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Sana Rehman, an alumna of Osgoode's Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law.

Sana Rehman is a corporate lawyer from Pakistan with five years of experience in contracts, negotiations, due diligence and compliance. Having relocated to Toronto in August 2021, Sana is currently pursuing an LLM in Canadian Common Law at Osgoode. She shares her experience at OITLD and the benefits of attending… 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.

Alumni Spotlight
Lotus Menezes
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A calculator and tip of a ball point pen on top of accounting documents.

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.

Attendees at a seminar at OITLD at Osgoode Professional Development.

The 9th annual Osgoode’s Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD) showcased how there are a variety of different paths to starting a fulfilling legal career in Canada. This year’s event took place in person and focused on how the Internationally Trained Lawyer community in Canada is helping expand and advance opportunities for… Click to Continue Reading.

Hennadiy Kutsenko, an alumnus of OsgoodePD's Professional LLM in Taxation Law.

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.

Alumni Spotlight
Hennadiy Kutsenko
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Antonella Ceddia, advisory board of OsgoodePD's Certificate in Human Rights Theory and Practice.

When Antonella Ceddia accepted her place at law school in 1999, she thought it may be the end of the road for her career as a human rights professional. With over a decade of experience behind her as a Policy Advisor and human rights investigator, and the private sector as… Click to Continue Reading.

Osgoode Professional Development has lost a valued team leader, cheerleader, and beloved friend. On May 20, 2023, at the age of 46, Heather Gore Liddell passed away unexpectedly from interstitial lung disease, the same disease that claimed her mother’s life almost 20 years ago. Although no one can be sure,… Click to Continue Reading.

Professor Jinyan Li, John Tobin, Siobhan Monaghan and Heather Evans at the 30-year celebration OsgoodePD's Professional LLM in Taxation Law.

On May 25th, Osgoode Professional Development marked a memorable event celebrating 30 years of the LLM in Taxation Law. The event brought together a diverse group of attendees, including students, alumni, practitioners, academics, and thought leaders in taxation law, to celebrate the program’s anniversary and engage in thoughtful discussions on… Click to Continue Reading.

Daniela Carreira, an alumna of OsgoodePD's Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law. Text on image says: "Celebrating 10 years of the LLM in Canadian Common Law".

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.

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Daniela Carreira
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Chessa Jope, an alumna of Osgoode's Professional LLM in Business Law.

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.

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Chessa Jope
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