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More than ever before, Human Resources professionals need a solid understanding of the many laws and procedures governing the employment relationship and the legal risks that can arise in the workplace. Failure to follow the rules and to anticipate and properly manage risk can result in serious financial and reputational… Click to Continue Reading.
The Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) is a diverse coalition of Asian Canadian legal professionals who promote equity, justice and opportunity for Asian Canadian legal professionals. Osgoode Professional Development is a proud sponsor of FACL Ontario’s annual Conference and Gala. Many of our students and alumni were in attendance… Click to Continue Reading.
Insight/TipsInsights from the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) Annual Conference
Many legal employers are gearing up for a busy articling recruitment season this summer. If you’re hiring this year, you’ll likely see a large number of applicants for roles in your organization. So, you’ve got quantity… but what about quality? Specifically, are you seeing the qualities in applicants that would… Click to Continue Reading.
David Thomas is a program lawyer at Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD). David grew up in a small village in Wales, received an education in Nottingham, England and ended up practising law in Toronto, Canada. Here is his journey in his own words. I studied law at Nottingham Trent University in… Click to Continue Reading.
Long before anyone had heard of COVID-19, OsgoodePD was bringing Professional LLMs into students’ homes. In the last two decades, we have helped hundreds of people complete their studies via videoconferencing technology in places as far flung as the Cayman Islands, a Saskatchewan farm, rural Italy, and the mountains of… Click to Continue Reading.
Insight/TipsOsgoodePD Looks to the Future as it Builds on its Historical Strength in Online Learning
Who would have thought that a zipper-mouth emoji would be sufficient proof of a defamatory statement tweeted all by itself? In a 2020 case between two Sydney, Australian lawyers a judge considered just that. Referencing an online website, Emojipedia, the judge was satisfied that, in the specific circumstances of that… Click to Continue Reading.
New Option for Part-Time Canadian Common Law LLM Students Starting in the Winter 2023 term, part-time Canadian Common Law students will have the option to complete the program via distance learning through our Problem-Based Learning courses. What is Problem-Based Learning?Problem-based learning starts with the problem instead of ending with it:… Click to Continue Reading.
There’s no such thing as a typical Osgoode LLM student, especially when it comes to students who don’t have a legal background. These students make up about one-third of our student body across all specializations and come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The diversity of our student body is… Click to Continue Reading.
We don’t need to tell our students about the challenges of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The senior executives, mid-career and internationally trained lawyers enrolled in Osgoode Professional Development’s Professional LLM courses typically have years of practical experience juggling the varying – and often competing – demands of clients, colleagues,… Click to Continue Reading.
OsgoodePD students come from a wide variety of educational and professional backgrounds, but virtually all of them share the same ultimate goals: career change or career development. Our Professional LLM and Graduate Diploma programs will equip you with the skills you need to take your career to the next level,… Click to Continue Reading.
Navigating the process to practise law in Canada can be overwhelming for newly migrated legal professionals or lawyers trained internationally. We’ve tried to break this down and help simplify what can be a complex process. Read on for a step-by-step overview and feel free to bookmark this for when you… Click to Continue Reading.