From a somewhat eccentric subject, it is safe to say that today every respectable
law curriculum in Europe includes courses on EU law.
He helped develop the
environmental law curriculum at the Bren School and has taught the popular core course in that subject for over a decade.
Compared to the
traditional law curriculum, it is a profound re-think of what training lawyers is all about, with emphasis on producing «graduates who possess the initiative to respond to unmet legal needs, who exhibit a commitment to social engagement and community leadership, who are able to envision new applications of their education.»
IP Osgoode courses include Intellectual Property, Policy Challenges in Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Theory, International Intellectual Property Law, Copyright, Digital Copyright, Patents, Trade - marks and an array of other courses and specialized seminars in the undergraduate and
graduate law curriculum.
The answer depends first on what an «experiential»
law curriculum would look like.
If legal education is to remain relevant to the delivery of legal services in the twenty - first century,
the law curriculum needs to be reoriented and refocused on the realities of legal practice.
That is one reason U of C will be including a business component in
its law curriculum this fall.
Embedding pro bono and a commitment to social justice within
the law curriculum is an important step towards ensuring pro bono extends beyond law school, but relying on «mandatory» volunteering is not the answer to our access to justice crisis.