Osgoode Hall Law School
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Osgoode Hall Law School is a Canadian law school
, located in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
and affiliated with York University
. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode
, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law school in Ontario
until 1957. The school was at the centre of the debates over the principles of modern legal education in the 1950s. Osgoode Hall Law School provided many of the founding members of the bar in the prairie provinces
. Today, the law school offers a professional degree in law that is accepted for bar admission in every province with the exception of Quebec, as well as Massachusetts
and New York
, three joint degree programs, as well as Canada's largest graduate program in law. Osgoode Hall Law School has adopted the Juris Doctor degree designation which has replaced their previous Bachelor of Laws
designation.
The law school is home to the Law Reform Commission of Ontario, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal
, and the largest law library in the Commonwealth
. The law school houses a student clinic
(the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme), the Innocence Project, and according to the Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools, the most extensive range of clinical programs in Canada. The primary student government at Osgoode is the Legal and Literary Society.
Osgoode Hall Law School is particularly known for its leading role in the areas of constitutional law, the Charter and human rights, and international law. (Peter Hogg
, Brian Slattery
, Patrick J. Monahan
, Jean-Gabriel Castel
)
Some of the world's most important legal scholars teach at Osgoode, including Leslie Green
who holds the University of Oxford
's statutory Chair in Philosophy of Law. Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
and former judge at the Supreme Court of Canada
, Louise Arbour
taught at, and later became the associate dean of, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Other world-class leading scholars at Osgoode include Alan Hutchinson (Torts, Public law, Legal Theory), Robert S Wai (International Trade Regulation), Benjamin Gevahttp://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty/full-time/Benjamin-Geva (Commercial and Banking Law), Ian MacDougal (Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions), Jinyan Li (International Taxation Law), Kent McNeil (Native Law), Eric Tucker (Labour Law), Mary Jane Mossman (Feminist Legal Theory, Family Law, Law Reform), Gary D Watson (Civil Litigation), Stepan Wood and Benjamin Richardson (Environmental Law), Brian Slattery
(Constitutional Law).
The current dean of the law school is Lorne Sossin. He succeeds Patrick J. Monahan
. Monahan, in turn, succeeded Peter Hogg
who is a leading Canadian constitutional expert and the author of Constitutional Law of Canada, the single most-cited book in decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada
.
at the corner of Queen Street and University Avenue
near the University of Toronto
. The law school was not affiliated with the University of Toronto since law schools at that time traditionally were not connected with a university. The Law Society of Upper Canada
maintained control of professional legal education in Ontario
until 1957. In 1969, after a decision by the Ontario Ministry of Education requiring law schools to be affiliated with a university
, the Osgoode Hall Law School relocated to New Osgoode Hall, on the campus of York University
.
The structures at Queen and University (the earliest dating from 1832) are still known as Osgoode Hall
, but are commonly referred to as "Old Osgoode Hall". They remain the headquarters of the Law Society of Upper Canada and house the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
The law school is responsible for numerous firsts in legal education in Canada. Osgoode was the first law school to introduce curricular streams in 2001, giving a student the opportunity to graduate with a concentration in a particular area of law, namely International
, Litigation or Tax
. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a combined law and business degree. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a combined law and environmental studies degree. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a student-staffed community legal services clinic (Parkdale Community Legal Services, in 1972). Osgoode was the first law school to develop innovative intensive programs and clinical teaching programs. In 2007 Osgoode's Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governance won the Canadian Bureau for International Education
(CBIE) Award for "Outstanding Program" in recognition of "high quality" of education. (http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1287)
In May 2007, Dean Monahan announced plans for an extensive renovation and extension of Osgoode Hall Law School's current premises. The project involves a renovation of the existing building, and addition of an additional wing.
Construction of the renovated building began in the summer of 2009. When completed the new building, designed by architect Jack Diamond
, will introduce natural light to classrooms, lecture theatres, and social spaces. It will showcase classroom windows and a multi-story atrium that will serve as the living room or common area for the law school, uniting student space, faculty offices and the library. The library will be revamped to emphasize comfortable work-spaces, while maintaining its extensive holdings. Staircases will be removed to provide more "universal" accessibility, and student spaces, such as the cafeteria and student-run "Junior Common Room" will be thoroughly upgraded and relocated to prominent areas within the facility.
In recognition of his $2.5 million gift to The Building Osgoode Campaign, the building that houses Osgoode Hall Law School on the York University campus will be named the Ignat Kaneff Building.
