Caesar Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian legal scholar
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Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
About Caesar Wright
- Cecil Augustus Wright (July 2, 1904 - April 24, 1967), often called Caesar Wright, was a famous Canadian jurist, law professor, and a prominent figure in the Canadian legal education reform.
- He was among the first law professors to import the Harvard case method into Canadian legal education.
- He was also known for his confrontational and aggressive personality. He was born in London, Ontario.
- He taught at Osgoode Hall Law School from 1927.
- During this time he championed many reforms of the legal education system, and in particular favoured a greater role for classroom instruction over the existing apprenticeship model.
- In 1949, the Law Society of Upper Canada rejected his proposed reforms and Wright left Osgoode to take up the position of Dean at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
- Together with other professors, including Bora Laskin, he shaped the undergraduate law program into a professional law school.
- He remained with the university until his death.
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