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By Claudio Klaus (GPLLM 2025) 

When I first shared my goal of meeting 75 lawyers, I was balancing several new challenges. I had just started as a research assistant, was working part time at a law firm, and was adjusting to the pace of the Global Professional Master of Laws program. I knew it would take effort, but my time at U of T Law has always been about more than earning a degree. I’ve focused on building something meaningful through both my work and the connections I’ve made.

A Framework for Informal Creativity (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: Professor Ariel Katz

Awards: U of T Faculty of Law Doctoral Scholarship (2014); Centre for International Governance Innovation Doctoral Scholarship (2014); U of T Faculty of Law Fellowship (2014); Vanier Graduate Scholarship (2016; Nathan Strauss QC Graduate Fellowship in International Law and Intellectual Property (2016); U of T Faculty of Arts & Science Oxford Mobility Fund (2016); Government of Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019)

The Tortious Liability of States for Combatant Activities (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: University Professor Arthur Ripstein, Howard Beck, Q.C. Chair

Whose Justice? A Comparative Approach to Canadian Civil Lay Justice (Thesis)

Graduate supervisors: University Professor David Dyzenhaus, Albert Abel Chair and University Professor Emeritus Michael J. Trebilcock

The New Immunity: Multinational Corporations, Tort Law, and Human Rights in the Third World (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: Professor Mohammed Fadel

The Limits of Legality: The Rule of Law Principles Governing the Common Law Public Policy Exception in Private International Law (Thesis)

Graduate supervisors: Professor Karen Knop (1960-2022) and University Professor Arthur Ripstein, Howard Beck, Q.C. Chair

From Treaty Norms to Practices: A State Accountability Analysis of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: University Professor Jutta Brunnée, Faculty of Law Dean Jutta Brunnée and James Marshall Tory Dean's Chair

International Governance in the World Trade Organization: Judicial Boundaries and Political Capitulation (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: University Professor Emeritus Michael J. Trebilcock

Government Appointments: On the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) indicative list of dispute settlement panellists, the approved list of Israeli arbitrators under the Israel-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement and Chapter 10 of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. Member of Israel’s Advisory Committee on Trade Remedies

Julie McAlpine-Jeffries (LLM 2008), associate general counsel for the University of Toronto, is an “accidental” lawyer who became so fascinated by the law that she pursued her LLM at Faculty of Law simply to enjoy learning more about a variety of aspects of the law.