, which include well known clinics such as the Innocence Project and the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP). Other clinics include the Osgoode Business Clinic, the Advanced Business Clinic, the Aboriginal clinic, the Mediation Clinic, the Poverty Law clinic at Parkdale, and several more.
. Holistic admissions processes take into account both Undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores, as well as "other relevant criteria" such as graduate degrees, work experience, and difficulty of prior academic studies. The median undergraduate GPA of accepted students is 3.67 (about 80%), and the median LSAT score is 162 (85th percentile). While it is possible to be admitted with only three years of undergraduate university study, in practice the majority of successful candidates arrive to first year law at Osgoode already possessing one or more degrees.
/J.D.
.
program with the Schulich School of Business
at York University
, a combined J.D.
and Master of Environmental Studies degree, and a combined J.D.
and Master of Arts in Philosophy degree.
Osgoode Hall Law School also offers the Osgoode/NYU Juris Doctor program with New York University School of Law
. Both schools offer joint-degree programs where students can earn an American J.D. (ABA
-Approved) and Canadian J.D. in four years, spending two years at each institution. Osgoode and NYU have also recently introduced an Osgoode J.D./NYU LL.M.
program, whereby a student can obtain both degrees in just three and a half years instead of the four years it would normally take.
Osgoode is also one of the few law schools to offer the possibility of graduating with both an English Canadian LL.B. and a Quebec LL.L.
degree, enabling graduates to practice in the province of Quebec and providing graduates of this program with training in the Civil Law System in addition to common law. This program is offered in conjunction with the law school at the Université de Montréal
.
and academic Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
Other judges
Others
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
, located in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and affiliated with York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode
William Osgoode
William Osgoode was the first Chief Justice of Ontario, Canada.He was born William Osgood in London, England in 1754 to William Osgood. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and was called to the bar in 1779. On December 31, 1791, he was appointed first Chief Justice of Upper Canada...
, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law school in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
until 1957. The school was at the centre of the debates over the principles of modern legal education in the 1950s. Osgoode Hall Law School provided many of the founding members of the bar in the prairie provinces
Canadian Prairies
The Canadian Prairies is a region of Canada, specifically in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions, natural or political. Notably, the Prairie provinces or simply the Prairies comprise the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as they are largely covered...
. Today, the law school offers a professional degree in law that is accepted for bar admission in every province with the exception of Quebec, as well as Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, three joint degree programs, as well as Canada's largest graduate program in law. Osgoode Hall Law School has adopted the Juris Doctor degree designation which has replaced their previous Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
designation.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
The Osgoode Hall Law Journal is a law review affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto, Canada. It has been publishing continuously since 1958....
, and the largest law library in the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
. The law school houses a student clinic
Legal clinic
The phrase legal clinic may refer to any private, nonprofit law practice serving the public interest. In the academic context, these law school clinics provide hands-on experience to law school students and services to various clients. Academic Clinics are usually directed by clinical professors...
(the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme), the Innocence Project, and according to the Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools, the most extensive range of clinical programs in Canada. The primary student government at Osgoode is the Legal and Literary Society.
Osgoode Hall Law School is particularly known for its leading role in the areas of constitutional law, the Charter and human rights, and international law. (Peter Hogg
Peter Hogg
Peter Wardell Hogg, CC, QC, FRSC is a Canadian lawyer, author and legal scholar. He is best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law....
, Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery, B.A., BCL, D.Phil., F.R.S.C., is a Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, Canada. He is a prominent academic in Canadian Constitutional Law and Aboriginal Rights discourse.- Education :...
, Patrick J. Monahan
Patrick J. Monahan
Patrick J. Monahan is the Vice President Academic and Provost at York University in Toronto, Canada, as well as an Affiliated Scholar with the law firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. From 2003 until July 2009, Monahan was the Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University...
, Jean-Gabriel Castel
Jean-Gabriel Castel
Jean-Gabriel Castel, is a French and Canadian law professor and Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School. He currently teaches a course at Osgoode in conflicts of law....
)
Some of the world's most important legal scholars teach at Osgoode, including Leslie Green
Leslie Green (philosopher)
Leslie Green is a leading scholar in the analytic philosophy of law, or jurisprudence as it is often called by academic lawyers.Born in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and educated at Queen's University, Canada, and at Nuffield College, Oxford, he completed his dissertation—which...
who holds the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
's statutory Chair in Philosophy of Law. Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948...
and former judge at the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
, Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour
Louise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...
taught at, and later became the associate dean of, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Other world-class leading scholars at Osgoode include Alan Hutchinson (Torts, Public law, Legal Theory), Robert S Wai (International Trade Regulation), Benjamin Gevahttp://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty/full-time/Benjamin-Geva (Commercial and Banking Law), Ian MacDougal (Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions), Jinyan Li (International Taxation Law), Kent McNeil (Native Law), Eric Tucker (Labour Law), Mary Jane Mossman (Feminist Legal Theory, Family Law, Law Reform), Gary D Watson (Civil Litigation), Stepan Wood and Benjamin Richardson (Environmental Law), Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery, B.A., BCL, D.Phil., F.R.S.C., is a Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, Canada. He is a prominent academic in Canadian Constitutional Law and Aboriginal Rights discourse.- Education :...
