Instructor Profile
After more than a decade in the legal innovation field, Al Hounsell is no stranger to technology hype cycles. His hiring at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP – where he is currently director of strategic innovation and legal design – coincided with the first wave of artificial intelligence products to… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileAl Hounsell helps the legal profession ride the wave of artificial intelligence excitement
It’s hard to imagine a job more tailormade for Dr. Adrienne Shnier than Program Director of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Health Law. As both a health lawyer and renowned health policy expert – her PhD research focused on pharmaceutical policy and regulation – Shnier’s career to date sounds like an… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileIntroducing the new Program Director of Osgoode’s Health Law LLM: Adrienne Shnier
When Ronda Bessner got her first taste of a public inquiry, she knew it would not be her last. “I was hooked, right from the start,” says Bessner, who took up her original role as senior legal analyst at the Royal Commission on the Blood System in Canada in… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileHow Administrative Law LLM Instructor Ronda Bessner Got Hooked on Public Inquiries
After more than 25 years in Aboriginal Law, Sandra Gogal says the practice area has changed dramatically from the one she got her start in. Gogal, a partner in the Aboriginal Law Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in Toronto, embarked on her aboriginal practice with a secondment to… Click to Continue Reading.
If you’re ever scheduled to meet with Jacqueline L. King – whether it’s for lunch, a work meeting, or to face off in court – there’s a good chance you’ll find her waiting when you arrive. “I’m often the first person there, sitting alone,” says King, a managing partner in… Click to Continue Reading.
John Tobin’s tax law career is about to come full circle. This fall – more than three decades after he earned the course prize as a student in Osgoode Hall Law School’s introductory tax law class – Tobin is set to start his role as co-director of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM… Click to Continue Reading.
“I know when most people hear the words ‘constitutional law,’ their eyes probably glaze over,” says Nicole Chrolavicius. But to her, there may be no area of law more fascinating, or more important. “I always tell my students this field is all about power,” she says. “How does society decide… Click to Continue Reading.
Professor Jinyan Li has defied the odds over and over again on her path to becoming co-program director of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Taxation Law. Li has been a fixture of the program – which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – for much of its history, but she could… Click to Continue Reading.
Marilyn Brown, Partner at LXM Law, has over 20 years of experience practicing in the areas of public procurement, government contracting and municipal law. We spoke with her on how her career in procurement law began, advice for those heading into the field, and what students can expect at the… Click to Continue Reading.
For Andrew Wong, practicing construction and infrastructure law was not a part of his initial career plan. Before he started teaching at Osgoode Professional Development (OsgoodePD), and even before he pursued his law degree on the West Coast, he was studying civil engineering at the University of Toronto. Andrew shared… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileFrom Nuclear Reactors to Naval Ships: 3 Questions with a Construction and Infrastructure Lawyer
Trevor C.W. Farrow never planned to be a lawyer. As a young student, he had no ambitions to go to law school and hadn’t considered what a career in law would look like. But now, Farrow is an esteemed professor and an Associate Dean at Osgoode Hall Law School. He… Click to Continue Reading.