Instructor Profile
Natalija Popovic feels right at home in front of a law school classroom. After decades in the field of litigation, she says it wasn’t a huge leap for her to join the faculty of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law. And over the last nine years, Popovic has noticed… Click to Continue Reading.
John D. R. Craig is something of an evangelist for continuing legal education. “I think it’s crucially important for all legal practitioners,” says Craig, a partner at labour and employment law boutique Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP and the 2024 winner of OsgoodePD’s 2024 CLE Contribution Award. Long before the… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileLabour and employment law legend John Craig wins OsgoodePD’s CLE Contribution Award
Barnali Choudhury has the passport stamps to match her credentials as a globally renowned expert in international business law. After completing her first legal degree in Canada, Choudhury earned an LLM at Columbia Law School in the U.S., followed by a PhD from Switzerland’s University of Zurich. Her teaching career… Click to Continue Reading.
After more than a decade in the legal innovation field, Al Hounsell is no stranger to technology hype cycles. His hiring at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP – where he is currently director of strategic innovation and legal design – coincided with the first wave of artificial intelligence products to… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileAl Hounsell helps the legal profession ride the wave of artificial intelligence excitement
It’s hard to imagine a job more tailormade for Dr. Adrienne Shnier than Program Director of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Health Law. As both a health lawyer and renowned health policy expert – her PhD research focused on pharmaceutical policy and regulation – Shnier’s career to date sounds like an… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileIntroducing the new Program Director of Osgoode’s Health Law LLM: Adrienne Shnier
When Ronda Bessner got her first taste of a public inquiry, she knew it would not be her last. “I was hooked, right from the start,” says Bessner, who took up her original role as senior legal analyst at the Royal Commission on the Blood System in Canada in… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileHow Administrative Law LLM Instructor Ronda Bessner Got Hooked on Public Inquiries
After more than 25 years in Aboriginal Law, Sandra Gogal says the practice area has changed dramatically from the one she got her start in. Gogal, a partner in the Aboriginal Law Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in Toronto, embarked on her aboriginal practice with a secondment to… Click to Continue Reading.
If you’re ever scheduled to meet with Jacqueline L. King – whether it’s for lunch, a work meeting, or to face off in court – there’s a good chance you’ll find her waiting when you arrive. “I’m often the first person there, sitting alone,” says King, a managing partner in… Click to Continue Reading.
John Tobin’s tax law career is about to come full circle. This fall – more than three decades after he earned the course prize as a student in Osgoode Hall Law School’s introductory tax law class – Tobin is set to start his role as co-director of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM… Click to Continue Reading.
“I know when most people hear the words ‘constitutional law,’ their eyes probably glaze over,” says Nicole Chrolavicius. But to her, there may be no area of law more fascinating, or more important. “I always tell my students this field is all about power,” she says. “How does society decide… Click to Continue Reading.
Professor Jinyan Li has defied the odds over and over again on her path to becoming co-program director of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Taxation Law. Li has been a fixture of the program – which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – for much of its history, but she could… Click to Continue Reading.