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Academic Success Series
Planning Your Degree
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Contents
SAO Support
BCL/LLB Overview
Length of your program
Upcoming SLL series for 1L students
Summer study away
Mooting Competition
Career Development Office
Legal Clinic Course
Local Wellness Advisor
LSA

SAO = Support!
We are here to support you!

Posez vos questions!

Come see us for:
Program/course advising
Exam deferrals
Extensions
Leave of Absence
Part time
Anything!

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Academic Support and
Accommodations

https://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/information

SAO – Advising
Location: NCDH 433
Phone number: 514-398-6608
Email: sao.law@mcgill.ca
Website: www.mcgill.ca/law-studies

Drop-in Academic Advising
 ◦ Lundi et mercredi: 1 – 2:30pm
 ◦ Vendredi: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Need to see us outside of drop-in hours?
Send your availability to SAO.law@mcgill.ca!

BCL/LLB Overview
105 crédits
Required courses:
 46 credits
Complementary courses:
 12 credits
Elective Courses: 47 crédits
More information: https://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/bclllb-
studies/structure/courses

BCL/LLB Program Opportunities
Major, Minor, Honours (http://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/undergrad-programs/options)
Échange – 12-15 credits (https://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/bclllb-studies/exchange)
Non-Law courses – 6 credits (https://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/bclllb-studies/structure/credits)
Clinical Legal Education (https://www.mcgill.ca/law-studies/bclllb-studies/clinical-legal-education)
 ◦   Stage auprès de la magistrature
 ◦   Concours de plaidoiries
 ◦   Legal Clinic
 ◦   Human Rights Internship
 ◦   Revues de droit
 ◦   Group Assistants
 ◦   Tutorial Leaders

3 vs. 3.5 vs. 4 years
3 ans: 18 crédits/semestre + été

3.5 ans: 15 crédits/semestre

4 ans: min 12 crédits/semestre

Planning your courses

Minimum 12 credits, maximum 18 credits per term for “full-time”
status
How many credits/term? (105 credits - # of credits completed) /
number of terms left
Plan your 3, 3.5, 4 years, making time for:
 ◦ Exchanges: Elective credits only
 ◦ Mooting, Clerkships, etc. typically one-year long
 ◦ Think about what you want to accomplish during your time here, and
   schedule that into your program.

Student Life & Learning Series

Competitive                     Eligibility

Mooting                        Students must be entering into third or fourth year
                               A cumulative GPA of 2,7 or more
                               Pre-requisite for ALL moot competition: PRAC 200 Advocacy.
Competitive mooting is
demanding, but exciting and    Pre-requisite: Jessup (Public International Law)
rewarding. It is an
opportunity to develop         Students cannot do a competitive moot if they are going on
                                exchange in the same year.
advocacy skills and present
a case before experienced      PRAC 510 Advance Mooting (3 non course credits P/F)
judges.
                                                             Winter term
Selected students represent                               Information session
the Faculty at Canadian and
international mooting                                          Try outs
competitions.
                               Evaluation
Students who are interested    maîtrise des arguments; présentation logique et convaincante.
in analyzing and researching
complex legal problems,        capacité de répondre aux questions.
developing arguments and       originalité; ingénuité.
advocacy skills.
                               qualité de l’expression orale e.g. diction, clarté, vitesse,
                                respiration, modulation et timbre de la voix, regard franc, etc.
                               aisance; maintien; assurance.

Inter-University Transfers
              The Quebec Inter-University Transfer agreement
              permits concurrent registration at McGill and
Independent   another Quebec institution. BCL/LLB students
              are permitted to take up to 6 credits at another
 Study-Away   Quebec university.
     &        Summer Study Away
  Summer      During the summer term only, BCL/LLB students
              may take up to 6 credits of non-law courses
 Programs     (electives only) at another university for which
              we have no exchange agreement.
              Summer Explore Program
              The Explore Program is a Federally-funded
              intensive French-immersion bursary program
              for people with any skill level in French, to
              which BCL/LLB students can participate in the
              Summer program.(6 credits of non-law courses )

Career Development
Impacts of 3 vs 3.5 vs 4 years:
 ◦ when you can participate in organized recruitment
 ◦ when you can attend bar school / write the bar exams

