Alumni Spotlight
We had the pleasure of speaking with Allison Cheron, Director of the Client Service Centre at the Law Society of Ontario, and alumni of the LLM in Labour and Employment Law program. Read about her professional journey and experiences in the LLM below: I went to law school without completing… Click to Continue Reading.
Nadia Jandali Chao is a student in the inaugural cohort of the LLM in Privacy and Cybersecurity Law. Here we chat with her about her experience with the program thus far. What lead you to apply to the program? I work in a very specialized area of health privacy and… Click to Continue Reading.
Before starting your Osgoode LLM in International Business Law, what was your academic/professional journey like? My academic background: I got my law degree from Universidad de los Andes, Chile, in 2011. Then in 2014, I studied in Natural Resources Law at Universidad Catolica de Chile, and in 2017 I studied… Click to Continue Reading.
Before starting your Osgoode LLM in Criminal Law, what was your professional journey like? I articled with a union-side labour firm and then joined as an associate lawyer with a criminal defence practitioner. Ultimately, I went out on my own in this area and joined up with another lawyer who… Click to Continue Reading.
Before starting your Osgoode LLM in Business Law, what was your academic/professional journey like? Prior to the LLM in Business Law at Osgoode, I had studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. I also completed an Executive MBA from the Royal Roads University. I have primarily worked in IT… Click to Continue Reading.
Before starting your Osgoode LLM in Business Law, what was your academic/professional journey like? Prior to the LLM in Business Law at Osgoode, I completed an Honours B.Comm. at McMaster University and received my MBA in Finance from the University of Windsor. I have primarily worked in finance roles, within… Click to Continue Reading.
Tell us about your professional journey before coming to Canada and pursuing your LLM? I graduated from the International Law Faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 2015. Literally 3 days after graduating, I took on a three-month contract at a full-service firm in its intellectual property… Click to Continue Reading.
The Beginning: Johannesburg, South Africa My professional journey started off as a corporate litigator at ENSafrica, a leading pan-African law firm. I was drawn to the firm by its ambitions to be the first African law firm operating across multiple jurisdictions in Africa. I soon realized, however, that my passion… Click to Continue Reading.
Sandhya Kohli is an alumni of the Alternative Dispute Resolution LLM program at Osgoode Professional Development. Sandhya graduated from the program in 2013. Sandhya currently works as a mediator and conflicts consultant. In her practice, Sandhya assists small to medium workplaces with conflict and assists business in the creation and… Click to Continue Reading.
Luis Negrón Peralta is a Peruvian lawyer (called to the Bar in Peru in 2010) who has worked in both the public and private sectors specializing in labour and employment law. He’s currently a student in OsgoodePD’s LLM in Labour and Employment Law. Here we discuss his experience in the… Click to Continue Reading.