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York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

The official page of Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Osgoode Hall Law School is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the professional faculties at York University. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law school in Ontario until 1957. Osgoode Hall Law School is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Canada by Maclean's Magazine. The law school is home to the Law Reform Commission of Ontario, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, the German Law Journal, and the largest law library in the Commonwealth. Osgoode Hall Law School students may participate in a number of clinical and intensive programs, including the Community and Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP), the Poverty Law Intensive at Parkdale Community Legal Services, the Criminal Law Intensive, the Innocence Project, and the Osgoode Business Clinic. According to the Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools, Osgoode Hall Law School has the most extensive range of clinical programs in Canada. The primary student government at Osgoode is the Legal and Literary Society. Per jus ad justitiam: Through law to justice.