Alumni Spotlight
We had a chance to speak with Dr. Sandra Donnelly, who is a Clinical Nephrologist at William Osler Health System (Osler) and has been teaching at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine for 36 years. She serves as Regional Medical Lead and Member of the Optimal Dialysis Access Panel… Click to Continue Reading.
Amanda Santache feels right at home as part of a team. Inspired by her undergraduate years as a varsity hockey player, Santache – a recent graduate of OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure – originally thought she might put her professional skills to work as a sports agent,… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightTeam player Amanda Santache thrives on Osgoode’s Criminal Law and Procedure LLM
When Neha Chugh opened her own criminal law practice in the small eastern Ontario city of Cornwall, she expected the pace of her professional life to shift down a gear. After articling and practising with several seasoned criminal defence practitioners in Toronto, Chugh arrived in Cornwall in 2014 as a “trailing… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightNeha Chugh takes her criminal law career to the next level with an Osgoode LLM
Tania Narciso gave herself an accidental head start on her road to the top of the risk and compliance field. Long before graduating from Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Privacy and Cybersecurity Law, Narciso took a part-time job at a bank to support herself during her undergraduate studies in science, believing… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Osgoode’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Law LLM helps Tania Narciso navigate ambiguity
You started your career in Venezuela in litigation and worked in dispute resolution when you arrived in Canada. What lead you to become interested in Privacy and Cybersecurity? After a few years practicing in litigation, I started to seek solutions within the realm of dispute resolution. Through my exploration of… Click to Continue Reading.
With a name like Justice Agyemang, there was an element of destiny in his choice of profession. “I knew quite early that I wanted to go into law,” says Agyemang, now a Senior Counsel in the RBCx, Ventures, Payment Platforms & Digital at RBC. “It was directive spending most of… Click to Continue Reading.
When Delaram M. Jafari moved to Canada, she arrived with an extensive legal background already in hand. She had completed an LLM at an Iranian university, followed by a PhD from the National University of Singapore. But to practise law in Canada, she needed to complete the accreditation process. Completing… Click to Continue Reading.
Joanne Thornton is not ashamed to admit that she entered her first classes in Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Financial Law with a certain amount of trepidation. Despite more than a decade as a regulatory compliance professional – most recently as the Director of BMO Financial Group’s Volcker Rule Compliance… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightOsgoode’s LLM in Financial Law was tailor-made for compliance professional Joanne Thornton
When Hiu Tung Cheung began her career as an auditor at EY, she never expected that two decades later she would be completing a Master of Laws. “My background is really accounting,” she explains. “I have my CPA designation, and as I progressed in my career, I moved toward tax.… Click to Continue Reading.
For Ayman Bdewi, pursuing Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law was the next step in a long and dedicated legal journey. “I had a long career as a lawyer outside Canada,” he says. “I’m originally from Syria, where I practiced law before joining the United Nations. I worked with… Click to Continue Reading.
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.