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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.
Health and wellness trends may come and go, but it’s a more enduring change to the culture of the legal profession that interests Kiran Litt. Over the last four years as Osgoode Professional Development’s Student Success and Wellness Counsellor, Litt has seen evidence that conversations about mental health are becoming increasingly… Click to Continue Reading.
Dispute Resolution in the Digital Age is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Dispute Resolution. The course explores how technology is transforming the way conflicts arise, develop, and are resolved in digital environments. Students examine the development of online dispute resolution systems and the tools and processes used… Click to Continue Reading.
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.
Program SpotlightCourse Spotlight: Corporate Accountability: International and Comparative Perspectives