Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Courses Requiring Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Note that Pre-requisites must be taken before the listed course and co-requisites can be taken before or at the same time as the listed course.  If the listed course is a year-long course, the co-requisite must be taken at the same time as or before the first term of the listed course.

Course

Pre-requisite(s)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite

Aboriginal Law Practicum (LAW377H1) Indigenous Peoples and the Constitution of Canada, formerly titled Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law
Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Law Practicum  Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Law
Advanced Contracts: The Law of Contractual Interpretation (LAW317H1)First Year Contracts 
Advanced Corporate Law & Securities RegulationBusiness Organizations, Securities Regulation 
Advanced Criminal Procedure and Charter IssuesCriminal Procedure OR The Constitutional Law of Criminal Procedure  
Advanced Family Law: Resolving the Family Law CaseFamily Law 
Advanced Secured Transactions SeminarSecured Transactions 
Advanced Topics in Labour and Employment LawThe Law of Work (formerly Labour and Employment Law) 
Art of the Deal (LAW300H1) Business Organizations
Beyond the Standard Labour Law Model – Construction, Film, the Gig Economy, and Beyond  The Law of Work
Clinical Legal Education Asper Centre Half-Time Clinic (LAW729H1) Administrative Law (LAW202) OR Constitutional Litigation (LAW237)
Clinical Legal Education: International Human Rights Clinic see course description 
Clinical Legal Education International Human Rights Program Half-Time Clinic  International Human Rights Law; Public International Law
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Aboriginal Legal Services (LAW304Y1)Master course list: While there are no formal pre-requisites for this course, preference will be given to candidates who have previous knowledge or experience in any of ALS's service areas; previous demonstrated interest in social justice or aboriginal rights; or previous experience providing direct client services.Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Advancing the Right to Housing (LAW550Y1) 

Externship Seminar (fall)

While there are no formal pre-requisites or co-requisites for this course, preference will be given to candidates who have previous knowledge or experience in housing and/or human rights, or students who have completed any of the following courses: International Human Rights Law, Homelessness or either the DLS Clinic or the IHRP Clinic.

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Advocates for Injured Workers (LAW305Y1) Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Appellate Criminal Litigation (LAW315Y1) Criminal Procedure, OR
The Constitutional Law of Criminal Procedure, OR Evidence Law;
Externship Seminar (fall)

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Barbra Schlifer Clinic (LAW248Y1)

 

Externship Seminar (fall)

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Black Legal Action Centre

 

Externship Seminar (fall)

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Board Governance Clinic (LAW Business Organizations; Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - City of Toronto: Municipal Government Lawyering (LAW565H1)First Year Administrative Law OR Upper Year Administrative LawExternship Seminar (winter)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Community Justice Collective (Fall) Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Community Justice Collective (winter)  
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Crown Litigation (LAW462H1) Administrative Law or Civil Procedure or First Year Legal Process
Clinical Legal Education: Externship – Environmental Law (LAW238H1) Environmental Law; Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Health Justice Program Clinical Placement (LAW569H1) Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Health, Law, Innovation, and Policy Lab Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: Externship – Human Rights Watch Canada  Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: Externship – Innocence Canada (LAW117H1) Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LAW487Y1) Business Organizations;
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar  Corequisite: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Externship
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Investor Protection ClinicBusiness OrganizationsExternship Seminar (winter)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Legislative Assembly Statutory Interpretation (LAW454H1)Statutes and Statutory InterpretationExternship Seminar (winter)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Media Law– Investigative Journalism Bureau/Toronto Star (LAW397Y1)  
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation (LAW398H1) Externship Seminar (fall)

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Not-for-Profit Board Governance Clinic

 

Externship Seminar (fall);

Business Organizations

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Ontario Human Rights Commission: Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (LAW561Y1) Externship Seminar (fall) and
One of the following courses:
• Discrimination Law
• Indigenous Legal Traditions and the Imperial Response
• Indigenous People and Canadian Courts: Advocacy, Evidentiary and Ethical Issues
• Indigenous Peoples and the Constitution of Canada
• International Human Rights Law
• Aboriginal Law and Policy
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Pro Bono Ontario Litigation (LAW571Y1) Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - South Etobicoke Community Legal Services 

Externship Seminar, plus one or more of: Administrative Law, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Evidence Law, Mediation, Negotiation, Trial Advocacy

Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Rexdale Health Justice Initiative Placement Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - Structural Genomics Consortium (LAW396Y1)Recommended: Negotiation; Advanced ContractsAt least one of:
-- Patent Law for the Life Sciences;
-- Copyright, Trademark, and Patent;
-- Patent and Trade Secrets Law;
-- Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark and Patent;.
Co-requisite: Externship Seminar (fall)
Clinical Legal Education: Externship - The Citizen Lab (LAW489Y1)

At least two of the following courses (or comparable courses): 1. Public International Law 2. International Human Rights Law 3. Data Governance 4. Freedom of Expression and Press 5. Democracy, Politics and the Law 6. Financial Crimes and Corporate Compliance 7. Digital Content and the Innovative Economy 8. Media and Defamation Law

Externship Seminar
Clinical Legal Education: International Human Rights Clinic

While there is not strictly a pre-requisite for this course,  prior completion of an upper-year course in Public International Law and/or International Human Rights Law is preferred.

 
Competition Law and Intellectual Property Recommended: Prior knowledge in competition law or intellectual property law.
Contested Corporate Transactions - Mergers & Acquisitions (LAW326H1)Business OrganizationsSecurities Regulation
Copyright Policy: Grand Oral (formerly Copyright Policy in the Making)  One of the following:
Competition Law and Intellectual Property; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark, and Patent
Corporate Income Tax Law (LAW310H1S) Canadian Income Tax 
Corporate TransactionsBusiness OrganizationsRecommended pre-requisites: Securities Regulation; Canadian Income Tax; Secured Transactions
Ethics in the Business Law Setting Business Organizations
Externship Seminar (fall) (LAW520H1) Corequisite: One of LAW117Y, LAW248Y, LAW304Y, LAW305Y, LAW311Y, LAW315Y, LAW396Y, LAW397Y, LAW485Y, LAW487Y, LAW489Y, LAW491Y, LAW550Y, LAW561Y, LAW569Y, LAW571Y or LAW567H1F
Externship Seminar (winter) (LAW520H1) Corequisite: One of LAW238H, LAW398H, LAW454H, LAW462H, LAW565H or LAW567H1
Financing the Small Technology Firm (LAW216H1)Business OrganizationsSecurities Regulation
Insolvency Law (Research Capstone)Bankruptcy Law 
International Courts and Tribunals Recommended: Public International Law 
International Human Rights LawHighly recommended: Public International Law 
International Taxation (LAW354H1S)Canadian Income Tax Law 
Labour Law Writers Workshop: Reforming Ontario Labour and Employment Law The Law of Work (formerly Labour and Employment Law) 
Moot – Arnup Cup Competition (LAW418H1S)Trial Advocacy 
Moot - Competition Law Competitive Program   Competition Policy
Moot - Corporate Securities Competitive Program (LAW240Y1Y) Securities Regulation OR Business Organizations
Moot - Donald G. Bowman Tax Competitive Program (LAW246Y1Y) Canadian Income Tax
Moot - Jessup Competitive Program (LAW404Y1Y) Public International Law
Moot - Laskin Competitive Program (LAW249Y1Y) Administrative Law
Moot - Walsh Family Law Competitive Program (LAW254Y1) Family Law
Moot – Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competitive Program (LAW258Y1) Family Law

Moot - Warren K. Winkler Class Actions (LAW257Y1) Class Actions Law OR Class Actions Practice OR Class Actions Law and Practice
Moot - Willms & Shier Environmental Law Competitive Program  Environmental Law
Practical Civil Procedure (formerly Advanced Civil Procedure)First Year: Legal Process, Professionalism and Ethics; Legal Process, Professionalism and Ethics (upper year) 
Public Sector Labour Law Labour and Employment Law
Securities Regulation (LAW293H1) Business Organizations
Theory of Contract LawContracts 
Topics in Contract Law and Contract Theory (LAW226H1)First Year: Contracts 
Trial Advocacy (LAW205H1) Evidence Law
Wills and Estate Planning Trusts
Workshop: Contemporary Issues in Aboriginal Law  Recommended: Indigenous Peoples and the Law
Workshop: Tax Law & Policy (LAW211H1S) Canadian Income Tax Law

 

Updated July 2024