(Constitutional Law).
The current dean of the law school is Lorne Sossin. He succeeds Patrick J. Monahan
Patrick J. Monahan
Patrick J. Monahan is the Vice President Academic and Provost at York University in Toronto, Canada, as well as an Affiliated Scholar with the law firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. From 2003 until July 2009, Monahan was the Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University...
. Monahan, in turn, succeeded Peter Hogg
Peter Hogg
Peter Wardell Hogg, CC, QC, FRSC is a Canadian lawyer, author and legal scholar. He is best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law....
who is a leading Canadian constitutional expert and the author of Constitutional Law of Canada, the single most-cited book in decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
.
History
For its first seven decades, Osgoode Hall Law School was located at Osgoode HallOsgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...
at the corner of Queen Street and University Avenue
University Avenue (Toronto)
University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At its north end, University Avenue is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building. The eight-lane wide street is the location for several hospitals, numerous office buildings, Osgoode Hall and the Four Seasons...
near the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. The law school was not affiliated with the University of Toronto since law schools at that time traditionally were not connected with a university. The Law Society of Upper Canada
Law Society of Upper Canada
The Law Society of Upper Canada is responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1797, it is known in French as "Le Barreau du Haut-Canada"...
maintained control of professional legal education in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
until 1957. In 1969, after a decision by the Ontario Ministry of Education requiring law schools to be affiliated with a university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, the Osgoode Hall Law School relocated to New Osgoode Hall, on the campus of York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
.
The structures at Queen and University (the earliest dating from 1832) are still known as Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall
Osgoode Hall is a landmark building in downtown Toronto constructed between 1829 and 1832 in the late Georgian Palladian and Neoclassical styles. It houses the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, and the Law Society of Upper Canada...
, but are commonly referred to as "Old Osgoode Hall". They remain the headquarters of the Law Society of Upper Canada and house the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
The law school is responsible for numerous firsts in legal education in Canada. Osgoode was the first law school to introduce curricular streams in 2001, giving a student the opportunity to graduate with a concentration in a particular area of law, namely International
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
, Litigation or Tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a combined law and business degree. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a combined law and environmental studies degree. Osgoode was the first law school to establish a student-staffed community legal services clinic (Parkdale Community Legal Services, in 1972). Osgoode was the first law school to develop innovative intensive programs and clinical teaching programs. In 2007 Osgoode's Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governance won the Canadian Bureau for International Education
Canadian Bureau for International Education
The Canadian Bureau for International Education promotes Canada's international relations through international education - supporting the interests of foreign nationals studying in Canada and the Canadians studying abroad. It advocates for the free movement of ideas and learners across national...
(CBIE) Award for "Outstanding Program" in recognition of "high quality" of education. (http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.asp?Release=1287)
Renovation project
Construction of the renovated building began in the summer of 2009. When completed the new building, designed by architect Jack Diamond
Jack Diamond (architect)
A.J. "Jack" Diamond, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian architect.Born in Piet Retief, South Africa, he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cape Town in 1956. He received a Master of Arts degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1958...
, will introduce natural light to classrooms, lecture theatres, and social spaces. It will showcase classroom windows and a multi-story atrium that will serve as the living room or common area for the law school, uniting student space, faculty offices and the library. The library will be revamped to emphasize comfortable work-spaces, while maintaining its extensive holdings. Staircases will be removed to provide more "universal" accessibility, and student spaces, such as the cafeteria and student-run "Junior Common Room" will be thoroughly upgraded and relocated to prominent areas within the facility.
In recognition of his $2.5 million gift to The Building Osgoode Campaign, the building that houses Osgoode Hall Law School on the York University campus will be named the Ignat Kaneff Building.
Academics
In 2007, teams from Osgoode Hall Law School won several major mooting competitions in Canada. During this same year they went on to win the Sopinka Cup, to be honored by the American Trial Lawyer's Association for their excellence, and to win all three of the 1st prizes at the US Mediation Tournament.Clinical programs
Osgoode is well known for the breadth of its clinical programsLegal clinic
The phrase legal clinic may refer to any private, nonprofit law practice serving the public interest. In the academic context, these law school clinics provide hands-on experience to law school students and services to various clients. Academic Clinics are usually directed by clinical professors...
