Osgoode Professional Development

Professional LLM Specializing in
Energy and Infrastructure Law

Distance Learning is available for this program.

Director

George Vegh, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Osgoode's Professional LLM in Energy and Infrastructure Law provides legal professionals with insight into the policies, players, and stakes involved in this highly complex area. The merging interests in this area of law touch upon social, political and environmental issues. Students will focus on energy regulation and public utility concepts, competition theory, resources efficiency efforts, social responsibility and environmental issues, integrated infrastructure planning, and public and private partnerships. Graduates will leave the program with the analytical framework required for practice in energy and infrastructure law, by obtaining a sophisticated set of legal skills and knowledge.

Degree Requirements

The LLM in Energy and Infrastructure Law requires successful completion of 36
credits, including a minimum of 18 credits from the Core Courses and up to 12 credits
from Related Elective Courses. The 36 credits can be obtained by either coursework or a blend of coursework and a Major Research Paper.

The Legal Research Methods course is required for all students who wish to complete a Major Research Paper. Please note that this will not count towards the 36 credits required to complete the degree.

Curriculum

Courses will be offered in a combination of intensive and weekly formats. Videoconferencing is available for weekly format courses; attendance in person is required for intensive format courses.

Note: Faculty, curriculum, course descriptions and degree requirements are subject to change without notice.

Core Courses

Public Utility Law

Regulatory Theory

Special Issues in Ontario Energy Regulation 1998 to 2011

Demand Side Management: Policy and Regulation

Urban Infrastructure Planning and Regulation

Comparative Approaches to Energy Development

Energy and Infrastructure Law-related Elective Courses

Environmental Considerations

Land Use Regulation and Property Development

Municipalities in a Legal and Policy Context