The Osgoode Hall Law School coat of arms represents the Law School’s foundations.  The left hand side of the shield depicts a Doric pillar surmounted by a beaver and entwined with a scroll inscribed “Magna Charta Angliae”, referring to the English Magna Carta.  These symbols are drawn from the coat of arms of The Law Society of Upper Canada.  They represent the protection of individual rights and the foundation of good government in Canada.

The right hand side of the shield carries the arms of two English Inns of Court:  the arms of Lincoln’s Inn above and the arms of the Inner Temple below. Lincoln’s Inn was the Inn of Court of William Osgoode, the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada.  Its shield depicts the grist-mills which are used in grinding grain.  The Inner Temple was the Inn of Court of John White, the first Attorney-General of Upper Canada. The Pegasus represents poetic inspiration.  It is an apt metaphor for the creativity of law, while the grist-mills represent its discipline.

Above the shield is the portico of the east wing of the Osgoode Hall building in downtown Toronto.  In front of the portico is the lighted lamp heralding the enlightenment of learning.

The inscription at the bottom of the arms, “Per Jus Ad Justitiam” expresses the Law School’s motto and commitment, “Through Law to Justice.”