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Mina Alam
is an articling student at Lenczner Slaght.
Mina is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She is returning to Lenczner Slaght after completing her 2L summer with the firm.
In law school, Mina fed her passion for written and oral advocacy through a variety of subject areas. Mina has volunteered her time to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law Review, was a working group member for the International Human Rights Program, and wrote for Ultra Vires, the faculty’s student-run newspaper. She has successfully represented her school in the Hicks Morley Labour & Employment Law Moot as well as the Harold J. Fox Intellectual Property Moot, where she and her partner won Best Appellant Factum. Mina went on to coach the Fox Moot in her final year.
Prior to law school, Mina earned her Honours Bachelor of Science at the Toronto Metropolitan University, where she majored in Biomedical Sciences. In addition to placing on the Dean’s List each year of her degree, Mina explored a wide variety of her interests during her undergraduate studies: she reviewed research on Toronto Metropolitan University’s Research Ethics Board, volunteered at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, and wrote articles to facilitate science communication to a lay audience. Mina speaks English and Pashto.
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Supreme Court of Canada Holds that Bankruptcy May Erase Some Penalties Imposed by Regulators
In Poonian v British Columbia (Securities Commission), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada clarified provisions in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the “BIA”) that govern when a bankrupt is not released from a claim upon an order of discharge. The Supreme Court concluded that while bankruptcy may release bankrupts from administrative penalties, it will not release them from orders to pay amounts obtained by fraud.
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Lenczner Slaght Welcomes Summer Student Class of 2024
Canada’s leading litigation firm continues to attract top talent with the addition of 11 exceptional summer students.