, which include well known clinics such as the Innocence Project and the Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP). Other clinics include the Osgoode Business Clinic, the Advanced Business Clinic, the Aboriginal clinic, the Mediation Clinic, the Poverty Law clinic at Parkdale, and several more.
Admissions
Osgoode Hall has recently altered its admissions process to a more holistic system, similar to that employed at McGill University Faculty of LawMcGill University Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law is a constituent faculty of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. Its graduates obtain both a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law , concurrently, in three to four years, allowing them to practice in both the Canadian, U.S...
. Holistic admissions processes take into account both Undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores, as well as "other relevant criteria" such as graduate degrees, work experience, and difficulty of prior academic studies. The median undergraduate GPA of accepted students is 3.67 (about 80%), and the median LSAT score is 162 (85th percentile). While it is possible to be admitted with only three years of undergraduate university study, in practice the majority of successful candidates arrive to first year law at Osgoode already possessing one or more degrees.
Joint degrees
Osgoode Hall Law School offers a joint M.B.A.Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
/J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
.
program with the Schulich School of Business
Schulich School of Business
The Schulich School of Business is York University's business school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is an internationally-ranked business school. Schulich offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance, public administration and international business as...
at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, a combined J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
and Master of Environmental Studies degree, and a combined J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
and Master of Arts in Philosophy degree.
Osgoode Hall Law School also offers the Osgoode/NYU Juris Doctor program with New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
. Both schools offer joint-degree programs where students can earn an American J.D. (ABA
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
-Approved) and Canadian J.D. in four years, spending two years at each institution. Osgoode and NYU have also recently introduced an Osgoode J.D./NYU LL.M.
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
program, whereby a student can obtain both degrees in just three and a half years instead of the four years it would normally take.
Osgoode is also one of the few law schools to offer the possibility of graduating with both an English Canadian LL.B. and a Quebec LL.L.
Bachelor of Civil Law
Bachelor of Civil Law is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities. Historically, it originated as a postgraduate degree in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but many universities now offer the BCL as an undergraduate degree...
degree, enabling graduates to practice in the province of Quebec and providing graduates of this program with training in the Civil Law System in addition to common law. This program is offered in conjunction with the law school at the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
.
Academic graduate programs
Osgoode is home to the largest academic Graduate Program in Law in Canada. Osgoode also hosts the only Professional Development Program in Canada, whose courses are taught at the satellite campus located at the Osgoode Professional Development Centre at 1 Dundas Street West in downtown Toronto. A variety of LL.M.Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
and academic Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
Notable alumni
Supreme Court Justices- John Robert CartwrightJohn Robert CartwrightJohn Robert Cartwright, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Toronto, Cartwright was the son of James Strachan Cartwright and Jane Elizabeth Young...
, former Chief JusticeChief Justice of CanadaThe Chief Justice of Canada, like the eight puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, is appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the bar of a province or territory... - Peter Cory, former Puisne JudgePuisne JusticeA Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge. The term is used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Kenya, Canada, Sri Lanka,...
and former Chancellor of York University - Frank Joseph HughesFrank Joseph HughesFrank Joseph Hughes was a Canadian lawyer and puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Peel County, Ontario, the son of James Hughes and Winnifred Mullarkey, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in 1907 and studied at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1911, he was...
, former Puisne Judge - Wilfred JudsonWilfred JudsonWilfred Judson, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Todmorden, England, he received a BA in 1922 and an MA in 1923 from the University of Manchester. In 1923 he emigrated to Canada and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in...
, former Puisne Judge - Andromache KarakatsanisAndromache KarakatsanisAndromache Karakatsanis is a Canadian jurist. She was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper in October 2011. She is the first Greek-Canadian judge on the Court.- Early life :...
, Puisne Judge - Patrick KerwinPatrick KerwinPatrick Kerwin, PC , was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Kerwin was born in Sarnia, Ontario to Patrick Kerwin and Ellen Gavin. After graduating from the Sarnia Collegiate Institute at the age of 16, he enrolled at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1906. He articled in Sarnia with R. V...
, former Chief Justice - Bora LaskinBora LaskinBora Laskin, PC, CC, FRSC was a Canadian jurist, who served on the Supreme Court of Canada for fourteen years, including a decade as its Chief Justice.-Early life:...
