Stephanie LLB'08 & Andrew LLB'08

Stephanie and Andrew met in Fauteux in 2005 - their first year of law school. On the second day, they were in one of the introductory sessions in FTX 147A and started chatting. Andrew started to sit next to Stephanie in the classes they had together, even if that meant he had to sit near the front of the class. When Stephanie missed a class one day early in the first semester, Andrew sent her his notes. “It was at that point she realized that I was somewhat bright. I don't know if she still holds that view,” said Andrew.  

While they have many great memories from their time in law school, one of their favourites is of the first-year boat cruise on the Ottawa River. To this day, they celebrate both their wedding anniversary and the anniversary of the boat cruise, when they started dating. It was the beginning of many great times to come, both with each other and with their law school friends.  

On the day they graduated from law school, Andrew was the class speaker. He had the brilliant idea to propose during his speech, but then could not wait and asked Stephanie in the morning before they left for the graduation ceremony at the National Arts Centre. In response, Stephanie squealed so loud, that to this day, Andrew does not know if she said “Yes.”  

When asked for comment on Andrew’s idea to propose during his graduation speech in front of hundreds of classmates, Stephanie said, “What on earth was he thinking?! It’s a good thing he’s handsome.”  

Married 15 years, Stephanie and Andrew now have two sons and are on their second dog. Stephanie practices employment law at Dentons and Andrew is president of the County of Carleton Law Association and a partner at MBC Law Professional Corporation, where he practices civil litigation with a focus on construction law.

Kassie LLB'15 & Abdullah LLB'15

Eleven years ago, first year of law school, Kassie and Abdullah started dating in their second semester around Valentine's Day.  

Their love story began the first week of law school on the bus to the boat cruise in 2012. Shortly after, they met again in contracts class with Professor Chidi Oguamanam.

Kassie played club volleyball. Abdullah played varsity soccer, but he liked volleyball too, so they joined the law intramural volleyball team and got to know each other playing volleyball every week together.

Abdullah was Vice President Finance with AECLSS and enjoyed meeting with other students, understanding the issues they were facing and planning social events. Kassie warmly remembers her work with the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.

Their joint love of food and travel brought them together throughout school.  

“Our first date was at the Horn of Africa on Rideau … Father and Sons was an amazing ‘welcome home’ place, almost like Cheers. We went often for 10 cent wings and fried pickles. We did everything together. We have so many unreal memories.”

Their fondest law school couple memory was in third year, studying at University of Graz in Austria, learning European law, and travelling. “We spent 5 months studying during the week and travelling to 11 different countries on the weekends.” They both headed to British Columbia after graduation, articling in Vancouver and now working in their field - Kassie practices Aboriginal law and Abdullah is in-house counsel at a technology company. They live in Burnaby with their one-year-old son.