The images in this collection are collected from several series of historical photos throughout Osgoode Digital Commons.
If you would like to view the images in their original galleries please follow the links below:
Osgoode@125 Historical Photo ExhibitOsgoode Catalysts
Remembrance Day
Graduating Class Composites
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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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1988 - The Boys (and Girls) of Summer
A national conference on the Free Trade Agreement is held at Osgoode. Osgoode student representatives take first place in the final round of the Niagara International Moot competition against the team from Dalhousie. A controversial ban limits smoking in the Law School to two designated rooms. New student groups include the Osgoode International Law Society and a Native Law Student Association. Student sports teams now include hockey, softball, touch football, inner tube water polo, broomball, and basketball. Golf, squash, and ping pong tournaments are held regularly. Here, touch football enthusiasts toss the pigskin around the front lawn of Osgoode.
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1987 - La Belle Province
The Obiter Dicta celebrates its 60th anniversary. James Curry MacPherson is appointed Dean of Osgoode, while Louise Arbour becomes the Associate Dean. An exchange program between the new Centre for Research in Public Law and Public Policy and the Centre de Recherche en Droit Publique de l’Université de Montréal is established. The Nelson Mandela Law Society is established as part of the world-wide movement against Apartheid in South Africa.
