| Career Services Office - Audio Recordings |
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• Preparing for LSUC Licensing Exams - March 21, 2012 Daphne Simon, Associate Registrar, Professional Development and Competence, LSUC
• The Future of Articling Forum Session - February 10, 2012 Tom Conway, Chair, Articling Task Force Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School • Preparing for OCIs/Summer Recruitment Information Session - July 19, 2011 Ida Bianchi, Policy Counsel, Legal Aid Ontario • New York On Campus Interview Information Session- June 22, 2011 Tawfiq Rangwala, Associate, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP • Preparing for Articling Recruitment in Toronto - June 6, 2011 Andrew S. Clarke, Associate, Benson Percival Brown LLP
• Law Society of Upper Canada: Licensing Process - March 16, 2011 Daphne Simon- Associate Registrar • Articling Beyond the City of Toronto - Wed. March 23, 2011 Nancy Claridge, Carters Professional Corporation, Orangeville • First Year Recruitment Session - January 10, 2011 André Bacchus, Director of Professional Development, Heenan Blaikie LLP
• New York OCI Information Session - July 19, 2010 New York OCI Information Session - July 19, 2010 |
• Calgary Toronto Vancouver OCI Information Session - July 22, 2010 Participants: Nancy Arnold, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice, Tax Law Services Link to viDesktop demonstration portal: |
• Toronto Articling Information Session - June 8, 2010
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• Toronto Articling Information Session - June 8, 2010
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• Students Available to Article - Brainstorming Session - February 3, 2010
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• Teach in China - Information Session, January 11, 2010
Chantal Morton, UofT |
• Teach in China - Information Session, January 11, 2010
John Rodrigues - Recent Graduate, Osgoode Hall Law School |
• How to Prepare for the OCI Recruitment Process, Mon, July 20, 2009 |
•Careers in International Law, Wed, March 11, 2009: Salman Rana, CIDA |
•"Plan for Your Legal Career- Don't Stress About It": December 10, 2008 André B. Bacchus, Assitant Director - Heenan Blaike LLP |
•Professional Identity On--Line: Using Facebook, MySpace and Other Social Networking Sites Effectively: Wednesday September 26, 2007 John Esvelt, Director of Technology at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Mr. Esvelt, Mr. Nguyen and Ms. Broer discuss Facebook, MySpace, and blogging etc. as valuable networking tools and what to watch out for: 1) Legal liability |
•Toronto OCIs: A Firm Perspective, September 19, 2007 Speaker: Karen Kuzmowich, Assistant Director, Student & Associate Programs, McMillan Binch Mendelsohn discusses a range of relevant topics including: |
•Toronto OCIs: Application Prep. Session, July 12, 2007 |
•Women At Work: January 15, 2007 Presentation Susan Van der Hout, CEO Girlphyte |
•Ontario Bar Association Presents "Life After Law School": A Panel Event , Monday, March 12, 2007 Panelists: |
• Keynote Address at Public Interest Day, March 9, 2007
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•Law Society of Upper Canada: Licensing Process |
• Preparing for Government/Substantive Interviews: February 22, 2007 Dena Bonnet. Dena summered and will article at Crown Law Criminal. Dena also interviewed also at the following: Family Responsibility Office, Office of Children's Lawyer, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Public Guardian and Trustee, Constitutional Law Branch, Policy Branch, all Criminal Crown Offices. |
• Careers In Legal Aid Ontario - February 21, 2007 |
• Clerking with the Supreme Court of Canada - Wednesday February 7, 2007 Wade Wright, Law Clerk to The Right Honourable Chief Justice McLachlin |
• Preparing for Clerkship Interviews - Tuesday February 6, 2007 Yan Chan, Ontario Court of Appeal Clerk, 2008-2009 |
•First Year Recruitment Process - Summer 2007: January 10, 2008 Glenn Stuart - Director, CLASP Molly Reynolds - Class of 2008, Parkdale Community Legal Services Mary Jackson - Director of Legal Personnel, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP Kelly Callon-McLean - Director of Student & Associate Affairs, Aird & Berlis LLP Teresa Doxen - Coordinator Strategic & Legal Recruitment, MAG Christine Perruzza - Counsel, Crown Law Office Civil, MAG Nicola Martin - Manager, Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School André Bacchus - Director, Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Sonia Lawrence's Handout Please remember to review: a) the First Year Memo located under Career Stages, First Year; b) Summer 2007 Non-OCI Memo located under What's New, Memos; c) the Summer Job Posting Section of the website; and, d) the 2006 Career Guide located under What's New, Memos. |
