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November 2024

Issue 27

  • Simulation in Legal Education: Authentic Learning in Law
  • OsgoodePD blended program helps Miller Thomson LLP provide hands-on training for associates
  • Osgoode certificate program brings pension law out of the shadows
  • Video: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health Care (57m)
  • Faculty Profile: Constitutional Law profs Fay Faraday and Bruce Ryder bring legal practice and academia together
  • Alumni Profile: LLM alumna Kim Gale’s entrepreneurial spirit shines through

September 2024

Issue 25

  • Andrea Menard and Marc Bhalla model Indigenous allyship to students pursuing a Professional LLM in Dispute Resolution
  • Simulated Clients (SCs) in Legal Education Showcased at International Conference
  • Lisa Stam explores the legal implications of remote work at OsgoodePD
  • Join Amy ter Haar and Aaron Grinhaus at the forefront of Web3, Blockchain and Metaverse Law
  • Faculty Profile: John D.R. Craig (2024 CLE Contribution Award)
  • Faculty Profile: Natalija Popovic (2024 Professional LLM Teaching Award)
  • Announcing the first winner of the Professional LLM Prize in Taxation Law
  • Video: Privacy in Health: The Indigenous Perspective (35m)
  • Join our community! OsgoodePD is on Instagram.

October 2024

Issue 26

  • Building expertise in construction law at OsgoodePD
  • Welcoming our inaugural Professional LLM in Construction Law class
  • Keeping up to speed in the constantly evolving ESG and sustainability field
  • Memorial plaque for Heather Gore Liddell and Paul Wye
  • Video: Early and Successful Return to Work After a Mental Health Related Absence: A Practical Case Study (51m)
  • Faculty Profile: Sara Slinn
  • Alumni Profile: Damilola Katibi

June 2024

Issue 23

  • Celebrating Excellence: Highlights from the 10th Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD)
  • Tamara Barclay dove deeply into constitutional law at OsgoodePD
  • Video: Avoiding Common Drafting Mistakes (58m)
  • Student Profile: Dmitry Shniger
  • Faculty Profile: Al Hounsell
  • Congratulations to our 2024 OsgoodePD Teaching Award Winners

July 2024

Issue 24

  • Introducing The Osgoode Certificate in Law Teaching
  • Remembering Paul Wye
  • New Integrated Practice and Problem-Based Learning Courses Give Students a Chance to Use Knowledge and Develop Skills in a Canadian Context
  • Video: Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Decentralized Finance (57m)
  • Alumni Profile: Mariana Ribeiro
  • Faculty Profile: Barnali Choudhury

Adrienne Schnier, Program Director for the part-time LLM in Health Law

May 2024

Issue 22

  • Program Director of Health Law LLM a role tailor-made for Dr. Adrienne Shnier
  • OsgoodePD faculty get a workout at bootcamp on “intensives”
  • Remembering Heather Gore-Liddell 
  • The Professional LLM welcomes professionals and executives without a prior law degree. This is who they are.
  • Video: Technology – Back to the Basics (49m)
  • Alumni Profile: Nathan Roth

Infographic Crop from the OITLD 10 Year Article

April 2024

Issue 21

  • Climate Change Law a Core of OsgoodePD Programs
  • Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day: Celebrating 10 years of Diversity, Advocacy, Mentorship and Empowerment
  • Osgoode Energy and Infrastructure Law LLM alumnus: Marty Venalainen
  • Video: Understanding Theories of Discrimination (1h 27m)
  • Earth Day 2024: Photos from our LLM students
  • Alumni Profile: Kim Westfall-Connor
  • Faculty Profile: Benjamin Berger

Stock image for Navigating the civil sexual assault landscape

March 2024

Issue 20

  • Celebrating International Women’s Day: Insights from Osgoode’s Program Directors
  • Navigating the Civil Sexual Assault Claims Landscape
  • Video: Charter Challenges (1h 25m)
  • Alumni Profile: Hilary Chung
  • Faculty Profile: Annie Noa Kenet and Eric Sadvari

