Clinical Education & Intensive Programs

2017 Information Session

Welcome Students, Directors & Guests

Clinical Education & Intensive Programs 2017/18 • Advanced Business Law Workshop I (Corporate Finance) • Advanced Business Law Workshop II (Mergers & Acquisitions) • Clinics & Intensive Programs:

• Aboriginal Lands, Resources & Governments • Anti-Discrimination Intensive Program • CLASP • Criminal Law • Disability Law • Environmental Justice & Sustainability Clinic • Immigration & Refugee Law (NOT OFFERED FOR 2017/18) • Innocence Project • Intellectual Property & Technology Law • International & Transnational Law Intensive Program • Mediation Clinic • Osgoode Business Clinic • Poverty Law at Parkdale Community Legal Services • Test Case Litigation Project

(PENDING APPROVAL) • **Feminist Advocacy: Ending Violence Against Women Clinic • **Investor Protection Clinic

Students with Disabilities

Osgoode Hall Law School has an ongoing commitment to social justice and to the recognition of the dignity and worth of every person. It seeks to provide accessible education, responsive to the unique strengths and needs of each individual student and attentive to the removal of barriers to full inclusion for persons with disabilities. York University has a range of resources to assist students with physical, mental, psychiatric and learning disabilities in achieving their educational objectives, including within clinical programs. Students with disabilities requiring accommodation in a clinical program are encouraged to get in touch with any or all of the following: the director of the program in which you are enrolled, Nancy Sperling in the Student Services Office, or your disability counsellor at CDS.

Students Considering Joint Programs

Students in the first-year program at Osgoode Hall Law School who have applied - or are applying - to join a joint-degree program (JD/MBA; JD/MA (Philosophy; JD/MES) program, are ineligible to accept an offer from any Osgoode clinical or intensive program for the following year until they confirm that they have withdrawn their application to the joint program. The Assistant Dean, Students or Associate Dean (Students) may grant an exemption to this policy, with the consent of the Academic Director(s) of the Osgoode Clinical or Intensive program(s) concerned and only if the application for an exemption is received prior to the student accepting the offer with the clinical or intensive program. No applications for exemption will be entertained once the student has accepted the position.

The Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources & Governments began in 1993, and is one of the best programs in North America to explore the legal issues relating to Indigenous people and Indigenous rights. The program combines a rigorous academic experience with challenging placements in the field. The full-term program begins with two weeks of intensive training at Osgoode followed by seven weeks of externship placement, and ending with another two weeks of seminars back at Osgoode. DIRECTORS Professors Andrée Boisselle & Amar Bhatia CREDITS 15 SEMESTER Winter LOCATION Various organizations in Canada and beyond SEMINAR Bookended around placements PRE-REQUISITES Native Rights, or other foundational course in Aboriginal law PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Two papers (a written and oral presentation on placement, and a major legal

research paper), receiving a letter grade worth 3 credits each. The other 9 credits are Credit/No Credit, with a written evaluation of the quality of your placement work included in your transcript.

INTENSIVE PROGRAM IN ABORIGINAL LANDS, RESOURCES AND GOVERNMENTS

IPALRG tackles a crucial legal challenge: How to build non-oppressive relations on and w/Indig peoples & on Indg lands#CEIP/17

The Advanced Corporate Finance Workshop draws together various aspects of corporate and securities law involving corporate finance transactions. Through an interactive workshop format, students will gain insights into the practical aspects of structuring, negotiating and executing bank financings and transactions in the capital markets. DIRECTOR Adjunct Professors Carol Pennycook & James Reid

CREDITS 5

SEMESTER Fall LOCATION Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP

SEMINAR Weekly

PRE-REQUISITES Business Associations and Securities Regulation

PRAXICUM? No

OPIR? No

EVALUATION Three assignments, one of which is a group assignment involving the negotiation and drafting of a loan agreement, and class participation.

ADVANCED BUSINESS LAW I: CORPORATE FINANCE

ABLWI-Learn how issuers raise capital and roles that lawyers & students play in negotiating and executing deals with @Davies #CEIP/17

The Advanced Mergers & Acquisitions Workshop draws together various aspects of securities and corporate law under the broad title of “M&A” and applies that knowledge to analyzing typical problems that confront a business lawyer involved in M&A transactions. It is also intended that students will develop practical skills such as negotiating, and presentation skills necessary for a business lawyer.

