03/2022
…es to organizations and individuals in need in Canada. PBSC is the only national law student program in Canada and the only national pro bono service organization anywhere in the world. Every law school in Canada has a chapter offering students experiences spanning a wide array of legal practice areas and types of legal work. By exposing law students to the value of pro bono service, PBSC aims to encourage the next generation of lawyers to make pr…
04/2017
…dissertation was a study of the private law implications of the conceptions of freedom portrayed in the novels of Henry James. She publishes in the areas of private law, theoretical jurisprudence, and law and literature….
08/2014
…ok Native Legal Services in Moosonee and later had his own practice in the areas of human rights, refugee law and indigenous rights. He joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General in 1989 to work on the development of Alternative Dispute Resolution programs and to initiate justice projects in indigenous communities. He was appointed to faculty at Osgoode in 1996 and is currently a director of the Justice and Corporate Accountability Projec…
08/2020
…RBC Law). There I provided legal advice to RBC companies in the following areas: all registered plans (such as RRSP’s); estate administration, both domestic and foreign, for release of estate assets and collection of debt owed by the deceased; specific legal requirements related to new technology; succession issues including distribution of assets (such as through trusts, beneficiary designations, joint ownership, and court proceedings); elder la…
08/2014
…of Osgoode’s LLM Program in Bankruptcy and Insolvency. Professor Johnson’s areas of teaching include contract law, commercial law (secured transactions, bankruptcy and insolvency, capital market regulation and international business transactions), international development and project finance. He is a recipient of the Osgoode Teaching Excellence Award. Professor Johnson has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant to the World Bank and the…
08/2014
Professor Shelley Kierstead’s research interests lie in the areas of family law, access to justice, and dispute resolution. She has also conducted research in the conflict of laws area, completing a Master of Laws degree focusing on this topic at the University of Toronto 1993. Professor Kierstead first taught Legal Research and Writing (LRW) at Osgoode in 1993, and became Director of the LRW program at Osgoode in 2002. In 2005, she completed a d…
07/2024
…Anum Malik is Review Counsel for the Administrative Law Division at Community & Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP). Since being called the Bar in 2013, she has worked almost exclusively with community legal clinics, in the areas of administrative law and employment law. Anum is also on the Board of Directors of a community agency in Scarborough….
06/2014
…h year, Osgoode offers more than 150 courses and seminars from traditional areas to emerging legal fields. In a typical term, upper-year students take four or five courses and/or seminars valued at three or four credits each. In addition to the degree requirements, students must ensure that they: Take a minimum of 60 credits over 2nd and 3rd year Enrol in no fewer than 13 and no more than 17 credits each semester Select not more than two seminar c…
09/2024
…) students who want to gain more in-depth knowledge and skills in specific areas of legal practice. Designed to complement the foundational knowledge provided by the core JD curriculum, Professional Skills Micro-Courses give students a head start on mastering the practical decisions and inevitable challenges – from managing finances to building relationships with clients – that are part of any legal career. Open to students in their second and thi…
09/2023
John practices public law in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office, chiefly in the areas of Crown liability, administrative law, constitutional law, regulatory law, and Indigenous law. He acts for public and private clients in administrative and civil proceedings, applications for judicial review, and appeals. He has appeared at all levels of the Ontario and Federal Courts, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Regulators, public bodies, and other public organ…