Photo from recent OsgoodePD event on Ministry of the Attorney General jobs for LLM students

February 2024

Issue 19

  • How LLM Instructor Ronda Bessner Got Hooked on Public Inquiries
  • Ministry of the Attorney General Jobs for LLM Students
  • Video: Corporate Governance in Mining (1h 25m)
  • Alumni Profile: Justice Agyemang
  • Faculty Profile: Carys Craig and Martin Kratz

Financial Assistance

January 2024

Issue 18

  • Sandra Gogal bears witness to Aboriginal Law evolution
  • A new year: looking back, looking forward
  • Video: Understanding the Complexities of the Indigenous Health Crisis (52m)
  • Alumni Profile: Hardeep Chahal
  • Faculty Profile: Lauren Bernardi

Gavel on top of book stack

November 2023

Issue 17

  • Recent Webinars Explore the Latest in Taxation Policy
  • “Evidence is the cornerstone of litigation, so we hit it from every angle” – Civil Litigator’s Survival Guide to Evidence
  • A law school experience designed for working professionals
  • Video: Motion Advocacy: Guidance from the Bench (1h13m)
  • Alumni Profile: Imran Noorani
  • Faculty Profile: Antonella Ceddia

International students at a seminar for Osgoode's Internationally Trained Lawyers Day.

October 2023

Issue 16

  • What’s New in the Canadian Common Law LLM: Practice Skills for Internationally Trained Lawyers 
  • Courtroom Testimony for Law Enforcement Professionals: Bridging the Expectation Gap
  • Welcome to John Tobin: New Co-Director of the Professional LLM in Tax Law
  • Alumni Profile: Bill Watson
  • Faculty Profile: Andrea Lee
  • Video: Labour Law Issues in Pensions: Management and Union Perspectives (57m)

Michael Tam, Osgoode Program Lawyer, sitting and chatting with two LLM students

September 2023

Issue 15

  • In Memoriam: Paul Wye
  • Resources for Internationally Trained Lawyers (Four-part blog series)
  • Introducing Osgoode’s New Part-Time LLM in Construction Law
  • Book recommendation: Reflections on Allyship
  • Video: Despite All Best Intentions: Renegotiation and Dispute Resolution (54m)
  • Alumni Profile: Chessa Jope
  • Alumni Profile: Pierre Cantin

July 2023

Issue 14

  • Celebrating 10 Years of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law
  • Diversity, Inclusion and Mentorship: Insights From an Internationally Trained Lawyer at OITLD
  • Justice Michael Doi shares some advice for all former, current and future students at our 9th annual OITLD + Seven uplifting quotes and tips from OITLD 2022
  • OsgoodePD’s resources for Internationally Trained Lawyers
  • OsgoodePD Staff on Campus
  • Congratulations to our 2023 OsgoodePD Teaching Award Winners
  • Alumni Profile: Lotus Menezes
  • Faculty Profile: Nicole Chrolavicius

June 2023

Issue 13

  • In memory of Heather Gore-Liddell
  • New P3 models the focus of revamped Certificate
  • Back in person for OITLD 2023!
  • Osgoode celebrates 30 years of the LLM in Taxation Law
  • Complimentary On-Demand Webinar: Trial Tips from the Bench: Practical Strategies for Effective Advocacy
  • Alumni Profile: Cherie Daniel
  • Faculty Profile: The Honourable Justice Ward Branch

April 2023

Issue 12

  • ESG Risks Impossible to Ignore as Environmental Issues Go Mainstream
  • Recent Workshop Draws on Engineering Education to Help Law Students Work in Teams
  • OsgoodePD Launches Digital Credentials for CLE Certificates
  • New Program on Charter Essentials for Criminal Law Investigators Launches
  • Video: Foundations in ESG, Law and Policy (75m)
  • Alumni Profile: Yakov Radyushin
  • Student Profile: Catherine Milliken