DIRECTOR Adjunct Professors Patricia Olasker & Alex Moore CREDITS 5 SEMESTER Winter LOCATION Davies Ward Philips & Vineberg LLP SEMINAR Weekly PRE-REQUISITES Business Associations and Securities Regulation PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? No EVALUATION Evaluation will be based on three assignments, including the preparation of a

memorandum or letter of advice to a client in respect of various issues which may arise in an M&A transaction and a group assignment involving the negotiation and drafting of a term sheet for an M&A transaction, and class participation.

ADVANCED BUSINESS LAW II: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

ABLW II - The ins and outs of public M&A with seasoned Bay Street practitioners from @Davies #CEIP/17

The Anti-Discrimination Program is an exciting collaboration between Osgoode and the Human Rights Legal Support Centre. The Centre offer human rights legal services to individuals throughout Ontario who have experienced discrimination contrary to the Ontario Human Rights Code. The program offers students the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge of anti-discrimination law and to see an administrative law process from beginning to end. Students participate in the Centre’s public inquiries service and are responsible for conducting detailed legal interviews on files that are referred from intake. In addition, students draft legal documents, partner with a Centre lawyer to prepare and attend a mediation and partner with a lawyer on a file that is scheduled for hearing by the Tribunal.

DIRECTOR Professor Faisal Bhabha CREDITS 15 SEMESTER Placement either Fall or Winter, Seminar in both terms LOCATION Human Rights Legal Support Centre SEMINAR Throughout the Fall and Winter Terms PRE-REQUISITES None required PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Students receive a letter grade for the seminar (2 credits) and for their

research papers (3 credits). Clinical work, 10 credits (credit/no credit).

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION INTENSIVE PROGRAM

#ADIP offers full-time, full-term placement at the #HRLSC. Help real people litigate #antidiscrimination. Learn from

top notch lawyers. #CEIP/17

CLASP is an interdisciplinary team where students work with low-income individuals and families from the community in a variety of roles; initial intake interviews, researching and preparing a file for trial and representing clients before courts and tribunal. CLASP enables students to get a true taste of what it’s like to practice law. Second and third-year students apply to be Division Leaders in one of the four divisions: Administrative, Criminal, Immigration or Family. In addition to their file work, Division Leaders also participate in law reform, community development, and public legal education initiatives. Students begin in May as paid caseworkers for the summer and then continue for credit during the academic year.

DIRECTOR Adjunct Professor Suzanne Johnson

CREDITS 15

SEMESTER Full Year LOCATION Clinic located at Osgoode

SEMINAR Weekly

PRE-REQUISITES Evidence as pre- or co-requisite is strongly encouraged Family Law required pre- or co-requisite for students in the family law division

PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION Student division leaders receive 9 credit hours on a credit/no credit basis for successfully completing their clinical work during the academic year. Seminar (3 credits graded), research paper (3 credits graded).

COMMUNITY & LEGAL AID SERVICES PROGRAM (CLASP)

CLASP: substantive and hands- on legal experience with clients to drive community development and engagement with social work

support#CEIP/17

The Intensive Program in Criminal Law immerses students in the criminal law adjudicatory process. Students are exposed to a wide variety of experiences through lectures delivered by leading experts, visits to correctional facilities, and a 10-week externship placement. The goal of the placement is to furnish students with an opportunity to both observe and become involved in the criminal process in action. DIRECTOR Adjunct Professor Enzo Rondinelli CREDITS 15 SEMESTER Winter LOCATION Students are placed with defence counsel, Crown Attorneys’ Offices

or the Ontario Court of Justice SEMINAR Weekly PRE-REQUISITES Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure & Evidence PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Seminar (3 credits graded), paper (3 credits graded), placement (9

credits evaluated on credit/no credit basis).

CRIMINAL LAW INTENSIVE

Drugs, sex, and murder…and that's just the boring stuff you'll deal with in the Criminal Intensive Program #CEIP17

The Disability Law Intensive (DLI) is offered in partnership with ARCH Disability Law Centre. Students begin their placement at ARCH during the first week of the Fall term until the end of the academic year on a part-time basis – 2 full days a week. Participants will spend one semester performing direct client services work and one semester engaged in law and policy reform. They will work directly with at least one staff lawyer at ARCH who will provide guidance and review their work. The program encourages critique and reflection of social justice and the eradication of barriers facing people with disabilities. Students derive satisfaction in working towards the removal of barriers that affect “the minority that everybody joins.” - D. Lepofsky Past students have worked on SCC interventions, HRTO applications and mediations, class actions, and test case litigation. DIRECTOR Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk

CREDITS 15

SEMESTER Full Year

LOCATION ARCH Disability Law Centre

SEMINAR Mandatory week in August, bi-weekly during the academic term

PRE-REQUISITES Disability & the Law (can be taken concurrently)

PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION Clinical work, 10 credits (credit/no credit); seminar 2 credits (graded); and a research assignment, 3 credits (graded).

