Learning Program

Case Law
Analysis
Program

Eight weeks of applied legal reasoning — working through real judicial decisions, understanding how courts construct arguments, and building the analytical habits that actually hold up in practice.

Upcoming sessions About the program

Case law analysis session with legal documents and case materials

What you work through

Program structure

The program runs across eight weeks. Each module builds on the previous one — you won't jump into complex multi-party litigation analysis before the groundwork is solid. Sessions are delivered remotely, so participants from different parts of the country attend the same cohort.

Module 01

Reading Decisions Carefully

How courts structure their reasoning. The difference between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta — and why that distinction matters more than most law school courses suggest.

Module 02

Precedent and Its Limits

How binding authority actually works across Canadian jurisdictions. When courts distinguish precedent, when they overrule it, and what argumentation makes either move credible.

Module 03

Statutory Interpretation in Context

Courts rarely apply statutes in a vacuum. This module walks through how interpretive tools interact with case law — using decisions from the Federal Court and provincial appellate courts as the material.

Module 04

Building an Argument from Case Law

Applied sessions where participants construct written arguments using assigned case clusters. Feedback focuses on whether the case support is accurate and whether the reasoning holds under scrutiny.

Live sessions

Case sets

Feedback

Certificate

Mentoring

How sessions are run

Each week opens with a live session — roughly 90 minutes — where the instructor works through assigned decisions in detail. The focus is on how the court reached its conclusion, not just what the conclusion was.

Between sessions, participants work through a set of cases independently before submitting a short written analysis. Written work is reviewed with specific comments, not scores.

Two live sessions per week, recorded for later access
Case sets drawn from recent appellate and Supreme Court decisions
Written exercises with instructor commentary
Small cohort — maximum 18 participants per group

Who leads the sessions

The instructors

Each instructor has spent years working directly with case law — either as a practitioner, a researcher, or both. They bring specific knowledge to the program, not a general overview of the subject. Domain has been running this program since 2014, and the instructor roster reflects genuine depth in the field.

Théodore Lafleur

Judicial Reasoning

Spent over a decade working as a research lawyer at the appellate level before moving to legal education. His sessions on ratio decidendi are among the most practically focused in the program.

Radovan Kutný

Statutory Interpretation

Practised administrative law for fourteen years with a particular focus on federal regulatory frameworks. His module on statutory interpretation draws on a large archive of real advocacy briefs.

Miriam Osei-Kwaku

Legal Argument Structure

Legal researcher and writer with a background in comparative constitutional law. Her feedback sessions are structured around written submissions, working through what makes a case-based argument persuasive — and what undermines it.

Practical information

Format and fees

The program is fully remote and runs on a fixed cohort schedule. You need a stable internet connection, time for the sessions, and the willingness to do the written work. Everything else is provided.

Participation works better when you have some background in legal reading — a law degree or paralegal training helps, though it isn't a hard requirement. What matters is that you can spend time with dense texts and make sense of them. classroom only fully remote

Duration 8 weeks

Delivery format Live remote, recorded

Cohort size Max 18 participants

Language English

Access Canada-wide, remote

Enrol in the program

Seats fill quickly — cohorts are kept small by design. If the current session is full, you can register for the next available intake.

CA$1,190 CA$890 per participant

See upcoming sessions

All case materials and reading sets
Session recordings for the full duration
Written feedback on every submission
Certificate of completion
Access to the program archive after completion

Case Law Analysis Program