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Program Spotlight

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Corporate Accountability: International and Comparative Perspectives is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM that is open to students in both the LLM in Business Law and the LLM in International Business Law. The course examines how different legal systems regulate the global impacts of corporate activity, particularly in relation… Click to Continue Reading.

Marian MacGregor, intructor of the Professional LLM in Health Law.

Disability & Health Law is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Health Law. The course examines how disability and health intersect with legal systems, policy frameworks, and social attitudes. Students explore how law can function both as a tool for advocacy and inclusion, and as a mechanism that… Click to Continue Reading.

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International Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Privacy and Cybersecurity Law. The course examines how privacy and data protection laws operate across jurisdictions and how global regulatory developments shape legal obligations for organizations operating in a digital economy. The course is taught… Click to Continue Reading.

Sal Mirandola and Chia Yi Chua, instructors of the Professional LLM in Taxation Law.

Tax Litigation Theory & Practice I and II are elective courses in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Taxation Law. The two-course sequence explores the evolving field of tax disputes and litigation, guiding students through both the policy debates and practical realities of resolving tax controversies. While Part I focuses on current… Click to Continue Reading.

Close-Up Of Scales Of Justice.

The front lines of constitutional law are not found in any of the country’s courtrooms. They’re out on patrol with police officers and at the desks of investigators like Dave Cobey, the co-program chair of OsgoodePD’s third annual Charter Essentials for Investigators: Practical Guidance in Detention, Investigation, Arrest and Search.… Click to Continue Reading.

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A little under a decade since she began her career at the intersection of business law and technology, Samantha Delaney says that her working environment has changed beyond recognition. “Back then, simple things like how to archive email were considered quite innovative,” says Delaney, who had several roles at business-focused… Click to Continue Reading.

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As a legal clinic lawyer with decades of experience acting for tenants, Jack Fleming doesn’t get many opportunities to interact with lawyers for landlords outside of the hearing room.   The one exception to the rule is during Osgoode’s annual program, Residential Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Essentials for Lawyers and Paralegals. While most… Click to Continue Reading.

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Fundamental Freedoms and the Canadian Charter is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Constitutional Law. The course examines section 2 of the Charter – freedom of expression, religion, assembly, and association – and explores how these freedoms shape constitutional debate in Canada today. The course is taught by… Click to Continue Reading.

Emanuel Tucsa, instructor of the Introduction to Canadian Public Law. course.

Introduction to Canadian Public Law is a required course in the Graduate Diploma in Foundations of Canadian Law. The course provides students with a structured introduction to Canada’s constitutional framework, including the Constitution, the branches of government, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the sources that count as Canadian… Click to Continue Reading.

Jonathan Rudin, instructor of the Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Legal System course.

Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Legal System is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure. The course examines the mass incarceration of Indigenous peoples in Canada’s criminal legal system and explores the historical, legal, and systemic factors that continue to shape that reality. Designed for… Click to Continue Reading.

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To casual and expert observers alike, the trial verdict is the defining moment in any criminal case. But as Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure instructor Lisa Kerr explains, the determination of guilt or innocence is actually just the culmination of events in the “front end” of the… Click to Continue Reading.