Legal Process

Quick Info
(2150.04)  Course
Fall
4 credit(s)  4 hour(s);
Presentation
Lectures will be designed to discuss, contextualize, and work through the various topics and materials and to highlight certain key issues and concepts. Students should attend and to be prepared critically to discuss and apply the topics and materials. As much as possible, group discussion and participation will be encouraged.
Upper Year Research & Writing Requirement
No
Praxicum
No

**ONLY OPEN TO UPPER YEAR TRANSFER, LOP AND EXCHANGE STUDENTS.

Legal Process introduces students to the foundational principles and practices associated with various civil dispute resolution processes and the values and assumptions that shape them. These processes include traditional court-based adversarial systems, tribunal-based systems (including human rights tribunal processes), Indigenous-centred conflict resolution mechanisms, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods like mediation and arbitration. Students will learn to interpret, critically assess, and apply the range of rules, regulations, and statutes that govern legal processes related to civil dispute resolution. Students will also learn about the evolving use of technology in the resolution of disputes.

The course also explores fundamental concepts like access to justice and procedural fairness and their role in procedural design. It connects these essential concepts and core values with the rules and practice of litigation and other dispute resolution processes. An integral part of the course is the examination of professional ethics and obligations that arise during the conflict resolution process.

Method of Evaluation: Mid-term (in-class) = 35%
Final exam (in-class) = 65%