LL.M. students graduating from Robson Hall this fall

October 16, 2019 —

Robson Hall Faculty of Law congratulates those Master of Laws students graduating this October. Four LL.M. students will receive their degrees on Wednesday, October 16 at the 3:00 p.m. session.

The four students, their thesis titles and Faculty Advisors are as follows:

Myles Davis
Thesis: An Addition to Canada’s Insolvency Regime: Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act
Faculty Advisor: Assistant Professor Virginia Torrie

Jill Duncan
Thesis: Strike Strickland: A Made-in-Canada Approach to Ineffective Counsel Claims
Faculty Advisor: Professor Richard Jochelson

Kelechi Okorafor
Thesis: Principles-Based or Rules-Based System? A Case for Reform of the Regulatory Approach to Corporate Governance in the Nigerian Banking Sector
Faculty Advisor: Professor Bryan Schwartz

Sreekumar Panicker Kodiyath
Thesis: Excluded in the “Best Interests of the State”: Treatment of Minor Canadians Under Immigration and Refugee Protection Laws
Faculty Advisor: Professor M. Michelle Gallant

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Bryan Schwartz, Convocation, Faculty of Law, Michelle Gallant

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