Membership
Join the Osgoode Society
Membership renewal materials for 2026 will be posted in mid-January. We are designing a new website and are waiting for it to be ready shortly.
Established in 1979, the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History publishes books on Canadian legal history, creates and preserves an oral history archive, and puts on legal history lectures and similar events.
Since 1981 the Society has published 129 books, including our 2025 books, on a remarkably diverse range of topics in Canadian legal history, and has recorded more than 700 oral histories from various members of the legal profession.
We have five categories of membership. With a regular membership, at $75, you receive the annual members’ book. The members’ book is also included with student memberships, which are $25. If you wish to not only join the Society but also contribute a donation to support its work, you can take out an Individual Sustaining Membership for $175. This brings you the members’ book and all the other benefits of membership, and a charitable tax donation for $100.
We also have a category of membership called the McMurtry Circle, at $500. Members of the McMurtry Circle receive the members’ book, a certificate of appreciation signed by our founder, the Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, and a charitable donation receipt for $425. Editor-in-Chief Professor Jim Phillips is a member of the McMurtry Circle, and encourages others to join. Society President Robert Sharpe used to be a member but has now become a patron. Finally, to respond to some of our members who tell us that they want to support the Osgoode Society but do not want our membership book, we have a ‘Membership – No Book’ category at $60.
The benefits of membership other than the members’ book and being able to support the most successful legal-historical organization in the common law world, include a regular newsletter giving notice of our events (five between January and May 2025) and other news, the ability to buy our optional extra books at a discount price compared to that charged by the publisher, and participation in our book sale specials – a bulk discount at any time and special sales at year’s end.
Members’ Book 2026
2026 MEMBER BOOK INFORMATION COMING SOON
Optional Extras
2026 BOOK INFORMATION COMING SOON
Please note that these titles have not yet been published. We expect a publication date in the fall but will send an update when we have more information. The book(s) you order below will be automatically sent to you.
Your membership in the Society helps us continue to promote and to preserve Canadian Legal History. Join us!
Renew or Join as an Individual Member with book for 2026 – $75
Includes the 2026 member’s book –
Optional Extras: You can choose to include the optional extras after clicking the join now link. There is an option to buy both optional extras and save $20, or save $30 on all three.
Renew or Join as an Student Member for 2026 – $25
Includes the 2026 member’s book –
Optional Extras:
Renew or Join as an Individual Sustaining Member for 2026 –
Includes the 2026 member’s book
Optional Extras: You can choose to include the optional extras after clicking the join now link. There is an option to buy both optional extras and save $20, or buy all three and save $30.
Renew or Join as an McMurtry Circle Member for 2026 – $500
Includes the 2026 member’s book –
Optional Extras: You can choose to include the optional extras after clicking the join now link. There is an option to buy both optional extras and save $20, or buy all three and save $30.
Renew or Join as an Individual Member no book for 2026 – $60
Members’ book is not included.
Gift Membership for 2026 – $75
All Gift Memberships include the 2026 member’s book.
Optional Extras: You can choose to include the optional extras after clicking the buy now link. There is an option to buy both optional extras and save $20, or buy all three and save $30.
A portion of the individual sustaining and McMurtry Circle memberships entitle the member to a charitable receipt.