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More than 30 years after he left the engineering field, Pierre’s professional roots have never been too far from the surface as he built himself a new career in the legal field. Long before he became the lead intellectual property counsel at CCM Hockey in Montreal, Pierre’s lifelong fascination with… Click to Continue Reading.
Behavioural Economics is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Financial Law that examines how psychological biases shape financial decision-making and the legal frameworks that respond to it. The course focuses on areas such as borrowing, debt and bankruptcy, exploring how law and regulation can better account for how… Click to Continue Reading.
Back in 1998, Patrick Case thought he might be done with the field of education. Although he had helped transform the recruitment and advancement of racialized teachers during a successful stint in the equity office at the Toronto Boad of Education, Case left the post in the wake of amalgamation,… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfilePatrick Case continues his lifelong adventure in human rights and education at Osgoode
Protection of Intangible Business Interests is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Intellectual Property Law. The course explores how the common law protects valuable business information and relationships that fall outside traditional intellectual property regimes, such as trade secrets, confidential information, and reputational interests. The course is taught… Click to Continue Reading.
When Nigerian lawyer Opeyemi Theresa Oloruntogbe arrived in Canada, she expected a fresh start, but it wasn’t exactly what she planned for. After practicing law for almost two years in Nigeria, Opeyemi was excited to begin the LLM in Canadian Common Law at Osgoode Professional Development to move towards the… Click to Continue Reading.
Construction projects are – and always have been – a recipe for disputes, according to Tim Mavko. Over the course of three decades in practice, Mavko – counsel at RMRF LLP and one of four program directors for Osgoode’s Certificate in Construction Law – says the fundamental characteristics of his… Click to Continue Reading.
Patricia Morrison remembers a time when she could count the members of Calgary’s construction law bar on her fingers. Still a relatively new call when her firm merged to become the national firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in March 2000, Morrison – one of three new program advisors for Osgoode’s… Click to Continue Reading.
If you’re just thinking about implementing artificial intelligence solutions at your public sector institution, Constantine Karbaliotis has news for you. “You’re already doing it,” says privacy and AI compliance lawyer Karbaliotis, explaining that it’s likely many employees have gone ahead with their exploration of AI tools, without waiting for official approval.… Click to Continue Reading.
If you’re an internationally trained lawyer (ITL) working toward accreditation or exploring how to build a legal career in Canada, finding clear, practical information isn’t always easy. Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD) is a one-day conference designed to bring that information together, along with the people who can help… Click to Continue Reading.
Within a year of his 2016 call to the bar, Anthony Sangiuliano had already covered all the bases of constitutional law. While studying for his law degree, Sangiuliano spent his summers working on labour arbitrations and class actions at a union-side labour law firm, before completing his articling at Ontario’s… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileEquality Rights prof Anthony Sangiuliano approaches constitutional law from all angles
The Admissions Committee uses the writing sample to assess your readiness for graduate-level legal research and writing. For applicants who have not previously studied law, or who have not completed university-level study in English, the writing sample is a particularly important part of the application. It is also the application… Click to Continue Reading.