Student Caucus - Osgoode Hall Law School

03/13/2023

Osgoode’s clinics are part of what makes our school great, and we want to know how we can make them even better! Join us on Mar 17 at 1pm for the Student Clinic Experience Town Hall where we'll be taking all of your feedback on the clinical education program. Link in bio!

12/16/2022

Considering Environment & Climate Change Canada’s continued weather advisory, exams scheduled for Friday, December 16 will be rescheduled to 9:30am on Sunday, December 18. (The later start time is to account for TTC subway service, which begins at 8:00am on Sundays).

Please check your Osgoode email for more details from admin!

11/21/2022

Got questions about exams? Osgoode Student Caucus is teaming up with Assistant Dean Mya Rimon and Nancy Sperling, Manager, Academic Programs and Records to bring you a live Q&A session where we’ll give you all the info you need to know about the upcoming exam season. You can also anonymously submit questions ahead of time using the link below.

The zoom link has been emailed out to you already but if you haven’t received it, please reach out to Student Caucus at [email protected]!

https://forms.gle/WYWCpGDtzRkU4Xtg7

10/18/2022

Osgoode Student Caucus stands with Iranians as they fight for their rights.

Our sincerest thanks to Victoria Shariati for helping us compose this statement.

09/16/2022

Applications for Faculty Council Standing Committees are now live!
Faculty Council Standing Committees are composed of faculty members, staff, and students and they deal with many important aspects of life at Osgoode. This year, applications are open for the following committees:

✅Academic Policy & Planning Committee
✅ (Ad hoc) Sub-Committee on Curriculum Changes of Academic Policy & Planning
✅Academic Standing Committee
✅Admissions Committee
✅Clinical Education Committee
✅Dean’s Working Group
✅Digital Innovation Committee
✅Equality Committee
✅Faculty Recruitment Committee
✅Library Committee
✅Nominating Committee
✅Osgoode Community Enhancement Forum (OCEF)
✅Osgoode Public Interest Requirement (OPIR) Committee
✅Research and Seminars Committee
✅Standing Committee on Teaching and Learning
✅Student Awards Committee
✅Tenure and Promotions Adjudicating Committee
✅Winkler Institute Executive Committee

The application link was emailed out to you this morning; if you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or contact Vice Chair Annie Hu at [email protected]!

08/31/2022

📣 Osgoode’s annual Clubs Fair will take place this Friday, September 2 from 12:00-2:00 in person at Gowlings Hall & the Helliwell Center!

✨ Get acquainted with the Osgoode community by learning about all the clubs it has to offer!

04/03/2022

https://forms.gle/bWwVHQM1a1JAs41RA

09/16/2021

Hi Osgoode! Applications for Faculty Council Standing Committee positions are now open for the 2021-2022 academic year. Committees are composed of faculty members, staff, and students and they deal with many important aspects of life at Osgoode. This year, applications are open for the following committees:

- Academic Policy & Planning Committee

- Academic Standing Committee

- Admissions Committee

- Clinical Education Committee

- Digital Innovation Committee

- Equality Committee

- Faculty Recruitment Committee

- Library Committee

- Nominating Committee

- Osgoode Public Interest Requirement Committee

- Research and Seminars Committee

- Standing Committee on Teaching and Learning

- Student Awards Committee

- Tenure and Promotions Adjudicating Committee

- Winkler Institute Executive Committee

If you are interested in advocating on behalf of Osgoode students, I encourage you to apply for the Committee(s) of your choice! If you know someone in the Osgoode community who you think would be an excellent advocate for Osgoode students, encourage them to apply! A more fulsome description of each individual Committee can be found on the Student Caucus website as follows: http://studentcaucus.legalandlit.ca/

You can apply using this link: https://forms.gle/aJS4HruSQ83bYLjs9 . Please note that applications will close on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.

Please be assured that the information collected in this application will remain confidential. If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Kimberly To (SC Vice Chair) at any time at [email protected] . Looking forward to receiving all your wonderful applications!

Please fill out the following form to assist us in placing you in a Faculty Council Committee for the 2021-22 academic year. To access the list of committee descriptions, please visit http://studentcaucus.legalandlit.ca/. If this google form is not accessible please contact me (Kimberly To) via emai...

07/15/2021

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a great summer!

Some of you may have seen the email from the CDO regarding the change to inputting GPAs in viLaw Portal - Student Caucus has summarized key points below:

Employers have asked that students not calculate their own law school GPAs and have instructed us to inform students who don’t receive a law GPA from their institution to enter “0” in the available viLawPortal field. Employers will understand that entering “0” in this field means that the student’s institution does not provide a GPA, and they will rely solely on your transcript in this instance. Inputting “0” will not detrimentally impact your application.

Please also note that since this request has only recently come in, and that the viLawPortal has been open for applications for some time, there is flexibility in this request this year. If you have already submitted applications that include a GPA calculation, there is no need to update or resubmit. This will also not detrimentally impact your application.

If you have any further questions, please reach out directly to the CDO! :)

- Student Caucus

06/09/2021

The Compassionate Grading Policy has been approved and will be implemented starting today. The application to change one letter grade to "Credit/No Credit" for one Winter 2021 or one full-year 2020-2021 course is now available here: https://machform.osgoode.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=102379

We have attached important FAQ's to this post - please review these.

We have also attached the Student Caucus letter used to advocate for this policy at the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (APPC) and Faculty Council Level. Details of the policy are enclosed.

05/21/2021

Hi friends,
I am writing to you to inform you of a proposal Student Caucus has been working on for the last few weeks. We are putting forward a policy proposal to the Academic Policy and Planning Committee next week requesting that they consider the implementation of an emergency compassionate grading scheme for the 2021 Winter semester.

If you Please contribute any feedback you may have on this proposal here: https://forms.gle/neWLYmuDKJ9N1ndS7

Please contribute any feedback you may have on this proposal here: https://forms.gle/neWLYmuDKJ9N1ndS7 (the feedback is anonymous)

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
[email protected] and [email protected] directly.

Stay safe, stay well, looking forward to hearing from you.

01/07/2021

Good morning, 2L’s!

In the interest of quelling any confusion surrounding the impending recruit, Student Caucus and L&L have put together a package we hope proves useful. It includes important dates, OCI tips, and a scheduling template. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your reps with any concerns, we are always here for you.

*Facebook won't let us post PDFs and therefore the links attached are not functional, but stay tuned for an email from SC where we will attach this package as a PDF!