November 7, 2019 ANNUAL BOOK LAUNCH Join us for the Osgoode Society’s Annual Book Launch on November 7 from 5:00 to 7:30 in Convocation Hall at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West. We are celebrating the publication of two fine works of legal history: Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer by Harry… Read more »
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2019 BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
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Annual Meeting of Members and Awards Ceremoney
THE OSGOODE SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN LEGAL HISTORY NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS & AWARDS CEREMONY On Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, the Society will hold its Annual Meeting in the Museum Room, 2nd Floor, Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto, beginning at 5.30 o’clock in the afternoon. AGENDA Approval of the Minutes from the… Read more »
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Professor Barrington Walker
Professor Barrington Walker, Department of History and Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, will discuss the relationship between his legal historical work and contemporary education and advocacy at a time when we are increasingly seeing anti-Black racism as a systemic rather than an individual problem. This event is for registered participants… Read more »
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J. Willard Hurst Prize
J. Willard Hurst Prize of the Law and Society Association, for the best book in English on socio-legal history for any country.
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Walter Owen Book Prize
Awarded by the Foundation of Legal Research.
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Indigenous Rights Litigator Jean Teillet
Jean Teillet will speak about her career in a question and answer session, which will also involve a discussion of the importance to her work of legal history. Jean has been litigator in the areas of Indigenous rights, including Métis rights, and in reproductive health law. Jean holds LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from the University… Read more »
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Prof. Jim Phillips
Jim Phillips is Professor of Law and History at the University of Toronto, and Editor-in-Chief of the Osgoode Society. He will speak about the book he is currently writing, a socio-legal history of women’s status, marriage breakdown, civil litigation and parliamentary divorce in Ontario in the 1870s. Currently tentatively scheduled for Wednesday February 28th. REGISTER HERE… Read more »
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Ian Binnie
Ian Binnie on Wednesday, May 1st . Former Supreme Court of Canada judge Ian Binnie will talk to the Osgoode Society about four prominent litigators whose careers Canadian legal history from Confederation to the present: Oliver Mowat, W.N. Tilley, J.J. Robinette, and Ian Scott. REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM LOGIN INFORMATION.
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2024 Events
The Osgoode Society will be having a series of evening legal history lecture events which will be held over Zoom. Please register for each event to receive Zoom login information. THIS EVENT THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE WILL ADD THIS PRESENTATION TO OUR FALL 2024 SPEAKER SERIES AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN A… Read more »
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John Douglas Arnup (1911 – 2005)
After being called to the bar in 1935 John Arnup practiced with Mason, Foulds, Davidson, Carter & Kellock (now Weir and Foulds). During his time at the firm, he became one of Toronto’s most highly regarded litigators. Arnup was elected a Bencher to the Law Society of upper Canada in 1952 and Treasurer in 1963…. Read more »