The Project-Based LLM allows legal practitioners and recent law graduates to deepen their expertise in a particular field through course work chosen from a range of over 80 electives. Students also complete a Major Research Project designed to reflect their professional or academic interests, focusing on legal or policy issues requiring complex real-world solutions. With advice and guidance from Western Law’s leading legal academics, students can explore in-depth the legal challenges that are most relevant to their work.

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Major Research Papers from 2024

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Proposing a Canadian Constitutional Right to Ecological Integrity, Safia Bagha

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Bridging the Climate Finance Gap: Designing a Legal Framework for Carbon Market in Nigeria, Ibidolapo Olufade

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AS A TOOL FOR THE REGULATION OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY, Fikayo Oyewunmi

Major Research Papers from 2023

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Aligning Nigeria’s Companies and Allied Matters Act with Restructuring Objectives: A Comparative Analysis Using Key Areas of Interest in Canada’s Insolvency Regime, Unyime Anieti Akpan

Major Research Papers from 2022

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Regulatory Capture Of Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) In Canada: Do SROs Serve Public Or Industry Interests?, Oluwadamilola Adesanya and Western University

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Reforming Canada's Cruel and Unusual Approach to Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing, Shelby Hayes

Major Research Papers from 2021

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Canada's Customary Obligation to Prevent Transboundary Harm and the Reduction of Emissions, Tyler Hammond

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Where Are We Now? Accessing the Current Ontario Family Justice System, Kaitlin A. Jagersky

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Bail in the Time of COVID-19, Thomas A. Stinson

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Legal Economics and the Canadian Accredited Investor Standard: Efficiency as a Proxy for Change, Jeremy White

Major Research Papers from 2020

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Developing a Corporate Insolvency Framework For Nigeria., Chioma Ezinne Adiele

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Faithfully Negligent: Religious Implications for Criminal Negligence Cases, Supreet Kaur Bath

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A Comparative Review of Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Canada and Nigeria: The Path to a Greener Future., MARY UCHECHI NNABARA

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Towards a Better Explanation of Law and Economics: Revisiting Rational Choice Theory and the Market as a Framework for Legal Decisions, Sophie Stoyan

Major Research Papers from 2019

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A Review of the Proposals for Taxation of Profits of Businesses in the Digitalized Economy, Chukwuebuka Stanley Ndibe

Major Research Papers from 2018

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Cracking Down on Cages: Feminist and Prison Abolitionist Considerations for Litigating Solitary Confinement in Canada, Winnie Phillips-Osei

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Closing Tax Planning Opportunities for Private Corporations in Canada: What is the Impact on the Medical Profession?, Jessica Stuart

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Sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Context of the Clean Water Crisis on Reserves: Opportunities and Challenges for First Nations Women, Madiha Vallani

Major Research Papers from 2017

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Re-imagining the scope of children’s legal protection during armed conflicts under International Law, Anaise Muzima