Tuition, Fees and Financial Assistance

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fees for the Part-time LLM are $17,280.  This includes the cost of course materials.

Tuition and fees are payable in six installments of $2,880, one payment for each term of the program.  In addition, a $15 administrative charge is levied by the Faculty of Graduate Studies for each payment processed.

Tuition and fees are set by the York University Board of Governors and are subject to change at any time.  The amount above is the current estimated cost for the programs commencing in 2008/2009.

Financial Assistance

Students must successfully complete one term before applying for an OPD bursary. Osgoode’s financial support is primarily for full-time students. The amount available for bursaries for part-time students is very limited. Students who receive bursaries in one term will not necessarily receive bursaries in subsequent terms. Bursaries are awarded on the basis of financial need.

The Professor Marilyn L. Pilkington Award

Professor Marilyn L. Pilkington, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School from 1993-1998, and founder of Osgoode Professional Development, has endowed an award to assist a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School to pursue studies in the Part-time LLM program.  The award will be given annually to a Canadian citizen/permanent resident, resident in Ontario, on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. 

Academic Fee Waivers for Senior Citizens

Academic fees at the domestic fee rate will be waived for all Canadian citizens or permanent residents 60 years of age or older by the first day of the academic session in which they wish to enrol (i.e. by May 1 for the summer session or September 1 for the fall/winter session), whether in a degree course, as visiting students or auditors. The fee waiver is capped for senior citizens to the level of tuition fees assigned to domestic, non-professional undergraduate arts, science and other programs as defined in the tuition fee guidelines from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The tuition fee waiver for an eligible senior citizen is restricted to a maximum of one undergraduate or graduate degree.

You do not need to apply for this benefit. It is granted automatically and the credit is applied to your student account. Fee waivers are considered by the government to be a taxable benefit; the appropriate tax forms from York will be available on the Web by February 28 each year at www.yorku.ca/osfs/taxforms/.

Eligible senior citizen tuition waiver students are required to pay all other fees attached to a course or program, or required during the process of registration (including centrally collected ancillary fees, fees approved by student referenda, material fees, financial penalties etc.).

Grandparenting Provision: All students in mid-program, up to and including those enrolled in Summer 2008, will be grandparented until the completion of the degree in which they are currently enrolled, as long as they have maintained continuous registration.

The deadline for the Winter 2009 bursary applications has passed.

The Summer 2009 applications will be available after the term concludes.