About Our Students

Mohamed graduated from Queen’s University Faculty of Law in 2024. After summering with the firm, he has returned to article. Mohamed’s passion for social justice and labour law was shaped early in his academic career, beginning with his undergraduate studies in Sociology. During his time at University of Toronto Mississauga Campus, he worked extensively with Syrian refugees as part of the Refugee Integration Stress and Equity (RISE) team. This work earned him the University’s Excellence Award in Social Sciences and Humanities. Following his experience on RISE, Mohamed joined the Centre for Community Based Research as a researcher assessing refugee mental health programs on behalf of CAMH.

At Queen’s Law, Mohamed further honed his research skills and passion for advocacy as a project lead at the Conflict Analytics Lab, where he developed AI tools to assist workers in navigating their employment rights. His interest in labour and employment continued in other leadership positions such as his role as president of the Queen’s Labour and Employment Club and his role on Queen’s First-Generation Network. His commitment to worker empowerment and social justice has been a driving force throughout his academic and professional journey.

David graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2024. David entered law school with a passion for working with clients, promoting access to justice, and advancing the rights of vulnerable populations. In pursuit of these values, David became involved with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, where he co-led the Police Oversight Student Working Group. This involved delivering public legal education about police complaints in Ontario and advocating for law reform to increase independent civilian oversight of federal law enforcement. While at U of T, David also worked as an externship student with the Law Reform department at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) and as a Senior Editor for the Journal of Law and Equality.

David was inspired to go pursue a career in law after working at Community Legal Information (CLI) in his hometown of Charlottetown, PE. At CLI, David managed Renting PEI, a project designed to support tenants experiencing legal issues related to housing. In addition to managing Renting PEI, David delivered general client service, helping low-income clients experiencing a variety of legal problems navigate the legal system and access justice. 

Prior to law school, David also received a Master of Arts in English Literature from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Prince Edward Island.

Chloe graduated from the combined civil and common law program at McGill University with a B.C.L./J.D in 2024.

During law school, Chloe volunteered with the Montreal Workers’ Rights Legal Clinic to provide free legal information on employment, labour and human rights law to non-unionized workers in Quebec.  Her interests include disability rights, climate justice, and agricultural work. She co-authored an article for Harvard Law’s Bill of Health on disability inclusion in agroforestry and won the Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law in 2022 for her research on market concentration in the food retail sector market and its impact on agricultural workers. Chloe is also interested in the impact of generative artificial intelligence technology on labour and human rights. She co-authored an article for Policy Options magazine on the gendered impacts of ‘deepfake’ intimate images and was recently invited to speak to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage regarding the increasing availability of this emerging technology.

Prior to law school, Chloe studied Cognitive Science at McGill University graduating in 2017 with First Class Honours. During her undergraduate studies, Chloe worked for several years in student politics where she developed her passion for advocacy and grew to recognize the importance of organizing to build collective power.

Samuel first developed an interest in labour advocacy through his work in the gig-economy. His firsthand experience of employee misclassification sparked a desire to support and advocate for others facing injustice in the workplace.

During his undergraduate studies, Samuel worked as a bike courier for Foodora, a food delivery service that classified its couriers as independent contractors. Despite Foodora's claims, Samuel found that his work closely resembled that of an employee. Alongside other couriers, he became involved in union organizing efforts with the support of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Foodora challenged certification on the ground that couriers, as independent contractors, cannot unionize. Samuel served as a representative witness at the application for certification at the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The board found that Foodora couriers were dependent contractors, and the workers successfully formed Canada’s first gig-economy union.

Samuel graduated from the Lincoln Alexander School of Law in 2024. During law school, he volunteered with the Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services’s tenancy advocacy program, where he provided legal information, compiled evidence, and prepared clients for hearings at the Landlord and Tenant Board. He also worked in the inaugural student placements at the Ontario Court of Justice, where he assisted judges in a wide range of legal work including research, drafting, and evidence review. Samuel participated in negotiation and mooting competitions throughout law school, including the LASL Cup and McCarthy Tétrault Cup.

Samuel received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Trent University in 2017, where he was awarded the Bruce Barrett Memorial Prize for academic achievement.

Kevin is completing his final year in the B.C.L./J.D. program at McGill University. Prior to law school, he received a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from the University of Ottawa.

