Alumni Spotlight
We had the pleasure of speaking with Nozanin Saidaminova, Commercial Contracts Manager at the University of Victoria, about her journey from Tajikistan to Canada, her experience at Osgoode, and her advice for future students. Nozanin grew up in the beautiful and mountainous country of Tajikistan. Since childhood, she was interested in both law… Click to Continue Reading.
Meet Diana Mojica: Originally from Mexico, Diana completed the LLM In Canadian Common Law in 2016. After graduation, she started working first as a student-at-law, then in 2017, after being called to the Bar, as in-house legal counsel for the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC), a provincial regulator. Diana’s… Click to Continue Reading.
Qaiser Fahim remembers clearly the life-or-death dilemma that set him on a path to Osgoode Hall. He was working in Saskatchewan as a bioethicist, providing consultation to physicians and families on some of the prickliest ethical problems encountered in the province’s hospitals—including end-of-life decisions. On this occasion, Fahim faced what… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Matias Gabriel Zerbino, Senior Tax Manager at Scotiabank, and our very own Taxation Law LLM alumnus, to discuss his professional journey and how he got to where he is today. Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Matias was raised in a small… Click to Continue Reading.
Each year the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF) receives submissions for its four regional best student paper awards. We’re pleased to announce that David Cade, LL.M. Taxation (2021) received the CTF-Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Award for the best Ontario paper of 2020-21, for his paper, Reimagining the Offshore Investment Fund Property Rule:… Click to Continue Reading.
In 2015, Dian Thompson wasn’t just busy—like many young law students, she was pretty much completely out of bandwidth. In the middle of a full courseload as a law student at Kingston, Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, the 31-year-old was simultaneously juggling a legal internship, work at a community legal-aid… Click to Continue Reading.
Meet Yanique Russell: Osgoode’s application agent for Latin America and the Caribbean, and graduate of not one – but two – Professional LLM programs. Yanique Russell is an internationally qualified lawyer from Jamaica who holds a UK Law degree. In satisfying her NCA requirements, she completed two LLM programs with… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Lara Merjane, Corporate Lawyer at The Ross Firm Professional Corporation, about her journey as an internationally trained lawyer coming to Canada. Her path to completing the Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law at Osgoode began with a serendipitous celebratory trip to Cancun. From… Click to Continue Reading.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Harinder Gahir, a graduate of the Professional LLM in General Law at Osgoode. Harinder took us through his rich career thus far, and told us how the LLM helped achieve some of his goals. Tell us a bit about yourself I have been… Click to Continue Reading.
Osgoode’s alumni spotlight series highlights Amanda Wickett. Amanda shares her journey from public to private practice, balancing her work, studies and family life, and how she accomplished her goals through remote learning. Today, Amanda is a partner at McDougall Gauley LLP, as well as a graduate of the LLM in… Click to Continue Reading.
As part of the alumni spotlight series, we’re highlighting an alumnus of Osgoode’s Professional LLM in General Law – Matthew Yap. Matthew is the Director of Legal Registries at the Government of Northwest Territories, as well as the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) Chair for the Northwest Territories. Matthew’s professional journey… Click to Continue Reading.