We are a vibrant community and take pride in our highly intelligent, passionate and engaged faculty, outstanding students, dedicated staff and dynamic alumni. Our innovative teaching program fosters a strong foundation in legal reasoning, diverse perspectives on law, and an understanding of law's transformative role in promoting a just society. We offer an unparalleled array of experiential learning opportunities to equip students with the practical skills necessary for successful legal practice. Osgoode produces original and significant legal scholarship, and opens students' minds to the many ways in which they can make a difference.
Per jus ad justitiam: Through law to justice.
From our full- time professors to our part- time faculty of practising lawyers and judges from the Greater Toronto Area, Osgoode students have the opportunity to work with Canada's brightest and most distinguished legal minds.
Osgoode's faculty members have achieved national and international distinction. Renowned as productive and innovative scholars, they are frequently called upon for public service, as members of public commissions and tribunals, and as advisers on vital and challenging issues. Although they bring with them a wide array of experience, perspectives, teaching approaches and evaluation methods, our faculty members are united in their supportive, open- door approach. They contribute to the diversity and pluralism of the learning experience at Osgoode and foster excellence in every facet of what they do.
Through our general admissions category, we accept students with excellent academic records and non- academic achievements, many of whom have graduate degrees in other disciplines. Through our Indigenous admissions category, we encourage applications from students who identify with and have a connection to an Indigenous community. Our admissions decisions are based on a holistic set of criteria including undergraduate grade point average (GPA), the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), non- academic achievements, as well as other relevant factors such as community engagement and leadership experience. The admissions policy and procedure, supported by substantial entrance scholarships and bursaries, ensure excellence and rich diversity among our student body.
The Law School's size allows for an exceptionally rich and varied curriculum with opportunities to explore theoretical and policy perspectives integrated with substantive law, legal analysis and lawyering skills in a wide range of subject areas. Our first- year program is distinguished by its emphasis on themes central to trends in legal practice and invites students to reflect on questions of professionalism and ethics. The first- year curriculum combines strengths in traditional subjects with innovative offerings. With approximately 1.
Osgoode Hall Law School is a law school in Toronto, Ontario. While it was founded by the Law Society of Upper Canada, it now serves as the faculty of law of York. York University - Osgoode Hall Law School updated: February 2011 sources: York University, wiki. A tradition of change In 1828, when the Law Society of Upper Canada purchased the six-acre lot to build Osgoode Hall, the property was just outside of what was then. Osgoode is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious law schools, with a reputation for academic excellence. We provide graduate students with an opportunity to.
Students may also participate in one of four optional curricular streams: International, Comparative and Transnational Law; Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and the Administration of Justice; Tax Law; and Labour and Employment Law.
Students can complete a variety of experiential opportunities while at Osgoode. At a minimum, all students will complete one experiential course for academic credit and a law- related public interest placement. Beyond these requirements, students may explore many more of the diverse experiential education programs available. The Criminal Law Intensive and the Intensive Program in Poverty Law at Parkdale Community Legal Services began more than 4. They were the first programs in North America to provide intensive full- term, 1. Building on the success of these two programs, Osgoode has created a wide array of clinical programs that offer students the opportunity to experience first- hand the practice of law in many different areas. These programs, as well as lawyering and mooting competitions, allow students to acquire a diverse set of skills including counselling, negotiation, mediation, advocacy and legal writing.
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OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL About Osgoode. Internationally renowned as one of Canada's largest and most distinguished law schools, Osgoode Hall Law School of York.