Faculties
Six faculties organize the Binder University curriculum. Each focuses on a distinct domain of legal claim management — the scenarios that surface, the documentation that matters, and the people who need to know.
Insurance
How coverage responds within a legal claim — when an insurer’s position is contested, what the policy actually requires on the facts, and how the record in a file decides whether a loss is answered. Courses work from the coverage questions that surface once a claim is live, never insurance as a product.
Who it serves: Lawyers and legal professionals who work coverage questions inside a claim — litigators, in-house counsel, and the legal staff assessing how a policy responds when a loss is disputed.
Law
Litigation process, limitation periods, evidentiary standards, and the procedural requirements that move a claim through the Canadian courts. Courses are built from the legal questions that surface in live claim files — statute interpretation, disclosure obligations, and how a matter actually advances.
Who it serves: Lawyers, paralegals, and the legal staff who run claim files and manage matters where legal process determines the outcome.
Risk Management
How legal liability is established and contested once harm has occurred — duty of care, breach, foreseeability, and causation as litigated questions in a claim. Courses work the substantive liability analysis that decides whether responsibility attaches and how exposure is proven or answered, not the prevention of harm before it.
Who it serves: Lawyers and legal teams who establish or contest liability — counsel litigating exposure and the in-house legal staff assessing responsibility on a live matter.
Governance
Board oversight, fiduciary duties, and the liability that attaches when governance fails — the legal questions that surface when a decision, an omission, or a conflict becomes a claim. Courses examine how accountability is established in a file and what the record has to show.
Who it serves: Lawyers and legal professionals advising on governance liability — general counsel, governance and fiduciary-duty advisers, and the legal staff handling claims against boards and officers.
Human Resources
Employment standards, workplace investigations, discipline and termination, and accommodation as they surface in a legal claim — the workplace record that becomes evidence once a dispute escalates. Courses work from the legal questions a workplace file raises, never HR practice as an end in itself.
Who it serves: Employment lawyers and legal professionals who handle workplace claims — counsel advising on disputes and the legal staff managing employment matters.
Controlled Environments
Regulatory compliance, licensing, incident reporting, and the statutory standard of care in regulated facilities — healthcare settings, group homes, correctional facilities, and licensed residential care — as they are tested in a legal claim. Courses work the liability and regulatory questions a file raises when the standard of care is set by statute.
Who it serves: Lawyers and legal professionals handling claims in statutory-care settings — counsel litigating standard-of-care and regulatory matters, and the legal staff managing files in licensed facilities.