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…

Strategic plan

Strategic Plan

…Osgoode Hall Law School Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Based on Osgoode’s vision, mission and values, the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan identifies six areas of focus: Anticipating Society-Level Crisis Law in Local and Global Contexts Rigorous Academic Scholarship Advancing Reconciliation and Justice Student Access and Success Innovative and Engaged Legal Education…

Faculty and staff > Adhihetty tajesh

Adhihetty, Tajesh (TJ)

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….

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…

News > Virtual learning tool co developed by osgoode professor expands access to experiential learning

E-learning tool co-developed by Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai expands access to experiential learning

…to teach many other aspects of law, she added. “It could work in different areas where the teacher is trying to achieve an experiential component,” she said. “Most of law is about the lived experience,” she added. “We’re trying to move away from a fact-pattern based exam experience to have the student deeply understand the material, define the problems and figure out what resources to use.” Ben-Ishai said the virtual learning tool does not make us…

Faculty and staff > Swan richard

Swan, Richard

…among others. Mr. Swan is recognized for his expertise and standing in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Canada, Euromoney Litigation Expert Guide and Lexpert (Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers). Chambers Global observes that his courtroom presentation “leaves judges and even opposing counsel wide-eyed with ad…

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 > Pan canadian law school research a thon nov 18 on municipalities and climate change organized by osgoodes environmental justice and sustainability law clinic windsor laws cities climat

Osgoode and Windsor law schools organize successful Pan-Canadian law school research-a-thon on municipalities and climate change

…ities in order to contribute to climate change mitigation including in the areas of transportation, active transit, buildings, land use planning, energy provision, the protection of natural resources and financing. All teams participated between noon and 5 pm ET at a minimum, with many teams working longer days. At 12:30 pm ET, Dr. Dianne Saxe, former Environment Commissioner for Ontario, gave an address on Municipalities and Climate Change at Osg…

Faculty and staff > Ben ishai stephanie

Ben-Ishai, Stephanie

…onally and internationally recognized as an expert in each of her research areas. She has been consulted by private actors, governments and self-regulatory institutions, and served as a Scholar in Residence with the Law Commission of Ontario. Her work has been cited by every level of Canadian court and she has given expert testimony to Canadian and American courts. Professor Ben-Ishai’s research has been consistently funded by research grants, inc…

Faculty and staff > Parachin adam 2

Parachin, Adam

Professor Adam Parachin teaches and researches in the areas of charity, trust, property and personal income tax law. His research specialization in charity law is concerned with the various ways the law defines and celebrates charity – defined as “doing good by others”. His publications in the field are generally concerned with three questions raised this formulation of charity: What constitutes “doing good”? Who qualifies as an “other”? How and…