For 40 years, Osgoode Hall Law School has been offering hands-on learning experience through our clinical & intensive programs.  The clinical education offerings at Osgoode are the most extensive in Canada and among the most innovative in the world.  The Intensive Program in Poverty Law at Parkdale Community Legal Services celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011 and the Intensive Program in Criminal Law started almost 35 years ago.  The Intellectual Property Law Clinic is the newest of Osgoode’s legal clinics and is cementing a reputation for leadership and excellence in the discussion of intellectual property issues.

CLASP (Community and Legal Aid Services Program)

Parkdale Community Legal Services

Osgoode Mediation Centre

Osgoode Business Clinic

Intellectual Property Law Clinic

Innocence Project

Law in Action within Schools Program (LAWS)

A partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), LAWS is an innovative, collaborative academic and extracurricular education program aimed at high school students who face challenges in staying engaged in school and in accessing postsecondary education.

LAWS, which has offices at both U of T and Osgoode, has four staff who deliver LAWS programming by collaborating with more than 45 TDSB principals, teachers and guidance counsellors, and over 250 volunteers (law students, professors, lawyers, and other members of the justice sector).

Launched in 2005, LAWS currently works with six partner high schools: Central Technical School, Harbord Collegiate Institute, Monarch Park Collegiate, CW Jefferys Collegiate Institute, Westview Centennial Secondary School and Danforth Collegiate & Technical Institute.

A new LAWS website will be coming soon.  View the video of the LAWS Launch at CW Jefferys Collegiate Institute on September 20, 2011.

Contact: LAWS Director Sarah Pole, 416-978-5841, spole@lawinaction.ca