In this course students gain a thorough grounding in core legal subjects and research skills to satisfy the academic requirement, and gain a qualifying law degree. Opportunities for client counselling, negotiation and further mooting activities are available to 'accelerated' students in the normal way, together with career development and employability skills programmes. The flagship feature of the new J.D Pathway programme at Southampton University is the specifically designed module ‘Constitutional Law of Canada’ run over one semester. The module aims to provide students with an opportunity to examine the system of constitutional law of Canada. Students will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the political culture in Canada and to critically consider how constitutional law expresses, and seeks to overcome, deep social oppositions. Through the discussion of recent research, case law, legislation and relevant literature the module will consider the response of constitutional law to the various challenges posed by living together in a culture of mutual respect and tolerance. Among the topics that we will consider in this module: the historical development of the Canadian constitutional settlement; sources of the Constitution Law of Canada; federalism; Aboriginal Rights and the Charter of Rights.