06/2014
…dule is implemented Teams The team is comprised of four oralists and one researcher Interested students should apply through the upper year consolidated mooting tryouts Credits/Courses Team members receive three graded credits for their participation, which will be applied in the Winter term Team members are required to enroll in the Appellate Advocacy Workshop and will receive two credits for their participation, which will be applied in the Fall…
05/2024
…ell as students who want to push their skillsets further – to take on more advanced projects. As such, participation is weighted heavily, and students can elect to pursue final projects that involve coding or no-code/low-code final research papers. The course involves both synchronous and asynchronous components. After an initial introductory class, most of the first half of the course will be delivered asynchronously, through online modules and s…
05/2024
…vide between law school and a criminal law practice. Students will receive advanced instruction on a variety of topics at the intersection of criminal procedure and evidence. Students will then learn how to apply these legal principles to a trial. Students will receive a “disclosure” or “Crown” package as though they are working through a real trial. Using this material, students will learn how to formulate Notices of Application and Response, how…
05/2024
…f police investigative powers. The authority of Canadian police to detain, search/seize, question and arrest will all be considered in detail. Special attention will be given to the limitations imposed on each of these powers by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The exclusion of unconstitutionally obtained evidence under the Charter, as well as the availability of other constitutional remedies, will also be addressed. The course will th…
04/2023
…ld. Toward this end, he authorized King Alphonso V of Portugal “to invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed,” seize their property, and “reduce their persons to perpetual slavery.” The 1493 bull Inter Caetera, authorizing Spain’s colonization of the Americas, starts by asserting that the highest-ranking work of the pope is that “the Christian religion be ex…
05/2022
…i Board from 2015 to 2021 and was the Osgoode alumni representative in the search for the law school’s new dean in 2019. In that role, he solicited the views of fellow Osgoode alumni, attended all meetings and reported to the board. He is also a generous donor to the law school and is always willing to mentor Osgoode students. “We are blessed to be able to have the best and the brightest lead us into the next generation,” he told the law school’s…
06/2021
…t the Career Development Office through My Career to get help with: resume & cover letters interview preparation job search …
05/2024
…rcement investigations, and also appears in court regularly on cybercrime, search and seizure, and digital-privacy related matters. Michael teaches cybercrime law at the University of Ottawa and previously at Western University and Osgoode Hall Law School. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2008, Michael practiced law in Washington, D.C., and clerked for the United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit, before return…
06/2014
…tive ways to receive credit: a clinical or intensive program a competitive moot or lawyering competition an international exchange at a partner law school an upper year law journal editor position a supervised research paper under the supervision of a full-time faculty member an upper-year or graduate level course in another faculty at York University or at a partner institution Search Courses and Seminars›…
06/2014
…d other gatherings focused on legal education and scholarship. Space for Research and Study Research-stream graduate students enjoy quiet, comfortable space in the academic wing of the Osgoode building. Students can apply annually to reserve one of 50 dedicated study carrel offices. They can also convene with peers – socially or for academic collaboration – at the Graduate Student Lounge. The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) The student as…