Alumni Spotlight
Today we’re shining the spotlight on Jason Alcorn, an alumnus of OsgoodePD’s Part-Time Professional LLM in Securities Law! He’s a lifelong learner whose various professional and academic accomplishments have taken him to France and currently Saint John, New Brunswick, where he is Senior Legal Counsel and Special Advisor to the Executive… Click to Continue Reading.
Tell us about your professional development journey, and how it’s ultimately led you to your current position at McCarthy Tétrault. Before moving to Canada in 2015, I practiced civil litigation in Greece for a few years, while completing an LLM in civil procedural law. By the time I left Greece,… Click to Continue Reading.
See the LLM in Labour and Employment Law from Tim Fitz Maguire’s perspective. He is an Ontario Works Caseworker and past President of CUPE Local 79. For over a decade, you held a number of Labour Leader/Activist roles at CUPE Local 79. What prompted your decision to pursue your LLM… Click to Continue Reading.
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.