Aki Kamoshida

Aki is excited to return to McMillan as an articling student. She looks forward to developing her legal skills under the guidance of the lawyers at the firm. She recently completed her JD at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Throughout law school, Aki was an active participant in the student community. She held numerous elected positions at the UBC Law Students’ Society, where she managed the organization’s internal governance and advocated for student interests. In her final year of law school, she served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alma Mater Society, the student union at UBC. Aki also participated in the UBC Business Law Clinic, where she advised and prepared legal documents for technology startup companies in Vancouver.

Aki received several awards during law school, including the Frank Iacobucci Entrance Award in Law, the Mr. Justice Walter Kirke Smith Memorial Scholarship and the Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang Ernie Alexander Award in Law.

Before law school, Aki obtained her BA in Global Political Economy from Waseda University in Tokyo. During this time, she spent a year at the University of Chicago where she studied topics in international relations, public policy and gender studies. She also interned for the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, where she was involved in lobbying efforts for legal reform.

Aki has lived and studied in six countries, which allows her to bring a cross-cultural perspective into her articling experience. In her spare time, Aki enjoys trying new recipes and going on walks along the Seawall.