The #oz125 Twitter Contest was held Tuesday, October 7, 2014 as part of Osgoode’s 125th Anniversary Celebration. Participants tweeted their answers to the following question: For 125 years, Osgoode has shaped the future of legal education. What’s your idea for our next innovation? A panel of judges selected the winning tweets and the winners were invited to direct their prizes to an Osgoode student club.
Here are the winning tweets and the clubs they’ve chosen:
Grand Prize: $1,125 directed to the Osgoode Women’s Network @OWNlaw
Jaimie Alexandria @butactuallyjf — A virtual classroom for practical skills building, from drafting to advocacy, creating lawyers capable of both discussing and doing #oz125
Honourable Mentions
Heather Fisher @HeatherFisher09 — Continue supporting low income students to ensure our stats are different 125 years from now! #oz125 – $125 directed to the Osgoode Hall Law Journal @OHLJ
Daniel Jay @thegoofballer — The next innovation in legal education: A coordinated recruitment process (like OCIs) for public interest work. #oz125 – $125 directed to the Osgoode Student Animal Legal Defense Fund @OsgoodeSALDF
Emily Meuser @Emily Meuser — Teach students quantitative skills & emphasize data in decision-making. Recent Parkdale symposium highlighted importance of numbers #oz125 – $125 directed to the Osgoode Environmental Law Society
Thanks to everyone who entered the #oz125 Twitter Contest for your wonderful ideas on how Osgoode can continue to make history!