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  Osgoode Hall at War

  As of December 1942 there were 118 men enrolled as students at Osgoode Hall who were members of Canada's armed forces.

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  Osgoode Hall Contingent of the Canadian Officer's Training Corps

  Osgoode Hall formed its own contingent of the Canadian Officer's Training Corps. Here they are at Niagara Camp, 1940. The Law School agrees that unlike what was offered to returning World War I veterans, there will be no short-cut summer courses for returning students. Instead, plans are laid for refresher courses to help lawyers return to practice.

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  Osgoode Hall Law School Class of 2014

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  Osgoode Hall Rifle Association

  Osgoode Hall Rifle Association trained lawyers, clerks, and law students without previous military experience. The Law Society of Upper Canada created a rifle range on the Osgoode Hall grounds, paid for rifles and ammunition, and provided Convocation Hall for military lectures.

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  Passing Grade for Enlisted Osgoode Students

  A motion passed by the Benchers gives enlisted Osgoode students a passing grade for the year in which they registered, while third year students are automatically called to the Bar.

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  [Reid, Hon. James] (1769-1848)

  Armorial. 11.5 x 7.2 cm. Harrod & Ayearst, p. 118.
  

  James Reid was born in Scotland and came to Canada around 1788. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1794 and in 1807 was appointed a judge of the Court of King’s Bench at Montreal. He had become a Chief Justice by 1825. He became a member of the Executive Council in 1838, but resigned from these duties and from the bench a few months later. He married William McGillivray's sister, Elizabeth in 1808, and in 1810 purchased a large property from the notary, Pierre Panet situated in the Faubourg Quebec in Montreal. He handled a great many of the North West Company's contractual matters, as well as the considerable amount of litigation involved.

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  Robertson, Thomas (1827-1905)

  Armorial. 10 x 6.9 cm. Gagnon I, 4944; Harrod. & Ayearst., p. 122; Masson Collection Vol. XI, #1799.
  

  Thomas Robertson was born in Ancaster, Upper Canada. He was educated at King’s College in Toronto and was called to the bar in 1852. He practiced in Hamilton and represented his hometown in the House of Commons from 1878-87. In 1887 he was appointed a judge of the chancery divisions of the High Court of Justice in Ontario and held this position until 1903. (Wallace).

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  Robinson, John Beverly (1791-1863)

  John Beverley Robinson was born in Lower Canada, son of a Virginia loyalist. The family moved to Kingston, Upper Canada, in 1792. In 1799 he was enrolled in the school in York recently opened by John Strachan, and he lived in the the Strachan household until 1807. At age 16, he left to enter the study of law D’Arcy Boulton. Robinson served in the War of 1812 as a militia officer under Sir Isaac Brock, and was appointed acting Attorney General of the province. From 1818-1829, Robinson was the Attorney General of Upper Canada, and, in 1829, he was appointed Chief Justice, Speaker of the Legislative Council, and President of the Executive Council of Upper Canada. As a judge he has had few equals in the history of Canadian judicature. [Motto: Propere et provide, or Quickly and cautiously]