•"Plan for Your Career- Don't Stress About It": November 27, 2006 André B. Bacchus, Director - Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School |
•Putting Up Your Own Shingle: How To Operate Your Own Legal Practice : November 22, 2006 Murray Klippenstein, Klippensteins: Murray is probably best known as Legal Counsel to the Dudley George family at the Ipperwash Inquiry and has operated a Public Interest Litigation Practice for several years. Murray will be giving a formal presentation on operating a legal practice. |
•Human Rights In Private Practice: November 1, 2006 Nicole Chrolavicius, bakerlaw |
• The World of Judicial Clerkships: October 18, 2006 Prof. Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Faculty Coordinator, Judicial Clerkship Program, Former Clerk Ontario Court of Appeal |
•Exploring Graduate Studies in Law Session: : - October 16, 2006 Prof. Liora Salter, Director of the Osgoode Hall Law School Graduate Studies Program
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• Students Available to Article Session: - September 21, 2006 Wendela Roberts - Class of 2006, Osgoode Hall Law School André B. Bacchus, Director - Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School For additional information and advice please listen to the the Students Available to Article Session held on Sept. 22, 2005. |
• Vancouver OCIs: Application Prep. Session - August 3, 2006 Angus Gunn, Partner - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP- Vancouver Office |
• New York OCIs: From Bay Street to Wall Street - July 24, 2006 Reuben Kobulnik, Associate - Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP André B. Bacchus, Director - Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School |
• Articling Interview Preparation Session - July 20, 2006 Panelists: Crown Law Office (Civil) - Ria Tzimas, Counsel WeirFoulds LLP - Nicholas Holland, Partner |
• Preparing Effective Articling Applications Session - June 7, 2006 Part One**: Panel presentations by: Biography Amyn Hadibhai, Ontario Human Rights Commission Part Two: Question and Answer session ** Please note that the recording by Joanne Bruno, Crown Attorney's Office - Toronto Central, could not be included as per the Crown's policy. However, in lieu of the recording, Ms. Bruno has graciously offered to be contacted for specifics about articling application standards for the Crown Attorney's Office- Toronto Central. Please consult the bios section for Ms .Bruno's contact information.** |
• From Law Student to Legal Professional - March 29, 2006 Sally Woods, Director of Professional Development at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP |
• Labour and Employment Law Panel - March 20, 2006 Brian Fukuzawa, Tim Gleason, Jacqueline Lund, Niki Lundquist, Megan Telford |
• New Licensing Process - March 8, 2006 Law Society of Upper Canada Information Session Daphne Simon, Associate Registrar, LSUC |
| • Information Session on In-House Practice - February 1, 2006 Gregory Porter, Vice-President, Legal at TELUS Mobility - Biography Emily Jelich, Assistant General Counsel at Royal Bank of Canada - Biography Moderated by André Bacchus, Director of Career Services - both speakers discuss the challenges and rewards of in-house practice, and give advice on how to transition into the in-house environment. |
| • Information Session on Careers in Social Justice - January 18, 2006 Chantal Morton, Academic Director, Parkdale Community Legal Services- Chantal discusses how to prepare an application focused on social justice opportunities; where to research social justice organizations; tips on networking - one of the most important skills for a career in social justice; about Osgoode sources of funding. |
• First Year Summer Recruitment Session - January 11, 2006 Mary Jackson, Director of Legal Personnel, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Preparing applications for large Bay Street firms. Glenn Stuart, Director, CLASP, Osgoode Hall Law School Applications for CLASP and legal aid/clinical environments. Nicola Martin, Manager, Career Services Office, Osgoode Hal Law School Overview of preparing research assistant applications. André Bacchus, Director, Career Services Office, Osgoode Hall Law School Visual breakdown of the essential elements of resumes, cover letters, references and a general look at developing one's career strategy. Please have a look at André's attached powerpoint presentation. |
| • Preparing for East/West Interviews - November 15, 2005 Nicola Martin, Manager, Osgoode Career Services Office gives a brief overview of the summer and articling recruitment process out West. Megan Cole, Class 2006, will be articling at Fraser Milner Casgrain in Vancouver. She provides practical advice to direct students through East/West recruitment. |
• Judicial Clerkships Session - October 18, 2005 Dean Patrick Monahan, Former Clerk, Supreme Court of Canada |
