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More than 30 years after he left the engineering field, Pierre’s professional roots have never been too far from the surface as he built himself a new career in the legal field. Long before he became the lead intellectual property counsel at CCM Hockey in Montreal, Pierre’s lifelong fascination … Read more »

Behavioural Economics is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Financial Law that examines how psychological biases shape financial decision-making and the legal frameworks that respond to it. The course focuses on areas such as borrowing, debt and bankruptcy, exploring how law and r … Read more »

Back in 1998, Patrick Case thought he might be done with the field of education. Although he had helped transform the recruitment and advancement of racialized teachers during a successful stint in the equity office at the Toronto Boad of Education, Case left the post in the wake of amalgamation, af … Read more »

Protection of Intangible Business Interests is an elective course in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Intellectual Property Law. The course explores how the common law protects valuable business information and relationships that fall outside traditional intellectual property regimes, such as trade s … Read more »

When Nigerian lawyer Opeyemi Theresa Oloruntogbe arrived in Canada, she expected a fresh start, but it wasn’t exactly what she planned for.  After practicing law for almost two years in Nigeria, Opeyemi was excited to begin the LLM in Canadian Common Law at Osgoode Professional Development to mov … Read more »