DISABILITY LAW INTENSIVE

Join the DLI at @ARCHdisability to build BOTH your client services and law reform skills and work to challenge the exclusions of persons with

(dis)abilities #CEIP/17

In this two-term program, students explore the theory and practice of public interest environmental law, working on files chosen for their likely lasting positive impact on environmental justice and sustainability. The Clinic does a variety of work (litigation, law reform, legal education, legal drafting, etc.) for a variety of clients (individuals, communities, NGOs, municipalities, First Nations, social enterprises, etc.), both on its own initiative and in cooperation with external organizations. CO-DIRECTORS Professor Stepan Wood, Adjunct Professor David Estrin

CREDITS 15

SEMESTER Full Year LOCATION Osgoode Hall Law School SEMINAR Approximately 14 meetings across the Fall and Winter terms PRE-REQUISITES Pre/co-requisites: At least one of Environmental Law, Land Use

Planning or Municipal Law PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION Seminar (3 graded credits), clinical work (9 credits evaluated on credit/no credit basis) and a research assignment (3 credits)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE & SUSTAINABILITY CLINIC

Oz JD students: Join us to fight environmental injustice &; promote sustainability through experiential education

https://t.co/Xe1szOPL7F #CEIP/17

The Program exposes students to a challenging series of clinical placements, hands-on simulations, seminars and research work that reflect on contemporary issues in domestic and international immigration and refugee law and policy. The Program’s objective is to assist students to critically assess the underlying tenets of this rapidly evolving body of public law, and the roles that lawyers play in the design and implementation of immigration and refugee law. Director Adjunct Professor Sasha Baglay Credits 15 Semester Winter Location Osgoode Hall Law School & Placements Seminar Seminars 4 times a week during first 5 weeks of the semester + 2

seminars after the placement (no meetings during placement period) Pre-Requisites Immigration Law and Refugee Law Praxicum? Yes OPIR? Yes Evaluation Research paper (3 graded credits), Immigration Module (4 graded credits) Refugee

Module (4 graded credits), Placement (4 ungraded credits)

INTENSIVE PROGRAM IN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE LAW NOT OFFERED FOR 2017/18 APPLICATION/ENROLMENT

IPI&RL provides insight into the fascinating world of theory and practice of immigration and refugee law in Canada. #CEIP/17

Under the supervision of Professor Young, up to 10 students review case files of individuals who claim to have been wrongfully convicted and who have exhausted all of their appeals. Students are engaged in investigative work, reviews of the trial record and on occasion, obtaining new forensic or other evidence. Director Professor Alan Young

Credits 9

Semester Full Year

Location Osgoode & Innocence Canada (formerly the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted)

Seminar Regular Workshops throughout the Year

Pre-Requisites Required to take Forensic Science and the Law, Winter term

Praxicum? Yes

OPIR? Yes

Evaluation Fall term, a 3-credit graded directed research project; winter term, 6 credits for clinical work graded on credit/no credit basis.

THE INNOCENCE PROJECT

Bruce Cockburn-"kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight"=the thrill & frustration of trying to exonerate

wrongly convicted-#CEIP/17

The Program provides students with a comprehensive examination of important practical aspects of IP and technology law. A key component of this clinical program is a 10 week internship with a member of the judiciary, a government agency, industry, a public interest group or other organization that is heavily involved with IP matters.

DIRECTOR Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino CREDITS 15 SEMESTER Fall LOCATION Various organizations: e.g. Teva Canada, CBC, Industry Canada, CIPO,

Canadian Heritage, CodeX at Stanford University, SOCAN, Globe & Mail SEMINAR 2 week seminar, 10 week placement PRE-REQUISITES 2 of IP Law, Patents, Copyright, Trademarks or IP seminar PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Major paper (3 graded credits); seminar presentation, 2 blogs, seminar leader,

class participation (total of 3 graded credits); reflective journal & blog, internship performance (9 credits on credit/no credit basis)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND TECHNOLOGY INTENSIVE PROGRAM

IP is everywhere, be empowered by it! IP Intensive = 15 credits+10 wk FT placement. See placements & blogs on

student experiences iposgoode.ca#CEIP/17

INTERNATIONAL & TRANSNATIONAL LAW INTENSIVE PROGRAM

ITLIP students placed w/ Intern’l Org or Cdn firms, NGOs, agencies for 3 mths winter term; online weekly video seminar +

paper; PIL prereq#CEIP/17

This program consists of a placement in either an international organization, or in a local law clinic/NGO that is involved in the utilization of international law within domestic courts and quasi-judicial fora (in both cases from lists approved by the Academic Director of the ITLIP); an academic Seminar ( offered with the help of easily available internet e-conferencing solutions (video and/or voice) so as to bring together the academic director who will be based at Osgoode, students place at local clinic/NGOs in Canada, and other students place in international organizations (almost always abroad); and a Research Paper (designed to help facilitate the integration of reflection and practice, build upon the work being undertaken by students during their placements and provide a more advnced conceptual framework for that practical day-to-day work). Students develop specialized and advanced knowledge of the international law and its quotidian life and administration in the program that integrates scholarly perspectives, skills development and reflective practice.

