The school grants JD, JID, LLM, and PhD degrees in law.
The program involved University of Victoria professors spending rotating semesters in Iqaluit to teach a full curriculum of law school classes.
[6] The Environmental Law Centre, created in 1995, provides legal information and assistance to local, provincial and national environmental groups including the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, the David Suzuki Foundation, the West Coast Environmental Law and Probe International.
[10] Following a multi-year effort spearheaded by John Borrows and Val Napoleon, the Faculty became the first law school in Canada to offer a program which integrates a study of the Canadian common law and of indigenous legal traditions.
The following combined degree programs are offered: Students manage a remarkable range of organizations and activities at the Faculty of Law.
Activities include free legal clinics such as the on-site Legal Information Clinic, the Business Law Clinic, and the Law Centre located in downtown Victoria,[15] mooting, Appeal: The Law Journal of the University of Victoria, and interest oriented clubs.