March 2023

Issue 11

  • Taxation Law Edition
  • Celebrating 30 years of the Professional LLM inTaxation Law
  • Co-Director Profile: Jinyan Li
  • Alumni Profile: Heather Evans
  • Alumni Profile: Mark Tonkovich

February 2023

Issue 10

  • New Certificate Focuses on Managing Supply Chain Risks and Sustainability
  • Alumni Spotlight: Nana Yanful
  • Reflections on Creating Interactive Skills-Based Hybrid Programs
  • Video: Law, Technology and the Construction Industry (59m)
  • Faculty Profile: Andrew Wong & Marilyn Brown
  • OsgoodePD Staff Book Recommendations

December 2022

Issue 9

  • Time Passages: A reflection from Victoria Watkins
  • Oh What Fun!: Professional LLM Holiday Party
  • Alumni Profile: Yanki Gur 
  • Faculty Profile: Roxanne Mykitiuk

November 2022

Issue 8

  • Osgoode’s Certificate in Entertainment Law: 10 Years Later
  • An LLM in Dispute Resolution Grad Trip that Turned Online Classmates into Lifelong Friends
  • Arts-based Osgoode Professional Development Course Seeks to Change Conflict Culture, One Lawyer at a Time
  • Video: E-Discovery
  • Alumni Profile: Adam Deverett
  • Faculty Profile: Brigette Catellier

October 2022

Issue 7

  • Miscarriages of Justice: Bringing Justice System Participants Together to Prevent and Right the Wrongs
  • Kevin Cyr on Urgent Legal Issues in Policing
  • Video: Fireside Chat with Associate Justice Wiebe: Best Practices in Court & “Dos + Don’ts” (58m)
  • Alumni Profile: Heather-Anne Hubbell
  • Alumni Profile: Dian Thompson

September 2022

Issue 6

  • Are Truth and Reconciliation part of your lifelong learning?
  • Video: Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law – Understanding the Historic Narrative & Legal Implications (1h 35m)
  • Osgoode staff and faculty book recommendations
  • Welcoming our new Fall 2022 full-time students and award winners
  • The Osgoode Certificate in Advanced HR Law for Senior HR Executives takes a strategic approach
  • Alumni Profile: Dr. Paula Cashin
  • Faculty Profile: Susheel Gupta

July & August 2022 – Summer

Issue 5

  • Privacy and Cybersecurity: Navigating Canada’s Evolving Legal Landscape
  • Crown Indigenous Negotiations
  • Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD)
  • Video: Crucial Risk Management Update
  • Student Profile: Joanne Thornton
  • Faculty Profile: Sara R. Cohen and Ellen K. Embury
  • OsgoodePD Staff Book Recommendations

June 2022

Issue 4

  • 60th Anniversary of Ontario’s Human Rights Code
  • Certificates for HR Professionals
  • A Call to Action: Reconciliation Through Legal Education
  • Video: The Hon. Frank N. Marrocco, Q.C. reflects
  • Alumni Profile: Evelyn Thompson-Smith
  • Faculty Profile: Trevor C. W. Farrow
  • Congratulations to our Teaching Award Winners

May 2022

Issue 3

  • Articling recruitment: are you fishing in the right pond?
  • From clerk to counsel: remembering Rajeev Vijan
  • Germán Morales Farah: International Business Law
  • Video: Complimentary webinar – “The Metaverse”
  • Student Profile: Boluwatife Awe (Intellectual Property LLM)
  • Faculty Profile: David Thomas (CLE)

April 2022

Issue 2

  • OsgoodePD looks to the future
  • Meeting the needs of the construction industry
  • New Course: Non-verbal Evidence in Court
  • Video: The impact of COVID-19 on labour law
  • Alumni Profile: Anna Tersigni (CLE, Health Law)
  • Faculty Profile: Janet Walker (LLM)

March 2022

Issue 1

  • Meeting the needs of our healthcare industry
  • Global legal relationships are changing faster than ever
  • Video: Financial Statements for Legal Professionals
  • Alumni Profile: David Cade (Tax Law LLM)
  • Faculty Profile: Kim Bernhardt (CLE)