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Oct. 1 event celebrates research at Osgoode

Osgoode Hall Law School’s impressive record of scholarship will be showcased at the 2014 Osgoode Research Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Lunch will be provided. RSVP by noon on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at bit.ly/osresearch. Use the event code: CELEBRATION. The event, which is part of the Osgoode@125 celebrations marking the 125th anniversary this year of the law […]

Strong showing for Osgoode in Canadian Lawyer's top 25 ranking

Osgoode Hall Law School Dean Lorne Sossin (LLB '92), grads David Brown (LLM '05), Norie Campbell (LLB '95, LLM '03), Michael Geist (LLB '92), Brian Greenspan (LLB '71) and Honorary Degree recipient Rosalie Abella (LLD [Hon.] '91) are on Canadian Lawyer magazine's 2013 list of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. The list was […]

Professor Emeritus Jean-Gabriel Castel awarded France's highest honour

Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Emeritus Jean-Gabriel Castel has added another prestigious decoration to the long list of awards he has received for service to France, Canada and the French community, and for contributions to legal education and the legal profession. Jean-Gabriel Castel On Bastille Day (July 14), French President François Hollande promoted Castel to […]

Osgoode and Lassonde celebrate research

In celebration of the many areas of common ground between law and engineering, Osgoode Hall Law School, the Lassonde School of Engineering and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation have joined together to host a Research Celebration to discuss the intersection of law and engineering research. Osgoode and Lassonde will celebrate the research […]

New Osgoode Fellow will explore ways to eradicate homelessness

A Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship awarded by the Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) will explore the potential to reduce homelessness using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other legal tools. Tracy Heffernan, a program director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), will spend her fellowship at Osgoode Hall Law School at […]

From prof to publisher of award-winning public policy book

Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Paul Emond wears many hats, but it’s his publishing business that has grabbed the limelight recently. On May 1, it was announced that Democratizing the Constitution: Reforming Responsible Government by Peter Aucoin, Mark Jarvis and Lori Turnbull, and published by Emond Montgomery Publications, had won the $50,000 Donner Prize for […]

New book, Laughing at the Gods, looks at eight great judges

Great judges change the way we see the law, says Allan Hutchinson, associate vice-president graduate and dean of York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies. In his new book, Laughing at the Gods; Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law, Hutchinson highlights the work of eight judges he calls “game changers”. Laughing at the Gods […]

Workshop gives vision to the renaissance engineer

Breadth, creativity, technical and analytical prowess are just some of the attributes needed by engineers of the future. That was the consensus of leading thinkers, academics, engineers and students who gathered at York's Keele campus on April 21 for "Envisioning the Renaissance Engineer", a day-long workshop to outline the academic promise for the University's expanded School of Engineering. “This shall […]

Osgoode grad's film offers insight into a dark period in Canada's history

Hatsumi: One Grandmother's Journey through the Japanese Canadian Internment premiered at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Sunday, April 1. It was part of a larger conference hosted by the centre to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment. The film by Osgoode grad Chris Hope (JD ’04) offers a moving account of Japanese […]

Osgoode law profs examine community engagement at Research Celebration

The many facets of community engagement will be examined using the law as a lens during a panel presentation at the Osgoode Research Celebration Wednesday, April 4. Robert Haché, vice-president research & innovation, and Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, are co-hosting the event, which takes place from 12 to 2pm in Room […]