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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the elder law. This year’s Osgoode Certificate in Elder Law program will provide critical information with COVID-19 as a backdrop for those who care for and those who advise older adults. This live and interactive online program is co-directed by Jane Meadus, Lawyer and Institutional Advocate… Click to Continue Reading.
Program Spotlight5 Important Things You’ll Learn at the Osgoode Elder Law Certificate Program
At OsgoodePD, we frequently talk about our ‘top-notch’ and ‘world class’ instructors – acknowledged industry experts and leading legal practitioners. But rather than just talk about them, each month we’ll introduce you to one. You’ll be able to get to know them ‘beyond the classroom’ and learn what makes them… Click to Continue Reading.
Navigating the process to practise law in Canada can be overwhelming for newly migrated legal professionals or lawyers trained internationally. We’ve tried to break this down and help simplify what can be a complex process. Read on for a step-by-step overview and feel free to bookmark this for when you… Click to Continue Reading.
Carys Craig and Martin Kratz are esteemed experts in IP law sporting numerous publications between them. Thankfully, they are also on staff at OsgoodePD and function as Co-Directors of the Part-time Professional LLM in Intellectual Property Law. We sat down together to discuss their thoughts, experiences, and perceptions of both the LLM and the greater… Click to Continue Reading.
Roxanne Mykitiuk has had a very successful career in the health law field, focusing on disability and the regulation of reproductive and genetic technologies. She also happens to serve as the Director of the Part-time Professional LLM in Health Law at OsgoodePD. We sat down to discuss her thoughts, experiences, and perceptions of both the LLM and the greater health law field. Roxanne… Click to Continue Reading.
This year, the Admissions Committee was extremely impressed by the applications to the Part-time Professional LLM in Administrative Law program, and we’re excited to introduce you to some students from the incoming class. Click to Continue Reading.
This year, the Admissions Committee was extremely impressed by the applications to the Part-time Professional LLM in Administrative Law program, and we’re excited to introduce you to some students from the incoming class. Click to Continue Reading.
A recent paper by Rima Sirota highlights some of the gaps in CLE that OsgoodePD has been tackling. Sirota’s paper points to the lack of research about the effectiveness of mandatory CLE and is particularly critical of CLE programs that rely exclusively on didactic lectures with little interaction, an approach… Click to Continue Reading.
Applying for graduate studies can seem daunting, especially if you’ve been away from the academic setting for a while or if you don’t have a previous law degree. Each year the Admissions Committee reviews hundreds of applications to OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM and Graduate Diploma programs. Based on their experience, we’ve… Click to Continue Reading.
At OsgoodePD, we frequently talk about our ‘top-notch’ and ‘world class’ instructors. But rather than talk about them, we thought we should introduce our incredible faculty to you. As part of the instructor spotlight series, we had a chance to catch up with Martha Simmons, Program Director of the Osgoode LLM… Click to Continue Reading.
We spoke with Shwetha Pai, an alumna of Osgoode’s Full-Time Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law to learn about her journey as an internationally trained lawyer. She shares her insights, her challenges, and her accomplishments. Shwetha always wanted to come to Canada, and decided that Osgoode was at the core of that… Click to Continue Reading.