, former Chief Justice - Wishart SpenceWishart SpenceWishart Flett Spence, was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of James Houston Spence and Margaret Hackland, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Toronto in 1925. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from...
, former Puisne Judge
Other judges
- William E. RaneyWilliam RaneyWilliam Edgar Raney, K.C. was a lawyer, politician and judge in Ontario, Canada, in the early twentieth century.-Background and early career:...
, Ontario Supreme Court Judge. - Charles DubinCharles DubinCharles Leonard Dubin, OC, O.Ont, QC was a Canadian lawyer and former Chief Justice of Ontario. He is best known for leading the Dubin Inquiry into the use of steroids by athletes.-Early life:...
, former Chief Justice of Ontario - Archie Campbell (jurist)Archie Campbell (jurist)Archie Gray Campbell was a former Justice of the Superior Court of Ontario and the lower Ontario Court.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Campbell graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1967. He worked at the Attorney General of Ontario's office as appeal counsel for the attorney general and as deputy...
, "legal giant" - Kim CarterKim CarterColonel Kim S. Carter is the Ombudsman of the province of British Columbia, Canada.She was educated at Glendon College, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and University of Ottawa , and called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981...
, former Chief Military Judge of the Canadian Forces, now Ombudsman of British Columbia - Harry S. LaformeHarry S. LaformeHarry S. Laforme is a judge at the Court of Appeal for Ontario who was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto ....
, Ontario Court of Appeal Judge, head of the Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - Patrick LeSagePatrick LeSagePatrick J. LeSage, CM, O.Ont is a lawyer and former judge. He spent 29 years as a judge, and until 2002 was the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...
, former Chief Justice of Ontario - Allen LindenAllen LindenAllen Martin Linden is a former supernumerary judge of the Federal Court of Appeal.Linden attended the University of Toronto, York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and University of California at Berkeley...
, Federal Court of Appeal judge - Goldwyn Arthur MartinGoldwyn Arthur MartinGoldwyn Arthur Martin, CC, QC was a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and one of the most prominent experts in criminal law in Canada....
, QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, former Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, prominent criminal law scholar - Roy McMurtryRoy McMurtryRoland "Roy" McMurtry, OC, OOnt is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada and the current Chancellor of York University.-Early life:McMurtry was born in Toronto and educated at St. Andrew's College, graduating in 1950...
, former Chief Justice of Ontario, current Chancellor of York University - Dennis O'ConnorDennis O'Connor (judge)Dennis R. O'Connor is the current Associate Chief Justice of Ontario and sits on the Court of Appeal for Ontario.O'Connor attended Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto. He practised law from 1973 until 1976. From 1976 to 1980 he became a teacher at the University of Western Ontario...
, Ontario Court of Appeal judge and Associate Chief Justice of Ontario - James O'ReillyJames O'Reilly (judge)James O'Reilly is a Canadian lawyer and Judge of the Federal Court of Canada. He was educated at Osgoode Hall Law School and was appointed to the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division on December 12, 2002.-References:* at the...
, Federal Court Judge - John RichardJohn RichardJohn D. Richard QC is the Chief Justice of Canada's Federal Court of Appeal.Richard was born in Ottawa and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Ottawa in 1955, followed by his law studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he received the Gold Medal and the...
, current Chief Justice of the Federal Court of AppealFederal Court of Appeal (Canada)The Federal Court of Appeal is a Canadian appellate court that hears cases concerning federal matters arising from certain federal Acts. The court was created on July 2, 2003 by the Courts Administration Service Act when it and the Federal Court were split from its predecessor, the Federal Court of... - Warren WinklerWarren WinklerWarren Keith Winkler is a Canadian jurist and the current Chief Justice of Ontario. Appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on June 1, 2007, Winkler was previously Regional Senior Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Toronto Region.-Biography:Born in Virden, Manitoba, Winkler...
, current Chief Justice of Ontario - Marina Paperny, current Alberta Court of Appeal Judge
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- Mark MacGuiganMark MacGuiganMark Rudolph MacGuigan, PC was a Canadian academic and politician.Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mark Rudolph MacGuigan and Agnes Violet Trainor, he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University, the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and Columbia University...
, former Attorney General of Canada - George Mcllraith, former acting Attorney General of Canada
- Lionel ChevrierLionel ChevrierLionel Chevier, was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.Born in Cornwall, Ontario, the son of former Cornwall mayor Joseph E. Chevrier, he was educated in Cornwall, at the University of Ottawa, the University of Montreal and Osgoode Hall. Chevrier was called to the bar in 1928...
, former Attorney General of Canada - Hugh GuthrieHugh GuthrieHugh Guthrie, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett....