Kevin’s interest in legal advocacy was sparked while he worked for a large grocery chain during high school, when he noticed how his senior colleagues were deeply engaged by talks of striking for better pay. Kevin became involved in workers’ rights and never looked back. From thereon he took this concern for social justice to the classroom by specializing in political philosophy in his undergraduate and graduate studies. As a policy worker at Transport Canada, he also had the privilege of making a concrete impact on workers’ rights, working on amendments to the Railway Safety Act concerning chronic fatigue in railway workers.

While at law school Kevin has served as an editor for the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law, a caseworker at McGill’s chapter of the Innocence Project, and a labour relations assistant for AMUSE (a union representing casual employees at McGill). His time at AMUSE was especially valuable, exposing him to the ins-and-outs of workplace justice in a unionized context.

Kevin is keenly interested in any matter concerning labour law, but he is particularly passionate about collective agreement negotiation processes (processes he became familiar with when his last workplace unionized and created its first collective agreement!).

Beatrice is a JD student entering her third year at Osgoode Hall Law School. She also holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.

Before coming to law school, Beatrice worked in the skilled trades as a sealant specialist in her hometown of Vancouver, BC. Through this work experience, Beatrice witnessed the importance of broad workplace protections for health and safety; protection from discrimination; and the importance of basic employment standards for vulnerable workers. This experience instilled in her a desire to dedicate her career to protecting and enhancing workers’ rights.

While pursuing her Master’s degree, Beatrice explored the strength of provincial legal protections available to migrant farm workers in the Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Ontario and BC. Through this research, she identified gaps in the law that enhance precarity within the industry and centered migrant workers as active agents of such advocacy and reform.

While at Osgoode, Beatrice worked as a caseworker in the Workers’ Rights Division at Parkdale Community Legal Services (“PCLS”) where she advocated alongside workers with employment and human rights claims against their employer. She also currently serves as a board member on the PCLS Board of Directors. Beatrice also served as a committee member on Osgoode’s Clinical Education Committee, advocating on behalf of students and working towards the continued excellence of Osgoode’s clinical education programs. She was also a representative of the Osgoode Hall Labour and Employment Law Society.

Avery is entering her third year of the JD program at Western University, Faculty of Law. Prior to law school, Avery earned her Master of Arts in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa. During her Master’s, Avery worked as a part of a research team investigating sport for reconciliation initiatives, or the use of sport as a means to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and settler peoples, across Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa. Specifically, her research focused on the ways in which lacrosse organizations in Canada have taken up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call’s to Action and the ways in which these efforts are gendered. Avery also completed her Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies at Queen’s University. This background informs Avery’s commitment to equity and social justice.

Avery developed a passion for advocacy through her involvement in sport. As a former lacrosse player, coach, referee, and administrator, Avery has been an advocate for women, girls, and trans athletes in lacrosse, creating safe sporting spaces, and the importance of reconciliatory efforts within lacrosse. This passion for advocacy continued through her experiences advocating for the needs of students while on the executive of the University of Ottawa Human Kinetics Graduate Students Association. She continued this advocacy at Western Law as a 2L representative on the Student Legal Society. Avery has competed in a number of oral advocacy competitions, including the National Labour Arbitration Competition.

In her free time Avery enjoys exploring Toronto and getting to know the city, golfing, and hanging out with her two dogs, George and Izzie.

Hina is completing her final year of the combined B.C.L./J.D. program at McGill University. She also holds an undergraduate degree from the interdisciplinary Arts & Science program at McMaster University. 

During her undergraduate studies, Hina explored a broad variety of research interests, from her work for the MacPherson Institute on equity in post-secondary education, to her research with Drs. Tony Porter and Netina Tan on the intersections between big data and civil liberties. In law school, Hina has similarly taken advantage of the opportunity to learn about the diverse legal traditions that thrive in Canada. In addition to studying the civil and common law, Hina has participated in the Anishinaabe Law Field Course, where she learned about Anishinaabe legal orders from Indigenous elders and knowledge-keepers. She was also a research assistant to Professor Aaron Mills, contributing to his work on Indigenous law and legal theory.

Hina is passionate about using her skills and education in service of her community. At McGill, she is the co-ordinator of the Montreal Workers’ Rights Legal Clinic, a student-run organization that aims to educate working people about their rights and recourses in the workplace. Before starting law school, Hina worked at the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton in the Financial Empowerment Program, where she helped run services such as free tax filing clinics for low-income folks and workshops about scam and fraud prevention for senior citizens. At Cavalluzzo, Hina hopes to lay the foundations for a legal career that promotes human rights and access to justice.