Alumni Spotlight
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.
Imran Noorani’s work history divides neatly around his 2018 graduation from OsgoodePD’s part-time Professional LLM in Energy and Infrastructure Law. “It actually had a pretty profound impact on my career track and my life,” he says. In his pre-Osgoode years, Noorani had already earned an MBA from York University’s Schulich… Click to Continue Reading.
Big changes are no big deal for Francisco Rojas. Soon after arriving in Canada from Ecuador to enrol in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law, Rojas set his sights on a corporate or commercial law position. To the casual observer, the choice might have appeared unusual for someone like… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow a Professional LLM in Canadian Common law helped Francisco Rojas make a career pivot
Just a few months after arriving in Toronto, the place is starting to feel like home for Hongqi Liu. During Liu’s short time in the city, the OsgoodePD International Entrance Award winner has found his transition smoothed by the ways in which his new surroundings are reminiscent of the Chinese… Click to Continue Reading.
As Juan Carlos Diaz Garcia neared the end of his law school studies in Bogota, Colombia, a family crisis helped him discover his true professional calling. “My father was having a problem with an assessment the tax authorities had made and I wanted to figure out a way that I… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightJuan Carlos Diaz Garcia: Realizing your potential through a law degree in taxation