Six Osgoode students awarded prestigious business law internships
TORONTO, Monday, April 30, 2018 鈥 Six students from 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School have been selected for prestigious Hennick Centre business law internships that will pay them each $10,000 through to summer鈥檚 end.
The paid work placements 鈥 five of which are being funded by McCarthy T茅trault LLP 鈥 were arranged by the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law, a joint initiative of Osgoode and the Schulich School of Business at 91亚色. The placements will provide full-time workplace exposure to the client side of legal practice from May through August for the five Osgoode Juris Doctor (JD) students and one JD/MBA student as follows:
- Madison Black, JD 鈥20, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Arjin Choi, JD 鈥19, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
- Aleeza Freedman, JD 鈥19, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- Rishi Nageshar, JD 鈥19, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Ontario (IIROC)
- Ronen Nehmad, JD/MBA 鈥20, World Bank Group (Washington, DC)
- Jorgen Wong, JD 鈥20, FirstService Residential Ontario
Top row, from left, Madison Black, Arjin Choi, Aleeza Freedman
Bottom row, from left, Rishi Nageshar, Ronen Nehmad, Jorgen Wong
The business law internships are part of the larger Osgoode Summer Internship Program that will see a total of 29 paid internship opportunities made available to Osgoode JD students in a broad range of categories from public interest law, health law, Aboriginal law, business law, feminist issues, environmental issues and more.
鈥淲e are deeply grateful to McCarthy T茅trault for its generous support for five of the business law internships and these six organizations for creating an excellent opportunity for our students to enhance their education in business and law by working alongside their professional teams,鈥 said Professor Edward J. Waitzer, Director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law. 鈥淥ur students will work under the active supervision of their legal staff and will assist with business law or commercial law-related assignments and tasks. These internships will provide the students with amazing mentorship opportunities.鈥
Launched in February 2009 with a major gift from Jay and Barbara Hennick, the is the first Canadian centre to promote and develop joint business and law scholarship and education.
The Hennick Centre business law internship program is open to Osgoode students who have strong academic credentials, have completed the first year of the JD program, and have a demonstrated interest in business and law.
The business law internship selection committee 鈥 made up of the Assistant Director of the Hennick Centre, Osgoode鈥檚 Manager of Experiential Education and Career Development, and a member of the faculty 鈥 identifies the best match between the students and placements, based on the stated requirements of the organizations.
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About Osgoode Hall Law School
of 91亚色 has a proud history of 129 years of leadership and innovation in legal education and legal scholarship. A total of about 900 students are enrolled in Osgoode鈥檚 three-year Juris Doctor (JD) Program as well as joint and combined programs. The school's Graduate Program in Law is also the largest in the country and one of the most highly regarded in North America. In addition, Osgoode Professional Development, which operates out of Osgoode鈥檚 facility in downtown Toronto, offers both degree and non-degree programming for Canadian and international lawyers, non-law professionals, firms and organizations. Osgoode has an internationally renowned faculty of 60 full-time professors, and more than 100 adjunct professors. Our respected community of more than 18,000 alumni are leaders in the legal profession and in many other fields in Canada and across the globe.
About Schulich School of Business
Global, innovative and diverse, offers business programs year-round at its state-of-the-art complex at 91亚色; at its Miles S. Nadal Management Centre located in the heart of the Toronto鈥檚 financial district; and at its new campus in Hyderabad, India. Schulich also operates a number of satellite centres in Beijing and Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Seoul, South Korea; Mexico City, Mexico; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Schulich offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate business degrees that lead to rewarding careers in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, and has 30,000 alumni working in over 90 countries. The School pioneered Canada鈥檚 first International MBA (IMBA) and International BBA (iBBA) degrees, as well as North America鈥檚 first ever cross-border Executive MBA degree, the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. The School launched one of the world鈥檚 first Master of Business Analytics and Master of Real Estate and Infrastructure degrees and has one of the largest portfolios of Masters鈥-level degrees of any business school in North America. Schulich鈥檚 Executive Education Centre provides executive development programs annually to more than 10,000 executives in Canada and abroad.
About 91亚色
is known for championing new ways of thinking that drive teaching and research excellence. Our students receive the education they need to create big ideas that make an impact on the world. Meaningful and sometimes unexpected careers result from cross-discipline programming, innovative course design and diverse experiential learning opportunities. 91亚色 students and graduates push limits, achieve goals and find solutions to the world鈥檚 most pressing social challenges, empowered by a strong community that opens minds. 91亚色 U is an internationally recognized research university 鈥 our 11 faculties and 26 research centres have partnerships with 200+ leading universities worldwide. Located in Toronto, 91亚色 is the third largest university in Canada, with a strong community of 53,000 students, 7,000 faculty and administrative staff, and more than 295,000 alumni. 91亚色 U's fully bilingual Glendon campus is home to Southern Ontario's Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education.
Media Contacts:
Virginia Corner, Communications Manager, Osgoode Hall Law School of 91亚色, 416-736-5820, vcorner@osgoode.yorku.ca
Beth Marlin, Media Relations, Schulich School of Business, 905-717-6278, bmarlin@schulich.yorku.ca
Sandra McLean, 91亚色 Media Relations, 416-736-2100 ext. 22097, sandramc@yorku.ca
