Postgraduate diploma or conversion program · Standalone law qualification
Graduate Diploma in Foundations of Canadian Law (Part-Time)
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Upcoming intake
- Award
- Graduate Diploma in Foundations of Canadian Law
- Subject
- General law, Comparative lawPart time
- Format
- Hybrid16 months (four terms)
- Price
- CA$10,098whole program, Fall 2027 entry term
About this program
Graduate diploma introducing Canadian private and public law, legal writing and research, with electives drawn from the Professional LLM; page notes internationally trained lawyers may use electives toward NCA subject requirements.
- School and department
- Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
- Subject or specialization
- General law, Comparative lawRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Postgraduate diploma or conversion program
- Purpose
- Academic legal studiesAcademic study of law without a stated professional-qualification role.
- Exact award
- Graduate Diploma in Foundations of Canadian Law
- Credential type
- Academic award (non-degree)A certificate or diploma issued by an academic institution, shown with its credit status.
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing
- Awarding institution
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- Access and price model
- PaidPaid enrolment.
Professional eligibility must be confirmed with the relevant regulator. Where an official source has been recorded for a jurisdiction, see professional pathways. Academic recognition is not professional recognition.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 16 months (four terms)
- Delivery
- HybridPart online and part in person. A hybrid program is never described as fully online; required campus time is shown.
- Physical attendance
- Attendance requirement not verified
- Live or recorded
- Live or asynchronous not confirmed
- Schedule
- Part time
- Teaching location
- Osgoode Hall Law School (York University)
Admissions, prerequisites and intakes
- Prior law degree
- Not stated
- Prior degree
- Not stated
- Work experience
- Not stated
- Admission test
- Not stated
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Intakes and deadlines
- Fall 2027 · deadline Final deadline May 1, 2027 · open
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each fee keeps its basis (per term, per year, per credit, whole program) and the academic year it applies to and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic (Ontario) total for 4 termsTuition · mandatory | CA$10,098whole program, Fall 2027 entry term | Domestic students | 1 November 2026Source |
| International total for 4 termsTuition · mandatory | CA$20,636.72whole program, Fall 2027 entry term | International students | 1 November 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: prerequisites.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 1 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 1 November 2026)