StudyQA — Master: International Humanitarian and Security Law

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Reflecting Canada’s bilingual and trijuridical legal system (civil law, common law, aboriginal law), as well as its location in Canada’s Capital, the Faculty of Law offers graduate programs leading to a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Law.

The graduate studies in law are a joint endeavour of the Common Law and Civil Law Sections. We welcome law graduates from both legal systems and from countries around the world. Courses are offered in English or in French, and occasionally in both languages. Students may readily complete their graduate studies while learning something of Canada's other legal and linguistic traditions.

The programs are offered in English and in French, and sometimes in a combination of both. In accordance with University of Ottawa Policy, examinations, assignments and the research paper or thesis may be written in either English or French.

For the Master of Laws degree (LLM), we offer both a thesis option and a research paper option. While students can pursue these options in any subject, we particularly emphasize the following two fields as well as the fields associated with our six concentrations described below:

International law; and
Human rights law.

In the context of the master's with research paper, students have a choice of six concentrations:

International Humanitarian and Security Law;
Global Sustainability and Environmental Law;
Law and Social Justice;
Law and Technology;
Notarial Law; and
International Trade and Investment Law.

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW
LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
LEGAL RESEARCH SEMINAR
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THEORY
STUDIES IN INDIGENOUS LEGAL ISSUES
ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL LAW
LAW AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
INDIGENOUS LEGAL THEORY: WORLDVIEW, LANGUAGE, AND LEGAL CONCEPTS
ADVANCED HUMAN RIGHTS
STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS I
STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS II
STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS III
INDIGENOUS LAW CLINIC
LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
STUDIES IN INDIGENOUS LEGAL ISSUES
COMPARATIVE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS / LEGAL REGIMES
STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
LAW AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
LAW, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY LAW INTERNSHIP

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Law
Application Fee:$100.00 ($CDN non-refundable)
2 Recommendation letter(s)
Transcript
Proof of proficiency in your program's language of instruction, in the case of applicants whose first language is neither English nor French
Language proficiency test scores equivalencies:TOEFL 600 (Paper-based), TOEFL 100 (Internet-based)
Letter of Intent
Resume
Description of your research project (500 words)