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JD student Avesta Alani receives scholarship offered by the Legal Leaders for Diversity Trust Fund
Osgoode third-year JD student Avesta Alani is one of nine Canadian law students to receive scholarships this year offered by the Legal Leaders for Diversity Trust Fund. “These scholarships are made possible thanks to the generosity of many general counsels and law firm managing partners across Canada who all share the common goal of an […]
Professor Paul Maharg receives York Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) award for his simulation in higher education project
Distinguished Professor of Practice Paul Maharg has been awarded $63,500 for 2020-21 for his project, “Sharesim.net: Open educational resources for simulation in higher education” through York’s Academic Innovation Fund (AIF). “We believe that your project provides a valuable contribution to advancing Experiential Education/Student Success and Retention/Internationalization initiatives,” Lisa Philipps, Provost and Vice-President Academic, and Norma […]
Osgoode is third overall in International Criminal Court (ICC) North America, Central America and Caribbean Qualifying Round
Pictured from left are coach and Osgoode Adjunct Professor Leo Adler of Leo Adler Law, Deborah Olatunbosun, Basema Al-Alami, Nusra Khan and Kevin Gray. Osgoode came third overall at the International Criminal Court (ICC) North America, Central America and Caribbean Qualifying Round held at Pace University in White Plains, NY in early March. Nusra Khan […]
Osgoode picks up Best Advocate Award (again) at Donald G. H. Bowman National Tax Moot
Pictured from left: Eric Cheng, Changhai Zhu (awarded Best Advocate), Zehra Karagoz and Joseph Eid. Absent: Adrian Zee and coaches Thang Trieu, Scott Wilkie and Trish Lahoud. The 10th annual Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot was held on February 28 and 29. A total of 17 law schools from across Canada participated in this […]
Diversity Week Launch Event March 16
JD student Keneca Pingue-Giles, who played with the Ryerson Rams from 2011 to 2016, named one of the Top 100 women’s basketball players of the century, as chosen by a committee of U SPORTS women’s basketball coaches and partners
Professor Janet Mosher (pictured), Professor Amar Bhatia, JD student Erin Sobat, assist in preparing brief critical of the Ford government’s legal aid plan. To date, the brief has been endorsed by more than 30 Ontario law professors.
Robert MacKenzie, Karen Mann and Adam Voorberg (pictured) placed second overall in the IADR 19th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament; Teams also had strong performances in other ADR competitions
Jean-Paul Bevilacqua, Assistant Director of the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution at Osgoode, reports that Osgoode students performed “successfully and admirably” at recent Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) competitions. Firstly, at the Canadian National Negotiation Competition at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Osgoode’s team of Alina Butt and Abiramy Uthirakumaran placed first, winning the entire […]
For the second consecutive year, Osgoode takes second place at the Davies Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot Court Competition
Pictured from left: Eric Turner (2L), Jayne Cooke (3L), Janice Philteos (3L), Vahini Sathiamoorthy (3L), Mike Byers (Coach, Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP), David Noseworthy (Coach, Practical Law Canada, a Thomson Reuters business), Peter Bennett-Koufie (2L), and Alexandra Grishanova (Coach, Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP). Osgoode took home second place at the Davies Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot […]