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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1920 - A “Portia” Made Good
A second summer session is held for returning veterans. Convocation then suspends the veterans’ blanket exemption, stating that sufficient time had elapsed for veterans to seek to benefit from their service. Helen Kinnear, the first woman in the British Commonwealth to be appointed King’s Counsel, and John Robert Cartwright, future Chief Justice of Canada, graduate.
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1919 - A Return to Normalcy?
After years of low enrolment, Osgoode is coping with its largest classes. The Law School creates a special summer session for returning veterans that allows them to complete an academic year in a few months. The Law Society of Upper Canada waives school and articling requirements for veterans, students receive one year of law school credit in recognition of their service.
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1919 - “… to encourage the interchange of ideas and co-operation between women with legal training.”
Laura Denton Duff and Helen Currie gather together a handful of young women lawyers and law students in the offices of Frank Denton, K.C., Laura's father. They create the Women’s Law Association of Ontario. Barred from professional organizations, the WLAO’s monthly meetings provided the sole source of continuing legal education for women lawyers. This is a toast card from a dinner held in 1927.
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1917 - Doing Their Bit
The benchers vote to return the admission fees of all students killed in action to their families. In total, the Law Society of Upper Canada has invested $70,000 in Canadian Victory Bonds. This Victory Bonds poster was created by F. L. Nicolet in 1918.