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With a name like Justice Agyemang, there was an element of destiny in his choice of profession. “I knew quite early that I wanted to go into law,” says Agyemang, now a Senior Counsel in the RBCx, Ventures, Payment Platforms & Digital at RBC. “It was directive spending most of… Click to Continue Reading.
When Delaram M. Jafari moved to Canada, she arrived with an extensive legal background already in hand. She had completed an LLM at an Iranian university, followed by a PhD from the National University of Singapore. But to practise law in Canada, she needed to complete the accreditation process. Completing… Click to Continue Reading.
Joanne Thornton is not ashamed to admit that she entered her first classes in Osgoode’s part-time Professional LLM in Financial Law with a certain amount of trepidation. Despite more than a decade as a regulatory compliance professional – most recently as the Director of BMO Financial Group’s Volcker Rule Compliance… Click to Continue Reading.
Alumni SpotlightOsgoode’s LLM in Financial Law was tailor-made for compliance professional Joanne Thornton
If Aubrey Sherman had his way, every law student with an interest in family law would complete the Osgoode Certificate in Family Law Practice Skills. Sherman, a faculty advisor on the program, says that law school only takes budding lawyers part of the way along their skills-development road to practice-readiness.… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileOsgoode’s Certificate in Family Law Practice Skills Fills Mentorship Gaps
If you want to work in e-Discovery, you need to get comfortable with change. And Susan Wortzman has seen plenty. Wortzman, the co-program director for the Osgoode Certificate in e-Discovery, Information Governance and Privacy, got her first taste of the field in the early 1990s as a freshly called commercial litigator… Click to Continue Reading.
Canada’s legal education community has a new landmark: Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Construction Law. Following its launch in the fall of 2024, the program – a first of its kind in Canada – is set to hit another milestone when the members of its inaugural cohort graduate later this year.… Click to Continue Reading.
The start of a new year is often a moment to take stock of where you are professionally, and where you want to go next. For many lawyers, that reflection includes questions about skill development, specialization, and long-term career direction. But once the pace of work picks up again, even… Click to Continue Reading.
Administrative law resonates deeply with Professor Hassan Ahmad because of what it reveals about how societies function in everyday life. At its core, he explains, the field “is about how people relate to their government, how government functions, how decisions are made about people and what decisions are made.” Its… Click to Continue Reading.
When Hiu Tung Cheung began her career as an auditor at EY, she never expected that two decades later she would be completing a Master of Laws. “My background is really accounting,” she explains. “I have my CPA designation, and as I progressed in my career, I moved toward tax.… Click to Continue Reading.
In today’s hyper-connected world, the continuous advance of technology is rapidly reshaping every facet of commerce, governance, and daily life. As organizations increasingly rely on vast digital ecosystems, the critical challenge of securing sensitive information and protecting individual rights has moved from a technical concern to a central strategic imperative.… Click to Continue Reading.
For Ayman Bdewi, pursuing Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law was the next step in a long and dedicated legal journey. “I had a long career as a lawyer outside Canada,” he says. “I’m originally from Syria, where I practiced law before joining the United Nations. I worked with… Click to Continue Reading.