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2026 Members Book Our members’ book for 2026 is Earl Cherniak, In the Courts: A Counsel’s Memoir, published by the University of Toronto Press. As the title suggests, this book is a…
Constance Backhouse, a Director of the Society and a six-time author of Osgoode Society books, was recently elected an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History. She joins…
Please join us in congratulating our President, The Hon. Paul Schabas, on receiving an Honorary LLD from The Law Society of Ontario. The Law Society awards honorary doctorates each year…
We are thrilled to announce that Ian Radforth’ s Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario that Gripped the World has been given the Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Prize….
One of our authors, Professor Emerita Shelley Gavigan of Osgoode Hall Law School, passed away on Sunday, April 20th. Shelley made immense contributions to Osgoode Hall Law School, particularly as…
HeARTs for Hunger An Art Auction of Pieces of Work by the Hon. Roy McMurtry (1932-2024) SAVE THE DATE 24 April 2025 | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Osgoode…
On March 20, 2025, the Law Society of Ontario announced that 6 people have been awarded the Law Society Medal for 2025. They include Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips. The citation…
Lori Cambers and Joan Sangster, eds., Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume XII: New Essays in Women’s History (2023) was an honourable mention in the category of collective works awarded…
Prof. Jim Phillips has been elected an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the highest honour the Society bestows. Congratulations to our Editor-in-Chief! https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/jim-phillips-elected-honorary-fellow-american-society-legal-history
Osgoode Society Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips was recently named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The official announcement reads: “Jim Phillips, Professor of Law and History, University of Toronto,…