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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.
Current and prospective law school faculty will have a new way to hone their skills with the launch of OsgoodePD’s brand new Certificate in Law Teaching. For practitioners contemplating stepping into teaching in an adjunct role, the certificate will introduce basic pedagogical principles, as well as how to deal with… Click to Continue Reading.
Ten years in, the Canadian Common Law specialization continues to grow and innovate. Among the long list of courses, such as The Law of Obligations, Legal Drafting, and Civil & Administrative Procedure, students can take advantage of an increasing number of problem-based learning (PBL) courses and a new suite of… Click to Continue Reading.
Barnali Choudhury has the passport stamps to match her credentials as a globally renowned expert in international business law. After completing her first legal degree in Canada, Choudhury earned an LLM at Columbia Law School in the U.S., followed by a PhD from Switzerland’s University of Zurich. Her teaching career… Click to Continue Reading.
Law students are familiar with the rigours of academic work — the long hours spent poring over cases, crafting arguments and striving for excellence. Yet, amidst this demanding pursuit, it’s essential to find balance and embrace the vibrancy of the world around us. And there’s no better place to do… Click to Continue Reading.
A year after his sudden, tragic death, remembering Paul in words is hard, perhaps even more difficult than in the days immediately following his passing. An extraordinary and gifted work colleague, our late Manager, IT & Innovation meant so much to so many in the Osgoode community. We each have… 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
The coming-of-age process for P3 projects has proven turbulent. Many private sector players have struggled with getting the project done within the rigid structure and risk transfer profile of a traditional P3 model that typically throws up many of the same complex issues over the course of a 20- to… Click to Continue Reading.
Few people embody their occupation as perfectly as international tax specialist Filipe Reis de Carvalho. In his current role at Scotiabank’s Toronto headquarters, the Brazilian-born graduate of Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law program advises a global financial institution on U.S. federal tax issues. “International experience is something… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightHow a Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law helped Filipe Reis de Carvalho set down roots in Canada