Alumni Spotlight
Jonathan Vandall enrolled in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Administrative Law when he was already deep in the world of regulation and public policy. Overseeing investigators and prosecutors as part of his work in compliance and enforcement, he often found himself engaging with legal teams on complex decisions. “I had an… Click to Continue Reading.
Alex Miller got her first exposure to labour and employment law from an unexpected source. After articling and practising at a small criminal law firm, she didn’t think she would be making much of a professional leap when she applied to cover a maternity leave position at a GTA police… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Alex Miller bridged the gap between criminal law and labour and employment law at Osgoode
Our Alumni Insights Series brings together alumni who share common threads – either through their cultural or national backgrounds, areas of practice, or a shared commitment to a particular cause. One of our first events in the series was an alumni panel featuring three alumni from Latin America who shared… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightLatin American lawyers share how an LLM in Canada boosted their legal careers
Damilola Katibi didn’t really know what to expect when she moved to Toronto after enrolling in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in International Business Law. “I came in blind, knowing nobody,” she says. Other than national stereotypes about the friendliness of the Canadian population, Katibi’s only real experience with the country was… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Osgoode’s International Business Law LLM gave Damilola Katibi a competitive edge
When Mexican lawyer Alejandro Canales decided to boost his career with an International Business Law LLM, he had his eye on just one destination: Canada. With close family connections in the Toronto area, Canales had developed a relationship with the country over the course of a lifetime and had long… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightBringing the power of an Osgoode International Business Law LLM back to Mexico
Entrepreneurial spirit has always been a professional driving force for Kim Gale. A fierce advocate for herself and others, this trait shone through during her transition to the Canadian legal industry after graduating from law school in the U.K. Faced with challenges, she took decisive action and founded the NCA… Click to Continue Reading.
Sandeep Sandhu has filled almost every role in the legal office at one time or other. Long before her 2018 call to the bar, Sandhu – a graduate of Osgoode’s full-time Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law – got her start in the legal sector as a receptionist at a… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow a Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law prepared Sandeep Sandhu for practice
Few lawyers in banking and financial law have approached the derivatives market from as many angles as Trevor Noronha. At the time of his 2001 call to the bar, Noronha was in private practice for a Bay Street law firm working on secured lending and securitization transactions. He then made… Click to Continue Reading.
Pamela Santora never needed any convincing about the value of an LLM. Before she finally enrolled in OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Criminal Law and Procedure in 2020, the only barriers standing in her way were practical ones: less than a decade out from her call to the bar and absorbed… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightOsgoode’s Criminal Law and Procedure LLM helped Pamela Santora see the bigger picture
Anjana Bandara is not one to turn her back on a challenge. After leaving behind a burgeoning legal career in Sri Lanka when she immigrated to Canada, Bandara was determined to requalify in her adopted homeland and still vividly remembers sitting down to take her first examination required by the… Click to Continue Reading.
A little bit of luck and a lot of hard work is the formula for a successful transition to legal practice in Canada, judging by the career of internationally trained lawyer Ramanuj Basu, a graduate of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in International Business Law. Ramanuj’s legal journey started in serendipitous fashion… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow Ramanuj Basu set himself up for success in Canada with an International Business Law LLM