ethnicity and the Law or
• LGLS 3330U – Gender, Sexuality and the Law

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  One of:

• SSCI 4098U – Practicum or
• SSCI 4103U – Internship or
• LGLS 4000-level elective