News and Events
2026 Members Book Our members’ book for 2026 is Earl Cherniak, In the Courts: A Counsel’s Memoir, published by the University of Toronto Press. As the title suggests, this book is a…
Constance Backhouse, a Director of the Society and a six-time author of Osgoode Society books, was recently elected an honorary fellow of the American Society for Legal History. She joins…
Please join us in congratulating our President, The Hon. Paul Schabas, on receiving an Honorary LLD from The Law Society of Ontario. The Law Society awards honorary doctorates each year…
We are thrilled to announce that Ian Radforth’ s Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario that Gripped the World has been given the Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Prize….
One of our authors, Professor Emerita Shelley Gavigan of Osgoode Hall Law School, passed away on Sunday, April 20th. Shelley made immense contributions to Osgoode Hall Law School, particularly as…