TORONTO, April 4, 2016 – Canada’s foremost constitutional law scholars and practitioners will gather at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School on Friday, April 8, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to analyze noteworthy 2015 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional decisions and their implications. Osgoode’s Constitutional Cases Conference, now in its 19th successful year, […]
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New Osgoode clinic offers employment law services to Jane-Finch community
TORONTO, March 7, 2016 – Residents of the Jane-Finch community who are facing employment law issues are about to get a helping hand from the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP) at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School. CLASP – a free legal clinic at Osgoode that helps York University undergraduate students and low-income […]
York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School Celebrates Black Excellence
TORONTO, February 22, 2016 – The official unveiling of a composite photo of 303 Black law students who graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School over the past 115 years (click here to view) as well as the presentation of the 4th annual The Honourable Lincoln Alexander ’53 Award will be the culminating events of Black […]
Davies Business Law Lecture: 'Hall of Fame' lawyer and Columbia Professor of Law John C. Coffee, Jr.
"Shareholder Wealth Maximization – On Steroids: Do the Brakes Still Work in Corporate Governance?" TORONTO, January 11, 2016 – John C. Coffee, Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and director of its Center on Corporate Governance, will deliver the seventh Davies Business Law Lecture at Osgoode Hall Law […]
A Legal Giant Joins Osgoode
TORONTO, January 7, 2016 – Lorne Sossin, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, today announced the appointment of The Honourable Marshall Rothstein as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. Rothstein, who has made rich and varied contributions to the law over the past 50 years including serving on the Supreme Court of Canada from […]
Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich --- Exhibition at Osgoode Hall Law School
Portrays persecution of Jewish lawyers and judges during Nazi era The highly acclaimed international exhibition, “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich,” will be on view in York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School Library from Monday, Nov. 9 through Sunday, Nov. 22. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8am–10pm; Friday, 8am–5pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am–6pm. The exhibition […]
York U prof’s recommendations first step to protecting countries from climate change lawsuits by oil companies
TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2015 – A York University law professor’s recommendations are the first step toward ensuring any multilateral agreement coming out of the Paris climate change negotiations will block oil companies from filing investor-state dispute resolution (ISDS) lawsuits. Gus Van Harten of Osgoode Hall Law School proposed specific wording to safeguard against ISDS lawsuits […]
