Alumni Spotlight
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
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Patricia Cavalhier, director of legal services at TVOntario and alumna of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law to discuss her professional journey and how she got to where she is today. Patricia completed her LLB at Universidade Católica do Salvador, in… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Lotus Menezes, a recent graduate of the Osgoode Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law. Lotus comes from a commercial law background, working in Tanzania and South Africa. After taking some time off to become a mom, she wanted to switch directions, and… Click to Continue Reading.
Natasha Shamutete has never had a problem getting out of her comfort zone. After leaving Zambia to attend law school in the U.K., she opted for a course load heavy on corporate and commercial law – choices that may not have sounded like the most natural fit for a student… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightNatasha Shamutete Takes Her Career to the Next Level With a Taxation Law Degree
Hennadiy Kutsenko can practically pinpoint when he fell in love with tax law. Having flirted with the basics in a law school class nicknamed “baby tax” by students, he delved deeper in an upper year course on corporate tax. “That’s when the work got really challenging, but I got the… Click to Continue Reading.
Without a family history in the law, Daniela Carreira had to build her own connections as she established herself in the Brazilian legal field. “I didn’t really know what law school was about, but I wanted to give it a try,” she says. “There were no lawyers in my family… Click to Continue Reading.
From the very beginning of her career as a chartered professional accountant, Chessa Jope was keen to broaden her horizons. In her role as an assurance manager in the energy, utilities, mining and industrial products division of accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jope had plenty of opportunities to get away from her… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Toral Patel, Manager, Control of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Toronto Public Health, and alumnus of the Osgoode Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law to discuss her professional journey and how she got to where she is today. Tell us a little… Click to Continue Reading.
She set her sights on the legal profession as early as age four and never wavered, thanks in part to the regular pre-work ritual her mother developed before heading off to her own job as a nurse: “My mother would sit me in the room while she was resting before… Click to Continue Reading.