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A Juris Doctor degree is rarely the final step in a lawyer’s career journey. In a field with so many different specialties, continuing (and specializing) education can help you achieve your career goals. This is certainly the case with Adam Deverett. Adam graduated from Queen’s Law in 2019, and while… Click to Continue Reading.
Canadian Tax Foundation Executive Director and CEO Heather Evans has spent the bulk of her working life at the cutting edge of tax law. Years before taking up one of the most influential positions in the Canadian tax field, she was also among the earliest graduates of Osgoode’s then-fledgling Professional… Click to Continue Reading.
On October 1st, 1959, 14-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to death by hanging for the rape and murder of classmate Lynn Harper. He was then the youngest person in Canada since 1875 to face execution. The horror of the possibility of a wrongful conviction in our country, especially of such… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightMiscarriages of Justice: Bringing Justice System Participants Together to Prevent and Right the Wrongs
The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 is a time for recognition and reflection on the impact of the Indian residential school system on Indigenous communities. As we approach the second marking of “Orange Shirt Day” as September 30 is also known, amongst other ways of honoring… Click to Continue Reading.
This Fall, Osgoode Professional Development welcomes more than 130 students from 23 different countries to our full-time programs in Canadian Common Law, International Business Law, General Law, and Taxation Law programs. Full-time students recently attended orientation – our first in-person orientation since 2019! “Being able to welcome our new students… Click to Continue Reading.
Prior to attending law school, Stacey Purser contemplated whether she should follow in the footsteps of her father by attending medical school or studying law. Ultimately, Stacey got back into academic studies by taking the Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure at Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD). When asked about… Click to Continue Reading.
Osgoode program uses thought-provoking scenarios to tackle HR issues Having worked for nearly five years as an HR professional, Lorron Andrews was looking to further her education beyond the Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree she attained in 2016. As an HR Generalist at Weir Minerals in Calgary, Andrews regularly helps… Click to Continue Reading.
From London, Ontario, to London, UK, Heather-Anne Hubbell’s career has brought her places she never imagined – thanks in no small part to her Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD) experiences. In the mid-90s, Hubbell was working as in-house tax counsel with Canada Trust in London, Ontario. But she knew Canada Trust… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Osgoode helped this UK-based lawyer and entrepreneur build her brilliant career
Growing up in the small town of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Paula Cashin dreamed of becoming a doctor. “I didn’t see anyone like me in medicine,” she says. “I came from a low socio-economic background, and I’m Mi’kmaw, and so these were challenges to being accepted, but as I… Click to Continue Reading.
The 8th annual Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD) showcased how resiliency and flexibility are essential for internationally trained lawyers to find their unique career paths into the Canadian legal profession. This year’s theme was about how resiliency and flexibility are essential to accreditation, licensing, transitioning into different roles and… Click to Continue Reading.
Inspector Kevin Cyr has been with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 21 years and is currently the Officer in Charge of the Lower Mainland District Integrated Emergency Response Team. He has a B.Sc. in Mathematics from St. Francis Xavier University and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School. In… Click to Continue Reading.