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Deji Omotosho came to Canada with an established legal career in Nigeria, including experience in prosecution. After completing the Canadian licensing process and beginning his legal career here, he started looking for opportunities to deepen his understanding of the Canadian legal system while continuing to work. Osgoode’s Professional LLM in… Click to Continue Reading.
Students entering Osgoode’s Graduate Diploma in Foundations of Canadian Law bring a wide range of professional, academic and legal experience to the classroom. Some are internationally trained lawyers developing their understanding of the Canadian common law system, while others are professionals looking to build legal knowledge they can apply in… Click to Continue Reading.
Program Director SpotlightProfessor Shelley Kierstead on building a foundation in Canadian law
As Vida Mascarenhas moved into more senior compliance roles in asset management, the questions in front of her became harder to answer by simply identifying the relevant rule. Decisions could involve investor protection, market integrity, regulatory expectations and legitimate business objectives at the same time. She wanted to understand how… Click to Continue Reading.
Jack Keokanock started his construction career in the field before moving into project planning, contract management and commercial leadership. As contracts became an increasingly important part of his work, he wanted to better understand the legal framework behind the prime contracts, subcontracts and other commercial agreements he had been working… Click to Continue Reading.
Throughout his career in structural steel, Edward Lacroix has worked on large-scale, complex projects across Canada and the United States. As his responsibilities expanded from structural engineering into project management, project leadership and business development, contracts, procurement strategies and risk allocation became an increasingly important part of his work. Ed… Click to Continue Reading.
Heather Cohen’s work at the Ontario Securities Commission sees her focused on securities law, although other areas of law can unexpectedly become relevant to her work and her volunteer experience had also sparked an interest in studying tax law more closely. When she began considering an LLM, she wanted room… Click to Continue Reading.
Privacy had long been an area of law that Kathryn May wanted to explore in greater depth. A lawyer working in digital health strategy and policy with the Ontario government, she had completed the Certified Information Privacy Professional (Canada) certification in 2020 and occasionally encountered questions involving Ontario’s health privacy… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightKathryn May on broadening her digital health policy perspective through privacy law
When she first came to Canada from Turkey in 2016, Deniz Bulut’s goal was to improve her English. After returning home to finish her law degree, she knew she wanted to return to Canada and build her career in law. Like many internationally trained lawyers, Deniz knew she would need… Click to Continue Reading.
Graeme Keirstead, KC, has practised law since 1992 and been involved in professional regulation since 1999. As Deputy Registrar and Chief Legal Counsel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, he sits at the intersection of medicine, governance and public accountability every day. By the time he… Click to Continue Reading.
Administrative law is fundamental to tribunal decision-making, but constitutional issues can surface in the cases adjudicators hear. Even if a tribunal cannot ultimately decide a constitutional question, recognizing when one is present can be important to handling the matter appropriately. Osgoode’s Professional LLM in General Law allowed Mona Muker to… Click to Continue Reading.
Aneka Jiwaji had long been interested in the interplay between securities litigation, regulation and civil litigation. When she joined the BC Securities Commission as Litigation counsel in the Enforcement division, she began working more deeply in securities law. “I started to think to myself, wouldn’t it be nice to build… Click to Continue Reading.