Osgoode Hall Law School,

Richard Litkowski

LLB (Osgoode)


Richard Litkowski was called to the bar in 1991 after serving  his  articles  as  a  clerk  to  Chief  Justice  Antonio  Lamer in 1989-1990.  He presently practices criminal law in a chambers setting at both the trial and appellate levels.  He has previously been associated in the practice of criminal law with Ruby & Edwardh and Gold & Fuerst.  He is an adjunct professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School where he teaches Evidence and Advanced Evidence.  He has also contributed to various publications, including The Supreme Court Law Review, and continuing legal education panels.  He was a co-author of the sixth edition of Sentencing with Clayton Ruby and others, an instructor at the Bar Admission Course in Criminal Procedure and Advocacy from 1993-2005, a Review Counsel and Lecturer at the Downtown Legal Services, (the student run legal aid clinic at the University of Toronto Law School) from 1996-2006, and he appears regularly  before the Court of Appeal for Ontario as a Duty Counsel for Inmate Appeals in Toronto and Kingston.