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Fonds consists of certificates relating to the legal career of Walter Roe. Included is a certificate appointing Roe an advocate in the Province of Quebec and a certificate appointing Roe as Deputy Registrar of the Western District.

Fonds consists of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree issued to William ("Billy") Avery Bishop by the University of Toronto in 1941.

Collection consists of records accumulated by William Blainey, of the law firm of Metcalfe, Blainey and Burns. The collection includes English legal documents pertaining to property transfers involving the Joseph Flood family, of Christow, County of Devon.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by William Terry while a student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Included in the fonds are lecture notes written by Terry, course materials distributed to students, course examinations, and course syllabi. The fonds also includes school calendars, student directories, leaflets listing examination and lecture schedules, a booklet outlining the curriculum, a graduating class dinner programme, and copies of statutes. Fonds consists of the following series: Fonds is comprised of the following series: Lecture Notes, Course Materials, Syllabi, and Examinations Calendars and Other Material

Collection consists of digital copies of records pertaining to Osgoode Hall Law School student William Douglas Bell's First World War military service and death in Courcelette, France, on 15 Sept. 1916. Included in the collection are photographs of Bell and his family, letters, telegrams, a newspaper clipping, and a framed memorial to Bell.

Fonds consists of records pertaining to William E. Middleton's early life and education, his marriage to Isabella (Isabel) Brown, his family, his involvement with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Toronto, and his retirement from the bench. Records accumulated by Middleton's daughter, Margaret McWilliams, are also part of this fonds, including letters of condolence she received after his death. These records are correspondence, certificates, letterhead and envelopes, invitations, a notebook, cards and notes, programs, a menu, sermons, a baby book and newspaper clippings.

Collection consists of a deed pertaining to property dealings of Sir John A. Macdonald.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by William G.C. Howland. The fonds includes correspondence and subject files relating to Howland's legal career, his affiliations with boards of professional organizations and his personal life; speeches made at the opening of the courts and other occasions; travel records including logs and photographs; diplomas, awards and certificates; and photographs documenting his legal and military careers, as well as a small number of personal photographs. Various architectural drawings of the interior and exterior of Osgoode Hall, acquired by Howland while Treasurer of the Law Society, are also included in the fonds.

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, a certificate and a clipping relating to the life and career of William Glenholme Falconbridge. The correspondence relates to his personal life, judicial appointments and his knighthood. The photographs are largely of unidentified people.

Fonds consists of records relating to the personal life and legal career of William Hamilton Ponton. Records include an indenture for an apprenticeship with a Scottish solicitor, commissions within the District of Victoria and the County of Hastings, court admission certificates, letters, an oath taken by Judge William Smart, and a bill of lading for the ship 'Freedom'.

Fonds consists of a notebook maintained by William Hands while sheriff for the Western District (1803-1833). Most of the entries concern court actions where Hands had been called to summon witnesses and serve court subpoenas. The entries consist of the court, date, names of those summoned, name of the attorney, and the sheriff's fees.

Collection consists of a photograph that was acquired by the Hon. William J. Anderson.

Fonds consists of legal documents and addresses relating to the legal career of William Lynn Smart. The fonds also contains one document that relates to Robert Williamson Hunt Smart, an attorney in England and the brother of William Lynn Smart.

Fonds consists of lecture notes taken by William M. Wright, a student at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1913 to 1915. The notes provide a partial record of the content of courses offered at the law school during the period. They cover all areas of the curriculum, indicate texts used and cases examined. In two instances, printed lecture notes prepared by the law school accompany the notes. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Lecture notes

Collection consists of correspondence received and sent by William Osgoode, first Chief Justice of Upper Canada.

Fonds consists of certificates, correspondence, research material, photographs and other material relating to the legal career and research interests of William Renwick Riddell. The research material relates to William Dummer Powell and to a medieval French folktale. The fonds also consists of several legal documents collected by Riddell. The fonds includes one sous-fonds, which contains the law practice records of Alexander Macdonell, a lawyer in Toronto during the mid-nineteenth century. The sous-fonds also includes research notes by Riddell on Macdonell. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Research material Certificates and membership card Correspondence Miscellaneous legal documents Clippings Photographs Alexander Macdonell sous-fonds

Fonds consists of records relating to the judicial career of Wilson David Griffiths. The fonds includes speeches, papers, published material, photographs, a letter and other material.

Fonds consists of the records of the Women's Law Association of Ontario. The records in the fonds have been created and maintained by various members of the Association and its Executive Committee. Though there are some records that pre-date the formation of the Association in 1919, such as those found in the scrapbooks, the majority of the records are more recent, largely created during the 1980s and 1990s, and detail the activities of the Association in the Greater Toronto Area. The records in the fonds document the advocacy interests of the association, internal administrative activities and functions, involvement in social events and professional development, and participation in external committees and groups. Included in the fonds are files of several executive officers, copies of the constitution and by-laws, minutes of Executive Committee meetings, minutes of annual meetings, minutes of Archives Committee meetings, records relating to bencher elections of the Law Society of Upper Canada, committee records, records relating to the annual President's Award, financial records, photographs, membership lists, surveys, event files, copies of the Association's newsletter "Without Prejudice", and a brochure. The fonds also includes several scrapbooks that document Association activities, as well as the lives and careers of early women lawyers in Ontario. Several of the scrapbooks contain information on women lawyers in other jurisdictions.

Fonds consists of a notebook containing notations on legal cases, and printed articles and speeches, maintained by Zebulon A. Lash, a prominent Ontario lawyer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.