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Founded in 1889 by the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School is Canada’s second-oldest and largest common-law law school. It takes its name from Osgoode Hall, built on Queen Street in Toronto in 1829. The School was housed there until its affiliation with York University and move in 1968.

OsgoodePD’s flagship academic programs include a course-based Professional LLM degree with 14 specializations, taught on campus or through distance learning by Osgoode’s award-winning professors, senior practitioners, judges and policymakers. The International Business Law LLM and Canadian Common Law LLM programs are designed specifically for internationally trained lawyers. If a degree isn’t your goal, you can choose from a selection of LLM courses offered each year as individual courses.

Osgoode is a driving force in legal research. 

With an impressive history of scholarship, Osgoode is recognized as one of the world’s leading law faculties for research excellence. The School has strong connections with the legal profession, government and law schools nationally and internationally. With one of the largest full-time faculties of any Canadian law school, Osgoode is a hub of intellectual activity. Its professors and students actively bring their research into the world, where it can inform public policy and benefit communities locally and globally.

Osgoode Hall Law School graduates are in high demand and work at many of the country’s largest, mid-sized and boutique law firms. Many have gone on to establish their own practices across diverse areas of law. Our graduates have clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and a range of federal courts, including courts of appeal and trial courts. Others serve the public through legal aid clinics, non-profit organizations and a variety of public sector roles.