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  • June 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society

    At this evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Justice Robert J. Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal was elected president of the Society. While R. Roy McMurtry, the founder and of the society and its long-serving president, has decided to step down, he will not… Read more »

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  • May 6, 2015 - Osgoode Society awarded 2015 Hugh Lawford Prize for Excellence in Legal Publishing

    The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History book series was the winner of the 2015 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing awarded by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries at their annual meeting in Moncton.  Congratulations to President/founder R. Roy McMurtry, editor in chief Jim Phillips, associate editor Philip Girard, and our authors past, present and… Read more »

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Recent News

  • April 23, 2025 In Memoriam - Prof. Shelley Gavigan
  • March 25, 2025 Art Auction of Pieces of Work by The Hon. Roy McMurtry - April 24th
  • March 21, 2025 Editor -in-Chief JimPhillips awarded the Law Society Medal for 2025
  • November 13, 2024 Two Osgoode Society books have recently been recognized in book awards administered by national legal organizations
  • October 29, 2024 Editor-in-Chief Jim Phillips Elected Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Legal History
  • September 3, 2024 Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Jim Phillips, Named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • June 24, 2024 Osgoode Hall Student Ambassador wins Silver Medal
  • January 15, 2024 In Memoriam - Fred Kaufman
  • November 13, 2023 Osgoode Society Oral History Director Featured in Globe and Mail
  • September 4, 2023 In Memoriam
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The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History was established in 1979 to promote the publication of work on the history of Canadian law, and to create and preserve an oral history archive.

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