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.
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.
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.
Robert James Sharpe,OC,FRSC is a Canadian lawyer,author,academic,and judge. He was dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law from 1990 to 1995 and a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1999 to 2020.
James Cooper Morton,C.S.,LL.M. was once a 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.
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.
Thomas G. Conway is a former Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Laura Legge,OOnt,QC was a recipient of the Order of Ontario in 2003.
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,entrepreneur,civic leader,and public figure. He is a former federal prosecutor.
Paul B. Schabas is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
M. David Lepofsky is a Canadian academic,retired lawyer,disability advocate. Blind for much of his life,Lepofsky was named one of Canada's most influential lawyers in 2010.
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.
Gordon I. Kirke is a Canadian sports and entertainment lawyer,university professor,and commentator on radio and television.
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 Indian origin,making him the first person from a visible minority group to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.
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.