• Preparing for Graduate Studies Information Session - October 12, 2005 Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Admissions Committee Member |
• Session for National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) - September 28, 2005 The Ontario Articling Process |
• Students Available to Article - September 22, 2005 Compliance - Tony Cariati, Class 2005, Student- at-Laws, Schwarz Gillen LLP |
• Preparing for OCI Interviews and the Interview Process - September 14, 2005 Michelle Gage's OCI Presentation - Ogilvy Renault LLP |
• Mock Interview Session - Sept. 14, 2005 |
• Articling Recruitment - May 31, 2005 |
• New York Bar Exam Session - February 2, 2005 The New York Process Jordan Zed, (2L), Moderator Tasmin Waley, Associate from Shearman Sterling speaking about her NY Bar experience Zara Merali, (2L), Demystifying the New York Bar Exam |
• Summer Employment & OCI Debrief Session - November 24, 2004 Savitha Thampi, Josh Rauchwerger -Third year Osgoode students speaking about how they secured summer/articling positions outside of the OCI process. -Discusses the myriad of other summer positions. -Discusses the basics of networking |
• New York Jobs Session - November 17, 2004 Jordan Zed, an artist/law student who worked in New York in the arts scene. Bob Tarantino, an Osgoode alumus who worked at Sullivan Cromwell law firm in NYC. Ryan Dzierniejko, a third year student from a Toronto-based US law firm. Harini Sivalingam, a third year law student who worked in a public interest legal clinic. |
• OCI Application Prep. Session - July 8, 2004 Sally Woods, Fasken, Martineau, DuMoulin, LLP Gina Rogakos, McMillan Binch, LLP Carol Yau from Gilberts, LLP |
• Articling Applications Session - June 14, 2004 Ritu Bhasin, Stikeman Elliott LLP- Researching and Preparing Effective Resumes for Large Firms |
• Public Interest Day Key Note Address - March 12, 2004 Lucie E. White, Harvard University, Key note speech at Public |
• Human Rights Session - November 12, 2003 Grahame Russell, Rights Action |
• Practive Area Information Session - October 31, 2003 Vaughn McClellan, Wildenboer Rand Thomson Apps & Dellelce LLP - Corporate/Commercial Law, Securities Law, Tax and Banking Sandra Barton, Gilbert's LLP - (litigation firm focusing on the pharmaceutical industry) Caroline Shaw, Wilms, Shier - Environmental Law, Risk Managment, Municipal Law and Land Use Planning Guidy Mamann, Mamann & Associates - |
• Legal Careers Information Session - October 24, 2003 Adam Lepofsky, Director of Rainmaker Group Rainmaker provides recruitment and placement services to legal professionals. Department at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Title insurance protects property owners and lenders against title risks that are inherent in residential and commercial real estate transactions. |
• OCI Prep. Session, Articling and Interviewing - June 25, 2003 Wendy Griesdorf on "OCIs and General Recruitment Advice" "Key Messages in an Interview and Answering Difficult Questions" "Articling Interviews" "Cover Letters" " Resumes" "Articling Applications and Interviews" |
• Articling Job Search Session - March 26, 2003 Wendy Griesdorf on "How to Begin Your Articling Job Search" |
• Job Search Strategies and The Role of The Recruiter - February 27, 2003 Julie Sagara of the Affiliates on "The Role of Recruitment Companies in a Job Search" |
• Practicing Criminal Law - November 21, 2002 John Corelli, Crown Law Office - Criminal |
• First Year App. Preparation and Recruitment Cycles - November 4, 2002 Chantal Morton on "How To Integrate Grades and Experience in a Job Search" |
• Clerking Session - October 30, 2002 Tax Court of Canada, Mr. Justice Campbell J. Miller |
• Interview Skills Session - September 27, 2002 Nancy Stitt, Director of Student Programs, Oslers on "The OCI Process from the Firm's Perspective" |
• East/West Process - Articling Outside of Ontario - September 23, 2002 Wendy Griesdorf "Articling Outside of Ontario" |
• Tips on Interviewing with Firms and Government Offices - July 26, 2002 Mohan Sharma, on interviews with the Court Services Division, Ministry of the Attorney General |
• Toronto and US OCI Prep. Seminar - July 19, 2002 Louise Poulin of the Department of Justice on Cover Letters |
• Articling Applications - June 14, 2002 Dan Malamet, Baker McKenzie, on The large law firm's perspective of the articling process |
• Associate Job Search Seminar - April 26, 2002 Marie Huxter, Director of Associate Programs, Oslers on Large Firm Recruitment |
• Practice Management for Articling Students - November 15, 2001 Wendy Griesdorf "How to Develop Practice Management and Organization Skills" |
• Interview Skills Workshop - September 21, 2001 Stephanie Willson, Director of Professional Growth, McMillian Binch - "Preparing for Interviews" |
• Interview Skills Workshop - July 31, 2001 Deborah Glatter, Director of Student Programs, Cassels Brock - "Interviewing With the Law Firms" |