 | Jory Hennick, JD/MBA 2016Career profile: Jory is a Director of Hennick & Company. Previously, Jory worked in the Capital Markets group at Colliers International, a global commercial real estate services organization, focusing on acquisitions and dispositions of institutional-quality commercial real estate assets and sourcing capital solutions for clients. Prior to Colliers, Jory practiced corporate law in Toronto and New York at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and acted as Legal Counsel at Wealthsimple, a renowned Canadian startup. Monday, January 18 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Alissa Saeiva, JD 2017Career profile: Alissa is an associate with Pape Salter Teillet LLP and specializes in Indigenous rights law, with an emphasis on governance and the intersection between Aboriginal and environmental law. Prior to joining Pape Salter Teillet LLP, Alissa consulted on a treaty rights infringement case with a prominent constitutional law advocate after having summered and articled with a Toronto litigation firm specializing in Aboriginal law and Indigenous rights. Alissa has a background in civil litigation, having clerked and summered with a boutique civil litigation firm in Toronto prior to and during her legal studies. She has also interned, worked, and mentored with numerous law firms in Toronto through the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Program of which she is the first graduate to be licensed to practice law. Monday, January 25 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Tyler Hodgson, JD 1997Career profile: Tyler is a Senior Investigator and Regional Team Leader (Middle East & North Africa) with the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Bank Group. He is based out of Washington DC and investigates and litigates allegations of fraud and corruption in relation to Bank-funded projects around the world. He is the former National Leader of the White Collar Defence and Investigations Practice Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and was the Manager of Enforcement for the Dubai Financial Services Authority. He was an adjunct professor with the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, where he taught a course on cross-border investigations and prosecutions. Tyler is admitted to practice law in Ontario, California, England and Wales (Solicitor) and the Dubai International Financial Centre. Monday, February 1 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Leah West, JD 2015, SJD 2020Career profile: Leah is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. She practices, studies and publishes in the field o f national security law. Leah previously served as Counsel with the Department of Justice in the National Security Litigation and Advisory Group where she appeared before the Federal Court in designated proceedings and the Security Intelligence Review Committee. She serves as Counsel with Friedman Mansour LLP on national security and administrative law matters and is also the National Administrator of the Canadian National Rounds of the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot. Monday, February 8 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Benson Cowan, JD 1997Career profile: Benson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Legal Services Board of Nunavut - the legal aid provider in Canada's most northern territory. A criminal, constitutional and administrative lawyer, he began his career as a litigator in private practice in Toronto. A rostered expert on rule of law with the United Nations, he was the Legal Officer for the International Prosecutor's Office in Mitrovica with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Special Adviser for Rule of Law to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General with the United Nations Mission in Liberia during the Ebola crisis. He also ran the Solomon Islands Justice Program, a cross-sectoral justice reform initiative, for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Honiara. With the Ontario Public Service, he worked as the Director of Social Policy and Strategic Initiatives with Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and then the Director of Transition and Head of Legal Services for Safety, Licensing Appeals and Standards Tribunals Ontario. He lives in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Monday, February 22 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Michael Garbuz, JD 2016Career profile: Michael currently serves as the President of Materia, a leading global supplier of cannabis brands and products. Michael was the co-founder and CEO of High12 Brands, which was acquired by Materia in 2020. Michael previously held a Corporate Strategy and Legal Counsel role with Origin House (CSE:OH), which was acquired by Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) in 2019. He was also a founding shareholder and advisor of Trichome Financial (CSE:TFC), which was taken public in 2019. Michael began his professional career working in the business law group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell, helping to build the firm’s industry-leading cannabis practice group, mainly working on go-public transactions, M&A, and corporate finance matters. Monday, March 1 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Steven Elliott QC, JD 1995Career profile: Steven practices commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on civil fraud, company matters and cases with a financial dimension. His matters are typically complex, high in value, and multi-jurisdictional. Steven practices law with One Essex Court in London, UK. In addition to appearing regularly before the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and international arbitration tribunals, Steven has acted in or advised on proceedings in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands (where he is a member of the Bar), Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Mauritius and British Columbia. Monday, March 8 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
 | John Norquay, JD 2005Career profile: John currently works as Policy Counsel at Legal Aid Ontario, where he is responsible for program development and stakeholder relations for refugee and immigration legal aid services in the province. He has appeared regularly at the Federal Court and all divisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board, and has represented clients in a wide variety of permanent residence and other status applications. He has particular interest and experience in issues related to health care and medical inadmissibility and worked for 6 years as the staff immigration lawyer at the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO). He has also worked in sole practice, at a small firm, and most recently at Legal Aid Ontario’s Refugee Law Office. While studying at the University of Toronto law school, he was the first student lead of the refugee and immigration law division at University of Toronto’s student clinic, Downtown Legal Services. Thursday, March 11 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
| Brianne Bovell, JD 2012Career profile: Brianne is a criminal prosecutor with the Ministry of the Attorney General, in Toronto. She prosecutes a wide range of cases including child sexual abuse, firearms, and intimate partner violence. She has worked at both the appeal and the trial level, however, for the last three years, she has worked exclusively at the North York Crown Attorney’s office. Monday, March 22 | 12:40 - 1:50 p.m. Find out more and register |