DIRECTORS Professor Craig Scott & Geraldine Sadoway CREDITS 15 SEMESTER Winter LOCATION International Organizations or Canadian NGOs/Legal Clinics SEMINAR Weekly PRE-REQUISITES Public International Law PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Major research paper (3 credits); Seminar (which may include class participation, written

commentaries integrating reflections on work experience and academic perspectives, and student presentations) (2 credits); and Placement (evaluated on credit/no credit basis) (10 credits)

Up to 20 second and third year students work on a variety of conflict prevention and resolution activities. Students create and present conflict resolution workshops and conduct small claims and community mediations. Outreach and community development are major components of the program. Divisions include: Clinic, St. Stephens, Youth, Family and Campus. DIRECTOR Visiting Professor Martha Simmons

CREDITS 9

SEMESTER Full Year

LOCATION Osgoode

SEMINAR Weekly

PRE-REQUISITES None

PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION Major research paper, class participation and reflection, division work and simulated mediation for 4 graded credits in winter term. 5 credits evaluated on credit/no credit basis for other components.

OSGOODE MEDIATION CLINICAL PROGRAM

Learn teach & experience mediation. Mediate in schools, community and small claims court. Join the mediation

clinical program #OMC. #CEIP/17

Students enrolled in the Osgoode Business Clinic (“OBC”) work under the supervision of lawyers at Stikeman Elliott LLP with individuals who are starting up or operating their own small businesses and who would otherwise be unable to afford legal services. The clients are referred to the OBC by a local community agency. The OBC selects clients from the agency’s referrals at the start of the academic year, and provides legal services to those clients on an on-going basis from September to the end of March. The casework includes drafting contracts, employment agreements, and incorporation documents.

DIRECTOR Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai CREDITS 4 + Seminar SEMESTER Full-Year LOCATION Offices of Stikeman Elliot LLP SEMINAR Required seminar – Case Studies in Business Enterprise PRE-REQUISITES Business Associations (can be taken concurrently) PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION 2 credits per term (credit/no credit)

OSGOODE BUSINESS CLINIC

22upper year & 22first year students+Stikeman Elliott lawyers+small business clients/2 semesters=business

law experience+OPIR hours #CEIP/17

Students provide frontline legal services in a community-based poverty law clinic in one of four divisions: housing rights, immigration & refugee law, workers’ rights, and social assistance, violence and health. Students work directly with clients (carrying an active caseload of 12-15) and take on various roles in the clinic’s community development, law reform and public legal education work.

DIRECTOR Professor Sean Rehaag

CREDITS 15

SEMESTER 20 students in the fall semester and 20 in the winter LOCATION Parkdale Community Legal Services

SEMINAR Weekly meetings during the term. PRE-REQUISITES None

PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION 3 graded credits for seminar, 9 credits for clinical work (credit/no credit)

INTENSIVE PROGRAM IN POVERTY LAW AT PARKDALE COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES

Join @ParkdaleLegal for introduction to community lawyering -- and help put an end to poverty! For more:

http://bit.ly/2jXGq9V#CEIP/17

Approximately 10 second and third year students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the exciting world of test case and appellate litigation and to promote access to justice for disadvantaged litigants representing important causes. Students are placed with one or more leading counsel currently working on a case of major significance. Students take on various roles including research, drafting and observation. DIRECTOR Adjunct Professor Dan Sheppard

CREDITS 9

SEMESTER Full year

LOCATION Osgoode & with leading practitioners

SEMINAR Fall

PRE-REQUISITES None

PRAXICUM? Yes

OPIR? Yes

EVALUATION Seminar is 3 credits (2 graded, 1 credit/no credit); research paper winter term 3 credits (graded); and work during placed 3 credits (credit/no credit).

