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1935 - Ignoring the Results?
The Law Society’s Committee on Legal Education recommends that there be no expansion of the academic program and expresses regret that a university degree appears to be of more value than practical experience. Classroom hours are reduced, the second morning lecture is moved to late afternoon to accommodate office schedules and bencher authority over course content and teaching methods in the law school is reaffirmed.
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1933 - Academia vs. Practical Experience
The Law Society of Canada appoints a special committee in June to consider legal education. They commission submissions from the Osgoode Hall faculty, other law societies, students and practitioners, as well as local and national law associations. Most of these submissions argue for a return to higher entrance standards and for more academic law teaching as a long-term solution. Despite the grim economic climate, students take a night off to watch hockey at the newly opened Maple Leaf Gardens or go dancing at clubs like the Silver Slipper. This is a program from the first game played at the Gardens on November 12, 1931.
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1932 - Changing Admission Requirements
The minimum standard for admission as student-at-law returns to passing marks upon graduation from high school, plus either graduating from high school with Honours or the completion of the first year of university. View of Osgoode Hall and the newly constructed Canada Life building, 1934.
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1931 - Tough Times
The law firms that do not collapse in the stock market crash of 1929 cut back on staff. To make things worse, student fees have just been raised. Even students with articling positions are struggling to pay rent and put food on the table. Recent graduates are thrust into the worst job market in decades. Unemployment was literally waiting around the corner. These men are waiting for a meal outside a mission on Yonge Street.
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