Osgoode Constitutional Law Society

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Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (OCLS)
Institution Osgoode Hall Law School
Location Toronto, Ontario
Established2014

The Osgoode Constitutional Law Society (OCLS) is an official student society at Osgoode Hall Law School dedicated to the study and appreciation of constitutional law. Founded in 2014, OCLS is one of Osgoode's premier student organizations, hosting competitive law moots and speaking engagements, while fostering opportunities for academic and professional development in the field of constitutional law. [1]

History

The Osgoode Constitutional Law Society is an official student society funded and overseen by Osgoode's Legal & Literary Society. [2] During its first full academic season in 2014–15, OCLS hosted The Crown & Constitution speaker's series, with speakers including the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdswell, along with several leading academics in the study of the Canadian Crown, including Peter Russell and Jacques Monet. [3] [4] [5] The speaking series was sponsored by the Monarchist League of Canada, and participants were offered research publication opportunities through the York Centre for Public Policy and Law. [6] [7] [8]

During the 2015–16 academic year, OCLS hosted a number of speaking engagements with several of Canada's leading constitutional scholars, including Peter Hogg, David Leposfsky and Ontario's Deputy Attorney General, Patrick Monaghan. OCLS also organized a special event, The Magna Carta and Canada’s Constitution, to coincide with the 2015 Magna Carta exhibition at Toronto's historic Fort York. [9] [10]

In the 2021–22 academic year, OCLS hosted its first Constitutional Law Moot, [11] which has since become an annual hallmark of Osgoode Hall's academic season. The Moot's guest judges have included high-profile members of Canada's judiciary and legal community, including Michael Moldaver, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, [12] and Justice Lorne Sossin of the Ontario Court of Appeal. [13]

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