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.

Peter A. Allard School of Law

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