, former Attorney General of Canada - William E. RaneyWilliam RaneyWilliam Edgar Raney, K.C. was a lawyer, politician and judge in Ontario, Canada, in the early twentieth century.-Background and early career:...
, former Attorney General of Ontario and later Ontario Supreme Court Justice. - John Black AirdJohn Black AirdJohn Black Aird, was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of Canadian financier Sir John Aird, John Black Aird was educated at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was a Brother at the Toronto...
, former Lieutenant Governor of OntarioLieutenant Governor of OntarioThe Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...
, Canadian Senator and founding partner of Aird & Berlis LLPAird & Berlis LLPAird & Berlis LLP , is a full-service Canadian law firm. It is located in the Bay Street financial district of Toronto and employs over 120 lawyers....
. - Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, 24th Lieutenant Governor of OntarioLieutenant Governor of OntarioThe Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...
. - Sir Edward Wentworth BeattyEdward Wentworth BeattySir Edward Wentworth Beatty, GBE was a Canadian lawyer, university chancellor, and businessman. He was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1918 to 1943, chancellor of Queen's University from 1919 to 1923, and chancellor of McGill University from 1920 to 1943.He studied at Upper Canada...
, president of the Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific RailwayThe Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001... - Michael BryantMichael Bryant (politician)Michael J. Bryant is former public administrator and former politician in Ontario, Canada. A Harvard-trained lawyer, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of St. Paul's for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 until 2009...
, former Attorney General and Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, current Government House Leader - Donald CarrickDonald CarrickDonald Day Carrick was an Ontario lawyer, political figure, Olympic boxer, and Canadian national golf champion. He represented Toronto Trinity as a Liberal member from 1954 to 1957....
, Olympic boxer, golf champion, former MP - Carme ChaconCarme ChacónCarme Chacón Piqueras is a Spanish politician who is currently serving as Minister of Defence in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She is married and gave birth to her first child, a son named Miquel on 19 May 2008....
, Minister of Defence for the present government of Spain - Bernd Christmas, Board of Directors at the CBCCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
- Marshall A. CohenMarshall A. CohenMarshall A. Cohen, OC is a former International Councillor for The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a member of the Executive Committee of The British-North American Committee and a former member of the Trilateral Commission...
, former President and CEO of Molson, member of the Trilateral CommissionTrilateral CommissionThe Trilateral Commission is a non-governmental, non-partisan discussion group founded by David Rockefeller in July 1973 to foster closer cooperation among the United States, Europe and Japan.-History:... - Deborah CoyneDeborah CoyneDeborah Margaret Ryland Coyne, is a Canadian constitutional lawyer, professor and author. Her education includes a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and a Master of Philosophy from Oxford University in international relations.-Early career:She was a staffer in...
, prominent legal scholar - Bill DavisBill DavisWilliam Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...
, 18th Premier of OntarioPremier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario... - George Drew - 14th Premier of Ontario
- Marlys EdwardhMarlys EdwardhMarlys Edwardh, CM is a Canadian litigation and civil rights lawyer of international reputation, recognized for upholding the causes of justice and the rights of the wrongfully accused...
, highly-reputed Canadian constitutional lawyer, worked on the Maher ArarMaher ArarMaher Arar is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who resides in Canada. Arar's story is frequently referred to as "extraordinary rendition" but the U.S. government insisted it was a case of deportation.Arar was detained during a layover at John F...
case - Ward P.D. ElcockWard P.D. ElcockWard P.D. Elcock is a Canadian civil servant who served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1994 until May 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Defence from August 5, 2004 to October 1, 2007....
, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence ServiceCanadian Security Intelligence ServiceThe Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Canada's national intelligence service. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert and overt, within Canada and abroad.Its... - Ernie EvesErnie EvesErnest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:...
, 23rd Premier of Ontario - J. S. EwartJ. S. EwartJohn Skirving Ewart, QC was a Canadian lawyer and author best known as an advocate for the independence of Canada....
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, advocate of Canadian independence - Gordon FairweatherGordon FairweatherRobert Gordon Lee Fairweather, OC, ONB, QC was a lawyer and Canadian politician.Fairweather was born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, the son of J.H.A.L. Fairweather and Agnes C. McKeen. Fairweather was educated at Rothesay Collegiate...
, first Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights CommissionCanadian Human Rights CommissionThe Canadian Human Rights Commission is a quasi-judicial body that was established in 1977 by the government of Canada. It is empowered under the Canadian Human Rights Act to investigate and try to settle complaints of discrimination in employment and in the provision of services within federal... - Jim FlahertyJim FlahertyJames Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...
