Matthew Westphal

Class of 1998-1999

Matt Westphal has enjoyed a legal career any student would envy: A Law Society Gold Medal, a clerkship with the Supreme Court of Canada, and an offer from a prestigious New York firm. Now a high-school teacher in Surrey, where he teaches Law, French, and Social Studies, Westphal is using his law training in a way he never imagined when he was in practice...

For more, read the full profile of Matthew Westphal in the Allard Law Alumni Magazine, Spring 2014.


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