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When Julie Ward finished articling at Torys LLP, she knew she wanted something different. “I’d done my JD at the University of Calgary and articled with Torys, but corporate law just didn’t excite me,” she says. “I found myself much more passionate about litigation and advocacy, anything that involved crafting… Click to Continue Reading.
If there’s a tougher job in the corporate world than a human resources professional, Natalie MacDonald has yet to find it. “They have to be coaches and mediators, liaising between the company’s employees and the senior leadership. And on top of that, they have to know the law, without ever… Click to Continue Reading.
Program SpotlightOsgoode program helps HR executives take their human resources law knowledge to the next level
After completing his MBA, Roman Lalich thought law school would be his next step. “I always wanted to go to law school,” he recalls. “I wanted to practice corporate law, and mentors at the time suggested that an MBA would be really useful. So I did the MBA first, and… Click to Continue Reading.
For Jennifer Button, education has always been something to build on. After completing her MBA, she found herself looking for the next opportunity to keep learning and stay challenged professionally. A Chartered Professional Accountant with more than 15 years of experience, she came across Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Taxation Law… Click to Continue Reading.
Before immigrating to Canada, Oksana Nasadiuk had earned her law degree in Ukraine. Determined to continue her work as a lawyer, she began exploring her options – her search led her to Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law. Relocating from Vancouver to Toronto to pursue the program marked a… Click to Continue Reading.
For Tim Pavlov, pursuing Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law marked the moment he could finally return to the career he loved. Originally from Kazakhstan – a civil law jurisdiction – Pavlov had practiced in the Office of the Prosecutor before moving to Canada. But when he arrived, the process… Click to Continue Reading.
Two brand new OsgoodePD programs will fill a longstanding gap in the continuing education offering available to municipal law professionals. Jason Reynar, one of three program directors for the OsgoodePD’s Foundations in Municipal Law and Governance and the Osgoode Certificate in Municipal Law and Governance, earned an LLM with a specialization… Click to Continue Reading.
OsgoodePD’s Professional LLM in Canadian Common Law is a focused, rigorous program that provides the essential legal foundation for internationally trained lawyers seeking to practice in Canada. This specialized LLM is a vital step designed to provide the Federation of Law Societies of Canada’s National Committee on Accreditation (NCA)-compliant training… Click to Continue Reading.
Instructor ProfileProfessor François Tanguay-Renaud: Forging Global Perspectives in Canadian Common Law
Today’s world is constantly being reshaped by the massive, yet often unseen, pressures of expansion and development. Huge projects ranging from the skyscrapers that define our urban centres to the vital infrastructure that powers our daily lives, construction law touches nearly every aspect of our economy, our communities and our… Click to Continue Reading.
Jonathan Vandall enrolled in Osgoode’s Professional LLM in Administrative Law when he was already deep in the world of regulation and public policy. Overseeing investigators and prosecutors as part of his work in compliance and enforcement, he often found himself engaging with legal teams on complex decisions. “I had an… Click to Continue Reading.
Eric Sadvari can think of no family law document more underrated than a financial statement. “It’s the backbone of most family law cases,” says Sadvari, a senior associate at Toronto firm Kenet Family Law. “But many practitioners treat it as more of a fill-in-the-blanks exercise than a vital piece of… Click to Continue Reading.