Osgoode Hall Law School,commonly shortened to Osgoode,is the law school of York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
The Law Society of Ontario is the law society responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1797 as the Law Society of Upper Canada,its name was changed by statute in 2018.
John Josiah Robinette,was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canada's premier legal authorities and litigators.
Gordon Fripp Henderson,was a Canadian intellectual property lawyer who joined the law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in 1937,and later became its chairman. He was known for his advocacy on intellectual property matters as well as his involvement in intellectual property organizations throughout his career. He served as president of the Canadian Bar Association and was a Companion of the Order of Canada.
John Douglas Arnup,was a Canadian judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario,who is best known for having pioneered universal legal aid in Ontario.
Goldwin Arthur Martin was a Canadian lawyer and judge who was known as an expert on criminal law. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1973 to 1988.
Julian Harris Porter,,is a Canadian lawyer and was Chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission from 1979 to 1987.
The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto is made up of several litigators,academics,arbitrators,and mediators from the Greater Toronto Area. The group promotes arbitration as an alternative method of conflict resolution over litigation,especially in commercial suits. Members include commercial litigators from Toronto law firms including some of the Seven Sisters of Bay Street. Each member has experience and interest in promoting commercial Arbitration. The group dedicates its time to encouraging this form of Dispute resolution through seminars,papers,and talks.
James Cooper Morton,C.S.,LL.M. was once a prominent Canadian lawyer with political aspirations,teaching law part-time,blogging and writing in the legal and popular press. In June 2018,he was charged with two counts of forgery of court documents,uttering forged documents,attempting to obstruct justice,signing what purported to be an affidavit without authority,bigamy,and procuring a feigned marriage. The Law Society of Ontario suspended Mr. Morton from practicing law in August 2018 and he pled guilty to criminal charges in April 2019.
Brian H. Greenspan, is a Canadian lawyer. He is one of the most prominent and respected defence lawyers in Canada.
Janet Walker is a Chartered Arbitrator with offices in Toronto,Canada,London,England and Sydney,Australia. She is a Canadian scholar and author in the fields of Private International Law and Civil Procedure at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is also a Distinguished Research Professor at York University. Walker is married to Australian lawyer and international arbitrator,Doug Jones AO.
Harvey Thomas Strosberg,is a Canadian lawyer. He is a senior partner at the law firm of Strosberg,Sasso,Sutts LLP.
Janet E. Minor is a former Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Sidney Bryan Linden is a former Chief Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and a judicial reformer and administrator in the province of Ontario,Canada.
Mark M. Persaud,LL.B.,LL.M,LL.D. is a Canadian lawyer,social entrepreneur,civic leader,and public figure. He is a former federal prosecutor. He is currently a senior legal counsel at the Persaud Law Group Professional Corporation.
Paul B. Schabas is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
M. David Lepofsky is a Canadian lawyer and disability advocate. Now retired from his position as General Counsel in Toronto,Lepofsky teaches at the University of Toronto and at Osgoode Hall Law School. Blind for much of his life,Lepofsky was named one of Canada's most influential lawyers in 2010.
Malliha Wilson is a Tamil Canadian lawyer who served as the Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Government of Ontario from April 2008 to November 2016. She was the first visible minority to hold that office.
Malcolm M. Mercer is a Canadian lawyer who served as Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario from June 2018 until June 2020. He was first elected as Treasurer of the Law Society on June 28,2018 and re-elected on June 27,2019. The Treasurer is the highest elected official of the Law Society of Ontario,which regulates Ontario’s 50,000 lawyers and paralegals in the public interest. The Treasurer presides over Convocation,the Law Society’s governing board,chairing and setting the agenda for its meetings and establishing Convocation committees. The Treasurer is elected each year at the June meeting of Convocation. Treasurers generally serve two terms.
Mahmud Jamal is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021. Jamal worked as a partner at Osler,Hoskin &Harcourt and taught law at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School before he was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2019. He was nominated to the Supreme Court on June 17,2021,taking office on July 1 to succeed Rosalie Abella. Jamal was born in Kenya to a family of South Asian origin,making him the first person from a visible minority group to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.
