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1953 - An International Reputation
The Law Society receives numerous applications from recent immigrants seeking certification to practice law in Canada. The Law Society requires them to requalify by attending the Law School. By the end of the decade, the School would have students from Poland, Austria, Japan, Holland, Czechoslovakia, South Africa, Estonia, Italy, and Israel. Still photographs of bucolic scenery like this one, combined with political and relative economic stability, drew many to Canada after the war.
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1952 - Raising Morale
All Osgoode entrants now must have a bachelor’s degree. Despite the more rigorous admission requirements, classes will double in size by 1960. Three years later, the Society announces a $1.3 million investment to expand the Law School to accommodate these larger classes. Dean Smalley-Baker takes to naming each entering class. The class of 1954 were the “Pioneer Guards.”
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1950 - A Rocky Start
Osgoode is still reeling from the loss of its more experienced faculty members and looks to its young, full-time staff members like Allan Leal, Desmond Morton, and Donald Spence to pick up the slack. At least school spirit has improved, thanks to Dean Smalley-Baker reviving the Legal and Literary Society, and by creating new sports teams, clubs, and fraternities. Streetcar on Queen Street East, 1954.
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