, federal Minister of FinanceMinister of Finance (Canada)The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget... - Leslie FrostLeslie FrostLeslie Miscampbell Frost, was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the 16th Premier from May 4, 1949 to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man Ontario".-Early years:...
, 16th Premier of Ontario - Herb GrayHerb GrayHerbert Eser Gray, is a retired Canadian politician. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the title The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.-Early life:Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Harry...
, former Deputy Prime MinisterDeputy Prime Minister of CanadaThe Deputy Prime Minister of Canada is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. There is currently, , no deputy prime minister....
and Solicitor General of CanadaSolicitor General of CanadaThe Solicitor General of Canada was a position in the Canadian ministry from 1892 to 2005. The position was based on the Solicitor General in the British system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Minister of Justice... - Edward GreenspanEdward GreenspanEdward Leonard Greenspan, QC is a Canadian lawyer and prolific author of legal volumes. He is one of the most famous defence lawyers in Canada, owing to several high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, The Scales of Justice .A...
, highly-reputed Canadian barrister, Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties AssociationCanadian Civil Liberties AssociationThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association or CCLA, is Canada's leading national organization devoted to the defence of civil liberties and constitutional rights, both inside and outside the courts. The organization's work focuses on constitutional litigation, law reform, advocating on civil... - Barbara HallBarbara HallBarbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997...
, former mayor of Toronto, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights CommissionOntario Human Rights CommissionThe Ontario Human Rights Commission was established in the Canadian province of Ontario on March 29, 1961 to administer the Ontario Human Rights Code... - Carol HansellCarol HansellCarol Hansell sits on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada. She studied at the University of Western Ontario , then did an MA in International Relations at the University of Toronto in 1982 and then rose to success after taking the MBA/LLB degree at the prestigious Osgoode Hall Law School...
, Board of Directors, Bank of CanadaBank of CanadaThe Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada... - His Honour Judge Bill HastingsBill HastingsHis Honour Judge William Kenneth Hastings was New Zealand's tenth Chief Censor, from October 1999 to July 2010. He is currently a District Court Judge and Chair of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal.-Biography:...
, former Chief Censor of New Zealand - William Howard Hearst, 7th Premier of Ontario
- Ron IrwinRon IrwinRonald A. Irwin, PC, CM, QC is a Canadian diplomat and former politician.Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Irwin earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. While at the University of Western Ontario he...
, former federal cabinet minister, former Ambassador to Ireland - Faisal KuttyFaisal KuttyFaisal Kutty is a Canadian lawyer, writer and human rights activist. He is a law professor and widely quoted commentator and public intellectual. He is the son of Islamic scholar Shaikh Ahmad Kutty.-Education:...
, lawyer, writer, human rights activist and academic teaching at Osgoode Hall Law School and at Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso UniversityValparaiso University, known colloquially as Valpo, is a regionally accredited private university located in the city of Valparaiso in the U.S. state of Indiana. Founded in 1859, it consists of five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a nursing school and a law school... - William KaplanWilliam KaplanWilliam Kaplan is a Canadian lawyer and writer.-Biography:William Kaplan is the son of Igor Kaplan and Cara Cherniak. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, where he graduated in 1983 with a...
, writer, former University of OttawaUniversity of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
professor - William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
, former longtime Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of Canada - James KelleherJames KelleherJames Francis "Jim" Kelleher, PC, QC is a Canadian politician and retired Senator.Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, he received a B.A. degree in 1952 from Queen's University and a LL.B. degree in 1956 from Osgoode Hall Law School...
, former member of the Canadian SenateCanadian SenateThe Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister... - Peter KormosPeter KormosPeter Kormos is a politician in Ontario, Canada. A former lawyer, he was first elected as an Ontario New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Welland constituency in a 1988 provincial by-election. He replaced veteran NDP legislator Mel...
, former Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, House LeaderHouse LeaderIn Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a front bench Member of Parliament and an expert in parliamentary procedure...
for the Ontario NDP Caucus - Judy LaMarshJudy LaMarshJulia Verlyn LaMarsh, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian politician, lawyer, author and broadcaster. In 1963, she was only the second woman to ever serve as a federal Cabinet Minister...
, former federal Cabinet Minister, writer, and broadcaster - Jerry LevitanJerry LevitanGerald Asher Levitan is a Canadian best known as "the kid who interviewed John Lennon". He produced and starred in the animated short I Met the Walrus about his meeting with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Toronto, Canada in 1969...
