Justice Sheilah Martin of the Supreme Court of Canada will discuss her career and her views on the importance of legal history. *** Approved for 1 hour of Professionalism Hours.
140 Search Results for: Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General
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John McLaren
John McLaren is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Victoria Law School and one of Canada’s foremost legal historians. A prolific author, scholar, and educator, McLaren’s research focusses mostly on comparative colonial law, social justice, cultural diversity, religion, and public morality in the context of legal history. His interest is particularly in contested interpretations… Read more »
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Evening of Canadian Legal History -Sheilah Martin of the Supreme Court of Canada
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September 5, 2018 - Recent Article and Review of Claire L’Heureux-Dube: A Life by Constance Backhouse
Please see the recent article and review of Claire L’Heureux-Dube: A Life which appeared in the Globe and Mail on Monday. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-retired-supreme-court-justice-claire-lheureux-dubes-biography/
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February 17, 2021 - Osgoode Society Director, Linda Silver Dranoff, Appointed to the Order of Ontario
Please join us in congratulating Linda Silver Dranoff on being appointed to the Order of Ontario for 2019. For the complete list of appointees, and more information on this honour, please visit https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/59858/the-2019-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario. Linda Silver Dranoff — Toronto A lawyer, writer and social justice activist, Linda Silver Dranoff has devoted her career to transforming family law,… Read more »
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November 15, 2021 - The Law Foundation of Ontario Announces Recipients of Catalyst Grant Funding
The Law Foundation of Ontario has selected 25 nonprofit organizations to participate in the second cycle of Catalyst, its highly competitive core funding program. Please see the official announcement here – https://lawfoundation.on.ca/news/19-7m-in-core-funding-to-support-leading-access-to-justice-organizations/. The Osgoode Society is very grateful for the continued support from The Law Foundation of Ontario.
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Ellen Anderson
Ellen Anderson is a partner at Anderson Adams Lawyers in Innisfil. . She worked for twelve years as a college teacher and took time to raise her children before embarking on her legal career. She was awarded the Canadian Bar Association Viscount Bennett Fellowship to write the authorized biography of Madam Justice Bertha Wilson (1999)…. Read more »
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Philip Girard
Philip Girard is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. From 1984 until 2013 he was a Professor of Law, History and Canadian Studies, and University Research Professor at Dalhousie University. He is also Associate Editor of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. He was law clerk to Mr. Justice W.Z. Estey… Read more »
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Greg Marquis
Dr. Marquis is a professor at the Department of History and Politics at the University of New Brunswick. He is prolific scholar, interested in the area of Canadian and criminal justice history, social history of crime, history of policing, history of alcohol control, and other areas of history of law enforcement. Dr. Marquis is on… Read more »
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Kent Roach
Kent Roach is a Professor of Law, Criminology, and Political Science at the University of Toronto, and the Prichard-Wilson Chair of Law and Public Policy. He was law clerk to Madame Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada (1988-1989) before joining the University of Toronto. He has published numerous articles on the current… Read more »
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Bradley Miller
Bradley Miller, BA (Toronto), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Toronto) Bradley Miller is Associate Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the Keenleyside Chair in Canada and the World. He teaches criminal justice history, constitutional and international legal history, and the history of Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His research… Read more »