Financial Assistance

Entrance Awards

International Student Entrance Awards

OsgoodePD entrance awards are open to international students applying to a full-time LLM program. To be considered for this award, applicants to the program must submit the award application form and provide the contact information for a reference who can speak to their academic potential, in addition to submitting the documents required for the Professional LLM admission application.

The deadline for Fall entry award applications is January 15 or April 15, for Winter entry.

OsgoodePD International Entrance Award of Excellence
Applications for this award are open to international students applying to a full-time LLM program who have at least five years of post-graduate professional legal experience and demonstrate excellent academic potential. The award is valued at $30,000 (which is paid out in three installments over the three terms of the program). A minimum of six awards (typically, three to students starting in the Fall term and three to students starting in the Winter term) will be granted each year. 

OsgoodePD International Entrance Award of Merit
Applications for this award are open to international students applying to a full-time LLM program who have at least two years of post-graduate professional legal experience and demonstrate excellent academic potential. The award is valued at $10,000 (which is paid out in three installments over the three terms of the program). A minimum of twelve awards (typically, six to students starting in the Fall term and six to students starting in the Winter term) will be granted each year. 

International Entrance Awards Application Process
Eligible international students applying to full-time programs, will get access to the award application via the Application Portal, upon submission of their application fee (provided that the fee is submitted before the award application deadline).

The award application contains three questions each with a maximum word limit of 500 words (supplementary information will not be accepted):

1. Describe how your professional and academic background make you a strong candidate for the award(s) you are applying for?
2. What academic and professional goals do you plan to achieve during and after the Professional LLM?
3. How would receiving this award help you to achieve these goals?

Applicants will also be asked to provide contact information for one support person (reference) for this award. This person can be an academic or professional reference. The can be one of the referees you used for your LLM Application or they may be someone different.

Award supports will be sent a form to complete via e-mail application containing three questions each with a maximum word limit of 500 words (supplementary information, in lieu of or in addition to completion of the form will not be accepted):

1. What is your relationship to the applicant (for example, manager, professor, colleague, etc.) and how long have you known them?
2. What makes the applicant an exceptional candidate for this award? Please refer to specific academic or professional achievements. If the applicant has personal circumstances relevant to their merit for this award you may include that information here.
3. What goals (professional or academic) will the applicant achieve through the Professional LLM and how would receiving this award contribute to their success?

The deadline for Award Support forms for Fall entry award applications is January 30 or April 30, for Winter entry.

Awards Open to Current Students

The Professor Marilyn L. Pilkington Award

Professor Marilyn L. Pilkington, the Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School from 1993 to 1998 and founder of Osgoode Professional Development, established this award to be given to a student pursuing studies in the LLM program. The award will be granted annually (each Fall term) to a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, protected person, resident of Ontario, on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. Preference will be given to a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School. Applications for the Professor Marilyn L. Pilkington are made through the Osgoode Professional Development bursary application.

Vukica and Ljubomir (Bata) Dimitrijevic Memorial Annual Award

This award is established by the granddaughter of beloved grandparents, Matata and Deda Bata, for their unconditional love from the day she was born until they passed away in 2004 and 2006, respectively. It will be given annually (in each Fall term) to a student in the Professional LLM who is an internationally-trained lawyer or law graduate pursuing their first academic program in Canada. Full-time or part-time students paying either domestic or international fees are eligible. The recipient must demonstrate financial need. Applications for this award are made through the Osgoode Professional Development bursary application.

Sasa Jurak Memorial Annual Award

This award is established by Katarina Jurak, the daughter of beloved father, Sasa Jurak who passed away on January 7, 2020. It will be given annually (in each Fall term) to a student in the Professional LLM in International Business Law who is paying either domestic or international fees. The recipient must demonstrate financial need. Applications for this award are made through the Osgoode Professional Development bursary application.