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In 2007, 25-year-old Johann Du Plessis was building a growing practice in tax law in Cape Town, South Africa, when tragedy struck—his father-in-law passed away in a car accident. He and his wife moved to neighbouring Namibia, his wife’s home country, to be closer to the grieving family. The move… Click to Continue Reading.
Hardeep Chahal remembers when his fascinating with the law began: a Grade 12 Law class with Mr. Olson at Norkam Secondary School in Kamloops, BC. Chahal grew up knowing he’d pursue a professional career, an ambition handed down from his father, an engineer who’d immigrated to Canada in 1969. Because… Click to Continue Reading.
Jena Karim doesn’t hold back when talking about the joys and heartbreaks of her work. At 41 years old, the U.S.-based Karim has spent the past two decades in the international-development field, working to strengthen new democracies around the world. That means, in her words, “election reform, fighting for transparent… Click to Continue Reading.
Long before anyone had heard of COVID-19, OsgoodePD was bringing Professional LLMs into students’ homes. In the last two decades, we have helped hundreds of people complete their studies via videoconferencing technology in places as far flung as the Cayman Islands, a Saskatchewan farm, rural Italy, and the mountains of… Click to Continue Reading.
Insight/TipsOsgoodePD Looks to the Future as it Builds on its Historical Strength in Online Learning
Who would have thought that a zipper-mouth emoji would be sufficient proof of a defamatory statement tweeted all by itself? In a 2020 case between two Sydney, Australian lawyers a judge considered just that. Referencing an online website, Emojipedia, the judge was satisfied that, in the specific circumstances of that… Click to Continue Reading.
The construction industry in Canada grows more dynamic and complicated every day. Both provincial and federal governments are funding large infrastructure projects while at the same time promoting rapid expansion of residential housing. Judging by the construction cranes dotting the skylines of urban areas, privately funded construction is booming. New… Click to Continue Reading.
New Option for Part-Time Canadian Common Law LLM Students Starting in the Winter 2023 term, part-time Canadian Common Law students will have the option to complete the program via distance learning through our Problem-Based Learning courses. What is Problem-Based Learning?Problem-based learning starts with the problem instead of ending with it:… Click to Continue Reading.
Germán Morales Farah has been pushing his boundaries right from the beginning. Growing up in a small city in Argentina’s Cordoba province, he started English lessons when he was only four years old—his parents wanted him to have the advantage of an international language. It didn’t take long before the… Click to Continue Reading.
If there’s one constant in the world of finance, it’s change. And that makes financial law one of the most dynamic, challenging areas of legal practice. In a country like Canada—with its track record of strong regulation and financial stability—rapid change also poses a major challenge: how do we foster… Click to Continue Reading.
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.