Marleigh is a first-year associate in the litigation department at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. She maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice, with a focus on regulatory and environmental law, insolvency and restructuring, and securities litigation. Marleigh graduated from the J.D. program at Osgoode Hall. At Osgoode, Marleigh worked as a research assistant for Justice Lorne Sossin of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in his previous position as dean, and as a dean’s fellow for Professor Craig Scott. She was also a member of the Mediation Clinic Intensive Program and participated in both the Laskin and Wilson moots. Prior to law school, she obtained her Honours B.A. in Psychology and Criminology from Western University, which included an exchange at Bond University in Queensland, Australia.
Q: What is the most exciting aspect, and conversely challenging part of your work at Osler?
A: The most exciting part of my job is also the most challenging part. Each day at Osler a new task that I’ve never done before is thrown my way. As I’m getting the instructions from the partner or senior associate I wonder if I’ll ever figure out what this task even is or how to tackle it but in the end (and usually with the help of my supportive colleagues) everything somehow gets done.
Q: If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself in law school?
A: If I could go back in time I would tell law school Marleigh that everything would work out in the end. My friends and I all took different paths but ultimately ended up where we needed to be. It’s crazy to look back on the days spent debriefing after an exam or rereading an essay 500 times. I should have gone to every pub night and worried way less.
Q: When/how has female mentorship assisted you in building your legal career?
A: First and foremost, my female friends at both Osgoode and Osler are my number one support system. Every time I make a mistake they’re always there to share a worse mistake they’ve made that week. Second, I would not have made it through law school without my female upper-year mentors at Osgoode. At every step of the way - 1L summaries, recruitment, the bar exam - they were there to walk me through it and give me the handbook on what to do and not to do. They inspired me to pay this forward and mentor Osgoode students below me. And lastly, I am so lucky to have incredible female mentors at Osler who have given me opportunities early on in my career that I never thought I would have and who take the time to provide me with feedback no matter how busy their days are.
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