[that gets you there faster.] - GPLLM

To get ahead in business, get the
DEGREE
[that gets you there faster.]
The Global Professional Master of Laws
Because business issues are legal issues.
ONE YEAR – PART - TIME – NO THESIS – FOR L AWYERS AND NON - LAWYERS
DON WEST
Senior Partner
Aird & Berlis LLP
STEPHANIE POON
Vice President
RBC Capital Markets
OVIDIU CORBU
Manager, Vendor Management
CIBC
Professional
Master of Laws
GPLLM Global
Right away, I was able to put to
work what I was learning – even
as I was learning it.
KATHRYN ROBERTSON
Vice President, Marketing
Voyport
A Master’s Degree that’s unique in North America.
The Global Professional LLM is a 12-month executive-style Master of Laws offered during evenings and weekends and
taught by leading legal experts and renowned full-time faculty. The GPLLM combines the best of U of T’s reputation for
academic excellence with the pragmatic real-world expertise that’s the gold standard in business today.
It teaches lawyers, business leaders, and policymakers to think critically from a global perspective about
key business decisions that impact every bottom line.
The GPLLM provides an intensive experience like no other. You’ll examine the impact of globalization on laws, legal
institutions and markets from a broad multi-disciplinary and comparative legal perspective. Through examples,
case studies and real-life business deals you’ll gain hands-on practical knowledge – and emerge a valued
leader for your organization.
Equipped with a GPLLM, graduates add immediate value to their clients, businesses, organizations and agencies.
So you’ll be better prepared to ask the right questions when leading both domestic and cross-border transactions. In
collaboration with local and foreign counsel, auditors, and other parties, you’ll be better able to identify the issues
and challenges arising from the globalized business environment.
JESSICA KELLY
Financial Services
Commission of Ontario
Ministry of the Attorney General
SALMIN JADAVJI
Head of Anti-Bribery
& Corruption
HSBC Bank Canada
ALLEN KWAN
Director, Product Management
& Development
NEI Investments
RUBAL BHADU
Lenczner Slaght LLP
What you’ll take – and take away.
• A Master of Laws degree from Canada’s top law school and one of the world’s great law schools.
• A unique learning environment led by leading legal experts.
• Professionals from different backgrounds, industries, experiences and perspectives.
• Extensive business and alumni networks -- for life.
• Career advancement via enhanced performance and leadership skills.
• A unique combination of legal and business expertise that will change the way you think.
• Analytical reasoning and insights that will boost your credibility and understanding, and put you a step ahead
of your colleagues.
• A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can fit into your life and work.
We get to interact with top lawyers,
top legal professionals and top
business leaders.
ARIEL LANG
Research Analyst
RBC Global Asset
Management
It was integral in my advancing into
partnership at my law firm…. and
clearly set me apart from my peers.
MARK MAHONEY
Partner
Dentons LLP
Venue and Format
The program takes place at the downtown campus of the University of Toronto. All classes are live and consist
of seminar discussions, case studies and interactive learning.
Timing
The GPLLM is a part-time executive program for working professionals. Classes are held Wednesday
evenings from 6 to 9 pm for 12 months. In addition, there are five weekend modules.
There is no thesis requirement.
Tuition
$32, 240 for domestic students; $50,820 for international students for the one-year program.
Contact
NATASHA MACKLEY, GPLLM Coordinator, gpllm@utoronto.ca, 416 --978 --1400.
BRIAN SOYE
Vice President
Head of Commercial
and Special Situations
Realstar Group
ABAS KANU
Senior Counsel
Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group
BMO Financial Group
gpllm.law.utoronto.ca