Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the Journal of Law and Social Policy, and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. A variety of LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
Bora Laskin was a Canadian jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of Canada from 1973 to 1984. Laskin was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court in 1970, and served on the Ontario Court of Appeal from 1965 to 1970. Before he was named to the bench, Laskin worked as a lawyer and in academia.
David Mills, was a Canadian politician, author, poet and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Paul James Cosgrove,, is a former Canadian jurist as well as a former politician.
The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and, by extension, the Government of Ontario. The Attorney General is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and oversees the Ministry of the Attorney General – the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system in the province of Ontario. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial Parliament who is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on the constitutional advice of the Premier of Ontario. The Ministry is the largest justice system in Canada and one of the largest in North America.
Abdullah Ahmed Said Khadr is a Canadian citizen whose alleged ties to terrorism resulted in a protracted international legal issue. Born in Canada, he grew up in Pakistan. As the oldest son of Ahmed Khadr, who had ties to the Afghani Mujahideen, Abdullah was sent to the Khalden military training camp as a boy. As a young adult, he allegedly became an arms dealer, selling illicit weapons to militants involved in the War in Afghanistan and related conflicts.
Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian.
John Henderson Lamont was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Robert Smith was a Canadian lawyer, politician and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
James Maclennan was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
William Henry Draper was a lawyer, judge, and politician in Upper Canada, later Canada West.
Allan Henry Hollingworth was a Canadian, lawyer, politician, and judge.
Henry John Boulton, was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada, as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
John O'Connor was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.
Edmund James Bristol, was a Canadian politician.
Thomas Moss was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented West Toronto in the House of Commons of Canada from 1873 to 1875 as a Liberal member.
James V. Maloney is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.
Arif Virani is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since July 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, Virani represents Parkdale—High Park in the House of Commons. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, he held a number of parliamentary secretary portfolios, including to the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2015 to 2017, and to the minister of Canadian heritage (multiculturalism) from 2017 to 2018, to the minister of justice and attorney general from 2018 to 2021, and to the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development from 2021 to 2023.
Nathalie Des Rosiers is a judge, lawyer, academic and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was the sixth Principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Ottawa—Vanier from 2016 to 2019. During her tenure as a Member of Provincial Parliament, Des Rosiers served in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne as Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. On December 18, 2023, she was appointed as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto.
Todd J. McCarthy is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement since September 22, 2023. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party, McCarthy was elected in the 2022 provincial election to represent Durham in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
