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Thanks
to the generosity of McCarthy Tétrault, Osgoode
has another technology-enhanced classroom and a national
student assistance award
The McCarthy Tétrault gift - one of the largest
from a law firm in Osgoode's 111-year history - provides
the Law School with " the means to create a richer
learning experience for our students," said Osgoode
Dean Peter Hogg.
Hogg
noted that the McCarthy Tétrault gift is aligned
with the Law School's three most important strategic
priorities:
- To
improve student satisfaction with the curriculum,
the building and the learning environment at Osgoode;
- To
prepare Osgoode for the future by becoming a leader
in the use of computer technology in teaching and
research;
- To
increase Osgoode's resources in order to provide the
highest quality of teaching, research and support
for students.
Niels
Ortved, Managing Partner of McCarthy Tétrault,
said: "Ontario's law schools provide our most important
investment - talented young lawyers. It is essential
that law firms like McCarthy Tétrault promote
the education of our law students."
The
focus of the McCarthy Tétrault gift is on emerging
areas such as high-tech and the practice of law in the
electronic age. Ortved went on to say "with the
explosive growth of e-commerce the way we practise law
is changing." As a result, it is crucial that law
students be given a strong background in the use of
these high-tech tools in order to reach their maximum
potential.
The
McCarthy Tetrault Classroom is a professionally designed
95-seat classroom with excellent acoustics and lighting,
comfortable furniture, and electronic learning tools
that allow instructors to produce high-quality sound
and images using VCR, computer or document camera.
It
is the second such classroom that has been built at
Osgoode in the past two years, and plans call for more
classroom upgrades in the future.
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