Alumni Spotlight
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.
When Nigerian legal professional Tiwa Orija set her sights on practicing law in Canada, she knew it would take more than passing exams. Like many internationally trained lawyers, she began the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) process and wrote two exams but quickly realized she wanted the full experience of… Click to Continue Reading.
Nana Yanful may have been a latecomer to the legal profession, but she has certainly made up for lost time. Yanful had built up a significant body of experience in the non-profit sector before changing course and heading to law school. But less than a decade out from her 2014… Click to Continue Reading.
For more than a decade, Ayderus Alawi has built his reputation as one of Toronto’s leading criminal defence lawyers. As Principal of Alawi Law, he represents clients across Ontario in serious and complex cases, from assault and drug charges to conspiracy and homicide. The idea of pursuing an LLM had… Click to Continue Reading.
When Maria Capulong began adjudicating with Ontario’s Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and Health Services Appeal and Review Board, she realized how much administrative law shaped the everyday decisions that affected people’s lives. “I had been adjudicating for maybe two years,” she recalls, “and then I decided I wanted… Click to Continue Reading.
For Inimfon (Ini) Udokang, earning a Professional LLM in Business Law at Osgoode Professional Development was the realization of a lifelong goal. “Obtaining an LLM has always been a dream,” she says. “I chose the Business Law LLM because I worked in the Corporate law group as a young lawyer… Click to Continue Reading.