Happy Lawyer Profiles

Equally inspired by Law and the Arts, Megan intuitively charted an unconventional path to a fulfilling career that combines her love of both. There is always some cohesion to your journey, even if each stage may feel completely serendipitous at the time.

When Jessica Asch was in law school, nothing like her current job even existed. Although at that time she could not have even imagined her current career as a possibility, working for the Indigenous Law Research Unit has been the most engaging and gratifying work that she has ever done.

If you had asked Scott Dunlop what his career plan was when he entered law school in his early twenties, he would not have answered “helping some of the world’s biggest musical artists put on spectacular shows for their fans”.

Marwah Rizqy, a current Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, went to law school without even considering a political career as an option and without even knowing which area of law she wanted to practice in. After trying to find the perfect fit, tax law found her.

Running a fully functioning criminal defence boutique law firm in downtown Toronto, Jordana works eighty to one hundred hours per week and wouldn’t have it any other way. Why? Because she loves what she does.

Sitting in a café during undergrad, Joel was looking for opportunities to pursue a PhD similar to his political science and history background, when he overheard a group next to him discussing a civil code and cases. Although he didn’t understand what exactly they were going on about, it was a conversation he wanted to be in on.