Overview

Program Details

The Law LLM program at University of Saskatchewan is thesis-based, offering supervision in a wide range of areas, including:

Aboriginal law and indigenous peoples' rights
Administration of justice
Administrative and municipal law
Bankruptcy and insolvency
Business organizations and corporate law
Commercial law (domestic and international)
Contract law
Constitutional law
Criminal law
Dispute resolution
Environmental, natural resources and resource
development, and agricultural law
Evidence
Family law
Gender law and policy
Health, disability, and elder law
Human rights
International trade and investment law
Labour and employment law
Legal education
Legal ethics and the legal profession
Legal history
Legal theory
Poverty, law, and access to justice
Private international law
Property law
Public international law
Sexual assault law and policy
Secured financing law
Tax law and policy
Tort law
Trusts and wills

Students must take at least three courses (9 credit units), including Law 828.3 (Graduate Jurisprudence Seminar). In consultation with their supervisors, LLM students will select two other courses from a range of subject areas in the College of Law (see the list of approved courses below). It may also be possible for graduate students to carry out an individual directed research project under the supervision of a faculty member or to take a graduate course offered by another college or one of three interdisciplinary graduate schools. The college will work with you to develop a course list suited to your specific needs.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Studies in Aboriginal Rights

Advanced Criminal Law Studies

Advanced Studies in Law and Culture

Advanced Sexual Assault Law

Indigenous Peoples in International and Comparative Law

Human Rights Seminar

Graduate Jurisprudence Seminar

Canadian Legal History

Advanced Studies in Health Law

Individual Directed Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 16 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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115

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90

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PTE Academic

63

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IELTS

7

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Saskatoon, Canada

Disciplines

Legal Studies Master of Laws (LLM) View 25 other Masters in Legal Studies in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

B

B _{(recommended)}

English requirements

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115

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90

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63

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IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws degree, or equivalent, from a recognized college or university
a cumulative weighted average of at least a 70% (U of S grade system equivalent) in the last two years of study (i.e. 60 credit units)

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Tuition Fees

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12231 CAD / year

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5436 CAD / year

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Living costs

Saskatoon

Canada

1279 - 1865 CAD / month

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