08/2014
Al practices in the areas of corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, as well as advising companies with respect to securities regulatory compliance matters. He also acts on matters related to contested shareholder meetings. Al articled at a major energy corporation headquartered in Toronto, later joining the corporate finance department where he gained extensive experience drafting and nego…
08/2015
…e rank of Professor in July 2022. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of criminal law and procedure and evidence. Prior to joining Osgoode, Professor Dufraimont held a faculty position at the Queen’s University Faculty of Law, where she began teaching as an Assistant Professor in 2006, became an Associate Professor in 2012, and served as Acting Associate Dean (Academic) for the first half of 2015. She earned her JD from the University o…
01/2023
…Teaching Award, Craig teaches JD, graduate and professional courses in the areas of intellectual property, copyright and trademark law and legal theory. She is the academic director of Osgoode’s Professional LLM Program in Intellectual Property Law (with co-director Martin Kratz), and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. From 2014-17, she was Osgoode’s associate dean of research and institutional relations. In 2…
06/2014
…ideal for students planning to pursue further post-graduate study, certain areas of legal practice or an academic career. The Program Students in the joint program spend their first year in the JD Program. In the second year students are registered for three terms in the MA Philosophy Program. In third and fourth year, students enrol in JD courses plus one additional philosophy course. Students are also required to complete a major supervised rese…
03/2020
…ective July 1, 2020. Professor Glover Berger teaches and researches in the areas of administrative law and public law, with a focus on the nature, design, operation, and oversight of the administrative state. She has a BA in Philosophy from McGill University, an LLB from Schulich School of Law (Dalhousie), an LLM from University of Cambridge, and a DCL from McGill University. Before joining Osgoode, she was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of…
01/2023
…ents) from 2015-2018 and in 2020 was elected as a Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. He was elected to College Council in 2022. Berger has published widely in his areas of research and teaching expertise, including law and religion, criminal and constitutional law and theory and the law of evidence….
02/2024
…Ritchie ’86, are expected to provide valuable insights into these critical areas. Dean Trevor Farrow, addressing the attendees, expressed pride in the high-caliber students who make up York University’s premier JD/MBA program. Recognizing the unique position of these students with a dual education in law and business, Dean Farrow emphasized the importance of understanding the intricate challenges posed by corporate scandals. He highlighted the rol…
11/2021
…Areas of expertise include public international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law (law of armed conflict), and international human rights law. Legal adviser and former trial and appeals counsel with international criminal tribunals and international accountability mechanisms, including postings in the Middle East, Africa and Europe….
05/2023
…earch and Innovation (OVPRI). It will target researchers especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, automotive and medical technology. The IP Innovation Clinic operates in collaboration with Innovation York, which also supports researchers. The Osgoode student volunteers who staff the clinic, known as Clinic Fellows, are supervised by lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Bereskin & Parr LLP and OWN Innovation. Guided by their la…
01/2017
Professor Heidi Matthews researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, the law of war, international legal history and political theory. Her work theorizes contemporary shifts in the practice and discourse of the global legal regulation of political violence, with particular attention to history and gender, as well as political, critical and aesthetic theory. Prior to joining Osgoode, Professor Matthews held a British Academy…