Alumni Spotlight
Enrolling as the lone physician in his cohort on Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Dispute Resolution program was never going to faze Nathan Roth. “It was invigorating to be amongst individuals with such diverse educational backgrounds and life experiences,” says Roth, a seasoned obstetrician and gynecologist with more than 30 years… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightNathan Roth brings dispute resolution expertise to the healthcare industry and beyond
When Hilary Chung was growing up in Cornwall, Ontario, her family’s dinner-table conversation often turned to matters of medicine—not a surprise when you have a doctor for a dad, as she did. But it wasn’t just the nitty-gritty of medical practice she learned about. Her father was a passionate advocate… Click to Continue Reading.
As a child, Danielle Douek found herself fascinated with encyclopedias of ailments and disease. But she never seriously considered a career in medicine. “I was terrible at science and math, so being a doctor was never in the cards,” she explains, laughing. Still, several years out from her 2010 call… Click to Continue Reading.
It was in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic that Marty Venalainen decided to enroll in OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Energy and Infrastructure Law. “My son told me that overcoming COVID-19 was my generation’s responsibility and that overcoming climate change would be his generation’s responsibility,” he says. “I find… Click to Continue Reading.
Whether she’s talking about a 20-storey building or a legal career, Business Law LLM alumna Kate Salter knows the value of solid foundations. The seasoned infrastructure and development lawyer recently joined provincial transportation agency Metrolinx as its Director of Legal Services, the latest move in a public-service career made possible… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightKate Salter took her public service career to the next level with an LLM in Business Law
When it came to the field of financial services, Harvey Naglie had seen it all in the four decades before he enrolled in OsgoodePD’s part-time Professional LLM in Securities Law. Over the course of a long and varied career, Naglie had approached the industry from virtually every angle, working as… Click to Continue Reading.
Back in 2010, with almost a decade under her belt as litigation counsel at Justice Canada, Melanie Toolsie’s representation of multiple federal departments and officials had given her wide ranging hands-on experience in proceedings before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the provincial Superior and Appellate courts, as… Click to Continue Reading.
Ashkan Alavi can pinpoint the moment he set his sights on a career in scientific research. While watching the documentary Einstein’s Universe – a 1979 production commissioned to mark 100 years since the birth of probably the world’s most famous scientist – the teenaged Alavi could feel his burgeoning passion… Click to Continue Reading.
Alejandro Beltran’s 2017 graduation from OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law was a landmark moment in more ways than one. As well as a celebration of his latest achievement in a legal career that started in his home country Colombia, it also marked a turning point on Beltran’s professional… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightOsgoode’s Canadian Common Law LLM was Alejandro Beltran’s career turning point
Just two years after arriving in Canada, the place is already starting to feel like home to Juan Higuera. “It has been quite an adventure, but I can say that we are finally settled,” says Higuera, who had spent several years practising law in Mexico before enrolling in OsgoodePD’s Professional… Click to Continue Reading.
For Patricia Cavalhier, it was an opportunity she thought she’d never see again. When the Toronto resident immigrated to Canada from Brazil with her family in 2010, she assumed that giving up her career as an accomplished lawyer was simply a sacrifice she’d have to make. Her legal background in… Click to Continue Reading.