News > Carys craig appointed director of ip osgoode

Professor Carys Craig appointed director of IP Osgoode

…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…

Programs > Juris doctor > Your flexible jd journey > Joint and combined programs > Jd ma philosophy

Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in Philosophy

…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…

News > Professor kate glover berger to join osgoode faculty on july 1

Professor Kate Glover Berger to join Osgoode faculty July 1

…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…

News > Justice studies center of the americas elects osgoode professor vice president for the period 2023 2024

Justice Studies Center of the Americas elects Professor Ben Berger vice-president

…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….

News > Student conference explores corporate scandals crisis intervention and organizational resilience

Student Conference Explores Corporate Scandals, Crisis Intervention, and Organizational Resilience

The 27th Annual Business & Law Conference kicked off with a warm welcome to attendees, as the JD/MBA Students’ Association from Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business brought together a diverse audience of students, alumni, academics, and industry professionals. The conference serves as a platform for exploring pressing issues at the crossroads of law, business, and public policy. This year’s theme, “Corporate Scandal: Crisis Int…

Courses and seminars > Tax as instrument of soc econ policy

Tax As Instrument Of Soc & Econ Policy

…nd public policy analysis, research and writing that can be applied in all areas of law. Even though the readings include literature in economics and political science, the emphasis of this seminar is on the law, that is, tax statutes and tax rules. One of the objectives is to help students write like a lawyer and talk like a lawyer. To take this seminar, students should have an intellectual curiosity, and be prepared to read and think like a lega…

News > Ip innovation clinic to benefit from 300000 ontario grant

IP Innovation Clinic to benefit from $300,000 Ontario grant

…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…

Faculty and staff > Matthews heidi

Matthews, Heidi

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…

Programs > Juris doctor > Career development

Career Development

…ous firms of all sizes. Many go on to begin their own practices in diverse areas of law. Our graduates have clerked for the Supreme Court of Canada, and in a range of federal courts, appellate courts and trial courts. Many alumni serve the public by working in legal aid clinics and non-profit organizations and through a variety of other public sector employers. Our students are diverse in every sense, coming to us from undergraduate institutions a…

News > Clasp legal clinic shines a light on injustice in canadas immigration detention system

CLASP legal clinic shines a light on injustice in Canada’s immigration detention system

…d at the hands of Canadian immigration authorities. CLASP is one of 17 clinical programs available to Osgoode students and exemplifies the law school’s leadership in experiential legal education in Canada. CLASP handles cases in the areas of immigration, criminal and administrative law, including refugee claims and PR applications, immigration detention hearings, summary conviction criminal charges, record suspensions, human rights cases and tenan…