, Oscar Award nominated film maker - Floyd LaughrenFloyd LaughrenFloyd Laughren is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1998 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, and served as Finance Minister and Deputy Premier in the government of Bob Rae.-Background:Laughren's childhood was far...
, former Ontario Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier of Ontario - William Ross MacdonaldWilliam Ross MacdonaldWilliam Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC , served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.- Early life :...
, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario - Gavin MacKenzieGavin MacKenzieGavin MacKenzie is a Canadian lawyer and former Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He works as a lawyer and partner at Heenan Blaikie in Toronto, Ontario. His practice focuses primarily on professional liability and discipline litigation.MacKenzie grew up in Woodstock, Ontario...
, Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper CanadaLaw Society of Upper CanadaThe Law Society of Upper Canada is responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1797, it is known in French as "Le Barreau du Haut-Canada"... - Alexander Malcolm MansonAlexander Malcolm MansonAlexander Malcolm Manson was a British Columbia judge and politician in the Liberal Party. Positions he held included Speaker, Minister of Labour and Attorney General. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia....
, former Attorney General of British Columbia - Sergio MarchionneSergio MarchionneSergio Marchionne is an international manager best known for his turnaround of the Italian automotive group Fiat and, more recently, for managing the US automotive group Chrysler from bankruptcy to profitability...
, CEO of FiatFiatFIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
and Chrysler Group, LLC - Paul Martin Sr., longtime MP and Cabinet Minister
- John MathesonJohn MathesonJohn Ross Matheson, OC, CD, QC is a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who helped develop both the maple leaf flag and the Order of Canada.- Early life :...
, former MP, retired Justice of Ontario, helped develop Canada's flag and the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit... - Arthur MeighenArthur MeighenArthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
, former Prime Minister of Canada - Chris Montague, General Counsel and Executive Vice-President, TD Bank Financial Group
- Lisa RaittLisa RaittLisa Raitt, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, who is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Halton. She is the current Minister of Labour in the Cabinet of Canada.-Background:...
, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources - John RobartsJohn RobartsJohn Parmenter Robarts, PC, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and statesman, and the 17th Premier of Ontario.-Early life:...
, 17th Premier of Ontario - Ted RogersEdward Samuel RogersEdward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, Jr., OC was the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., and the fifth richest person in Canada in terms of net worth. His father Edward S. Rogers, Sr...
, President and CEO of Rogers CommunicationsRogers CommunicationsRogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets... - Ian Scott, former Attorney General of Ontario
- Greg SorbaraGreg SorbaraGregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...
, former Ontario Minister of Finance - Paula ToddPaula ToddPaula Todd is a Canadian journalist, lawyer and author, currently an investigative reporter for W5. She was the founding host of "The Verdict with Paula Todd" a prime-time legal and justice affairs program on CTV News Channel...
, award-winning journalist formerly on TVOTVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
and currently host of The Verdict on CTVCTV television networkCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival... - John ToryJohn ToryJohn Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
, former President and CEO of Rogers Communications, former Campaign Chair for former Prime Minister Brian MulroneyBrian MulroneyMartin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...
, former Leader of the Conservative Party of Ontario - James Marshall ToryJames Marshall ToryJames Marshall "Jim" Tory LLB is a Toronto corporate lawyer and brother to the late John A. Tory.Born in Toronto, he and his brothers are members of the firm of Torys, founded by their father John Stewart Donald Tory. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools and the University of...
- David TsubouchiDavid Tsubouchiis a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.-Education:...
, former Solicitor GeneralSolicitor General of OntarioThe Solicitor General of Ontario was in charge of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario is responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province...
of Ontario - David YoungDavid Young (Ontario politician)David Young was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves....
, former Attorney General of Ontario - Peter Van LoanPeter Van LoanPeter Van Loan, PC MP is a Canadian politician who is the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of York—Simcoe. He has been the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons since May 18, 2011, a role he previously held from 2007 to 2008.-Biography:Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Van...
, current Minister of Public Safety in the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of CommonsThe House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament... - Paul C. WeilerPaul C. WeilerPaul C. Weiler is the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School and a widely published expert in labour law, sports law and tort.-Career:...
, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S... - George Stanley WhiteGeorge Stanley WhiteGeorge Stanley White, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1962 to 1963.White was born in Madoc, Ontario...
, Speaker of the Canadian SenateSpeaker of the Canadian SenateThe Speaker of the Senate of Canada is the presiding officer of the Senate of Canada. The speaker represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary privilege, and oversee debates and voting in the red chamber. This position is often... - Willy Munyoki MutungaWilly Munyoki Mutunga- References :...
, Chief Justice, Republic of Kenya