TEST CASE LITIGATION PROJECT

Learn about litigation as a tool for law reform and social change, then apply your skills on a real piece of strategic

litigation #CEIP/17

This full year, 9-credit clinical program seeks to respond to the need for high-quality, gender-based legal representation of women who have experienced violence and to facilitate students’ acquisition of the specialized knowledge, skills, and value base required for such representation. The program is a partnership between Osgoode and the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. The program is situated within a framework of “feminist advocacy,” inviting reflections on what feminism might mean for how we think about lawyering, about legal ethics, access to justice, and the connections between our work with individuals and the structures of power that create and sustain inequality and oppression. The clinical work, of approximately 8-9 hours/week, is comprised of a combination of legal intake shifts at the Clinic, work on Clinic files and law reform initiatives, assisting with a new early advice program for sexual assault survivors, and court and other visits. Students are exposed to the issues and complexities of addressing access to justice for clients in various legal domains—family, immigration, criminal, and child welfare—as well as at the intersections of these areas of law. DIRECTORS Professor Janet Mosher, Adjunct Professor Joanna Birenbaum CREDITS 9 SEMESTER Full year LOCATION Osgoode & The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic SEMINAR 13 Scheduled Meetings throughout the year PRE-REQUISITES None PRAXICUM? Pending OPIR? Pending EVALUATION Seminar (3 graded credits), Clinical work (6 credit/no credit)

Pending Approval **Feminist Advocacy: Ending Violence Against Women Clinical Program

Help women build lives free from violence, change the conditions that threaten women’s safety & equality. Feminist Advocacy/Schlifer Clinic

#CEIP/17

Where do individual investors turn after suffering a loss, harm or wrongdoing with respect to their investments? There is currently nowhere in Canada for investors to go to receive free assistance or advice on how to proceed in these circumstances. . The Investor Protection Clinic is the first of its kind in Canada, and we need YOUR help! This full year, 9-credit clinical program consists of a placement at the Osgoode Hall and FAIR Canada Investor Protection Clinic (offered with the help of easily available internet e-conferencing solutions), an academic seminar, and a research paper (designed to help facilitate the integration of reflection and practice, built upon the work being undertaken by students during their placements, and provide a more advanced conceptual framework for that practical day-to-day work). Students develop specialized and advanced knowledge of investor protection in a program that integrates skills development and reflective practice. DIRECTOR Professor Poonam Puri CREDITS 9 SEMESTER Full year LOCATION Osgoode & FAIR Canada Investor Protection Clinic SEMINAR Monthly PRE-REQUISITES Business Associations & Securities Regulation PRAXICUM? Yes OPIR? Yes EVALUATION Seminar (3 graded credits), Placement/Clinical work (6 credit/no credit)

Pending Approval **Investor Protection Clinic Program

Retirement savings lost? Broker betraying interests? Join the Investor Protection Clinic & help protect the little guy! #ipc

#firstincanada#CEIP/17

How to Apply – Beginning TODAY, January 18:

• Log into MyOsgoode • Click on Clinics & Intensives box • Complete all steps • Revisit to make changes until the application deadline • Students may apply for as many programs as they wish,

a maximum of 4 is recommended • Students may only participate in one program, in most cases • Each program has specific application requirements • A resume is required by all programs • Students must upload an unofficial copy of their law school

grades/transcript & if they wish an unofficial copy of their undergraduate grades/transcript

• Programs requesting reference letters will accept those letters by mail, fax or email sent to the director or to Natia Tucci

• YOU MAY EDIT YOUR APPLICATION UNTIL THE APPLICATION DEADLINE – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017

Application Deadline Wednesday, January 25, 2017 (4:00 pm) Application Assessments/Interviews Thursday, January 26 to Friday, February 10, 2017

Offers sent by direct email Monday, February 13, 2017 (by 3:00 pm) Accept/Decline Deadline Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (3:00 pm) Waitlisted Student Notification As Declines are received

Family Day (University Closed) Monday February 20, 2017

Reading Week Monday - Friday, February 20 - 24, 2017

For more information contact Natia Tucci – 416 736-5973 or ntucci@osgoode.yorku.ca

Some Program Basics: • Although there is a common timetable for the selection process, each program has its own

selection criteria and procedures. • Students may apply for as many programs as they wish but may only enrol in one Intensive

Program. • Summer jobs may be available with Parkdale Community Legal Services, CLASP, the Osgoode

Mediation Clinic, Human Rights Legal Support Centre (ADIP) and the Innocence Project for the summer of 2017. Please be aware that a summer job is always connected to the academic program.

Program Information is available at: http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/programs/jd-program/clinics-intensives/ Additional information is available from Natia Tucci, 1012 Osgoode and at the Information Session. Applications will open after the January 18 Information Session through to January 25, 2017

Applications will only be accepted through MyOsgoode