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Alex Miller got her first exposure to labour and employment law from an unexpected source. After articling and practising at a small criminal law firm, she didn’t think she would be making much of a professional leap when she applied to cover a maternity leave position at a GTA police… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Alex Miller bridged the gap between criminal law and labour and employment law at Osgoode
Legal education isn’t just for lawyers. As Ontario Court Justice Rick Libman points out, the vast majority of matters in his court are summary conviction cases, which fall within the scope of practice for paralegals licensed in this province. That was part of the inspiration for the creation of the… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightJustice Rick Libman helps legal professionals handle summary conviction matters
François Tanguay-Renaud got his start in the law at an early age, enrolling in McGill University’s combined civil law and common law program right out of high school. “I’ve never really left. Since I was 19, I’ve been in the legal profession or on the road,” he says of a career… Click to Continue Reading.
Benjamin Berger isn’t afraid to push his students. In fact, he says it’s part of his job as program director of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure. “When you enroll, you’ve got to be open to the idea of being pushed out of the comfort zone of your… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileMeet Benjamin Berger, Program Director for Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure
Our Alumni Insights Series brings together alumni who share common threads – either through their cultural or national backgrounds, areas of practice, or a shared commitment to a particular cause. One of our first events in the series was an alumni panel featuring three alumni from Latin America who shared… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightLatin American lawyers share how an LLM in Canada boosted their legal careers
OsgoodePD is helping Miller Thomson LLP supercharge the development of its associates with a cutting-edge collaboration that fuses the power of technology with the benefits of in-person learning. The organizations have partnered to develop a blended program designed specifically for associates in the firm’s civil litigation and labour and employment… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightOsgoodePD blended program helps Miller Thomson LLP provide hands-on training for associates
Fay Faraday and Bruce Ryder are not just co-instructors on Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Constitutional Law. The professors, who teach the Equality Rights course together, are also neighbours at the intersection of legal practice and legal academia. “I always found that division unnecessary,” Faraday says. “There is such a… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightConstitutional Law profs Fay Faraday and Bruce Ryder bring legal practice and academia together
Simulation is a powerful way of learning in any profession. Health professions, for example, use simulation to help students learn knowledge and skills and to fuse both in practice. Examples range from learning on mannequins to practising with real people as simulated patients. Almost all professions, including business schools, architecture, flight schools and… Click to Continue Reading.
The Covid-19 pandemic had one big silver lining for Puja Dutta. The disease wrought the same havoc on her work and home life in northern India as it did for most people around the world. But the disruptive nature of pandemic life also shook Dutta out of the comfortable pre-lockdown… Click to Continue Reading.
Damilola Katibi didn’t really know what to expect when she moved to Toronto after enrolling in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in International Business Law. “I came in blind, knowing nobody,” she says. Other than national stereotypes about the friendliness of the Canadian population, Katibi’s only real experience with the country was… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Osgoode’s International Business Law LLM gave Damilola Katibi a competitive edge
Students in Sara Slinn’s classes should expect to go beyond the black letter law of labour and employment in Canada. In addition to her role as one of the program directors of Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Labour and Employment Law, Slinn teaches courses on labour law and labour arbitration,… Click to Continue Reading.