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Susan Hare ’93 (1952- )
Susan Hare is one of the first aboriginal lawyers in Ontario and in 2007 became one of the first aboriginal benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada. She is a member of the M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Hare was instrumental in the establishment of the Aboriginal Lands, Resources & Governments Intensive Law Program at Osgoode. In 1994, The Susan Hare Fund was established at Osgoode in her honour. In 2003, she was a recipient of Osgoode’s Alumni Gold Key Award for outstanding achievement.
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1991 - Honourable Friends
As part of the Law School’s centennial celebrations, retroactive LLB degrees are offered to lawyers who were called to the bar before Osgoode Hall became a degree-granting institution in 1957. Among the 2000 recipients are Frederick Catzman, Nathan Strauss, and Paul Martin, Sr. of the classes of 1928 and 1929.
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1990 - The Centre for Feminist Legal Studies opens at Osgoode
It is intended to encourage creative discussion and other initiatives concerning feminism and law among academics, students, and members of the legal profession. The Immigration and Refugee Law Intensive is introduced as a way for students to assess the roles that lawyers play in the design and implementation of immigration and refugee law. As part of the Teach in China Program, several Osgoode graduates teach law at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in the City of Chongqing, China . The first Annual Environmental Law Symposium is held at Osgoode. Osgoode students rally in support of Mohawk protestors during the Oka Crisis.
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1989 - Reaching for Utopia
Osgoode Hall Law School celebrates its centennial. Dianne Martin ‘76 joins the Osgoode faculty. Three justices of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union visit and sit in on Trial Practice class, where they participate in a half-hour mock trial. An Ad Hoc Committee on Race Relations is established by Faculty Council to gather information about overt and systemic forms of discrimination within the Law School. The third annual Barbara Betcherman Memorial Lecture hosts Canadian author Margaret Atwood, in keeping with its mission to develop and promote ideas about women and the law.
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