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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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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1929 - Of Good Character
The Law Society makes character references mandatory for students applying to law school. Famed criminal lawyer J.J. Robinette and Frederick Catzman, author of the Bulk Sales Act of Ontario, graduate. Robinette wins the Gold Medal, while Catzman takes Silver. This is the 1929 call to the Bar.