3 years:
 ◦ Summer recruitment for the US, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto:
   you apply during the summer between 1st and 2nd year for a position the
   following summer
 ◦ Course aux stages à Montréal et Québec :
   vous appliquez durant le semestre d’hiver de votre 2e année
 ◦ Articling recruitment in Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto:
   you apply during the summer between 2nd and 3rd year for a position the
   following year (typically August to June)

Career Development (cont’d)
3.5 years:
  ◦ Summer recruitment for the US, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto:
    you apply during the summer between 2nd and 3rd year for a position the
    following summer
  ◦ Course aux stages à Montréal et Québec :
    vous appliquez durant le semestre d’hiver de votre 2e ou 3e année
  ◦ Articling recruitment in Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto:
    you apply during the summer between 3rd and 4th year for a position the
    following year (typically August to June)

4 years:
  ◦ Common law recruitments remain the same
  ◦ Course aux stages à Montréal et Québec :
    vous appliquez durant le semestre d’hiver de votre 3e année

Career Development (cont’d)
       1st year              2nd year               3rd year              4th year

                                                                             4e année
                                                                                 ou
               Summer position                                           demi-année et
               obtained through                    and/or*              École du Barreau
            independant job search                                          à l’hiver**
                        or                   Summer position                     ou
            human rights internship          obtained through
                                                                        École du Barreau
                        or                 organized recruitment
                                                                         à l’automne***
             legal clinic placement
                                                                                 ou
                                                                             Bar exams
                                                                                 ou
                                                                              Articling
  *In Quebec, often 2 summers; elsewhere, generally 1 summer the year before articling
  **Formation professionnelle de 4 mois sans cours préparatoires
  ***Formation professionnelle de 4 mois avec ou sans cours préparatoires

Welcome to a
New Adventure

What is the MLCC?
Partager et développer ses habiletés légales au sein d’une organisation locale ou
d’une clinique légale communautaire.
 ◦ 30+ organisations
 ◦ 80+ positions pour étudiants

Contribute to access to justice in a very concrete way!

Travailler avec des gens qui font face à des problèmes multiples.

Nos Partenaires

What kind of work are students
doing?
◦ Providing legal information (not legal advice) either in person or by telephone;
◦ Writing legal memoranda;
◦ Doing legal research (library research and telephone inquiries);
◦ Observing court and tribunal proceedings;
◦ Accompanying clients to court;
◦ Organizing public legal education activities (seminars, basic legal training for
  staff, etc.);
◦ Drafting pamphlets or brochures for the public.

Obligations / Requirements
 Au moins 4 sessions complétées (2 ans à la Faculté de droit de McGill)
 A cumulative GPA of 2,7 or more (CGPAs are verified by the SAO during the recruitment process). Si
 vous avez une moyenne inférieure à 2,7, contactez Ms. Czemmel, la directrice du programme, pour
 discuter de votre admissibilité
 Max 15 non-course credits
  ◦ Legal Clinic Course
  ◦ Journals
  ◦ Advanced Mooting
  ◦ Human Rights Internship
  ◦ Clerkships
  ◦ Group Assistant

De l’expérience clinique est recommandée, mais pas obligatoire (avoir fait du bénévolat à la Clinique
d’information juridique à McGill est un exemple)

Legal Clinic Course Options
3 Credit Course                 6 Credit Course
•   100 hours of clinical       •   200 hours of clinical
    work.                           work.
•   At least 4 « face to face » •   At least 7 « face to face »
    meetings with                   meetings with
    supervising lawyer.             supervising lawyer.
•   1 midterm report, 1 final •     2 midterm reports, 1
    report and 1 final essay.       final report and 1-2 final
                                    essays.
Semesters available:
Summer, Fall and Winter.        Semesters available:
                                Summer, Summer-Fall, Fall-
                                Winter.
**Les étudiants travaillent environ 8-10 heures par semaine. En été, les
heures sont plus flexibles.**

Information session on February 27th
         at 1pm in room 101
     Applications due March 8th
     Interviews start March 13th

Local Wellness Advisor (LWA)
Rossy Student Wellness Hub: New centralized service-delivery model
which integrates physical and mental healthcare
Mental health professional in your faculty that promotes:
Awareness, Prevention and Early Intervention
Bridge to care: Specialist in referring to resources on campus and in the
community
Contact info: room 435 NCDH, shrabani.debroy@mcgill.ca

Association des étudiant(e)s
en droit de McGill (AÉD)