After being awarded an $80,000 academic excellence scholarship, Andreas journeyed to law school directly after high school. During his legal studies, he earned 13 academic awards, including achieving the highest-grade average across the entire faculty of law. Upon graduating law school, Andreas became the youngest person to pass the Ontario Bar, and since his call to the Bar, he has been devoted to promoting Access to Justice through his work with Legal Line, Canada’s free legal resource. He co-authored the 5th edition of Your Guide to Canadian Law – Canada’s most read legal help book, and spearheaded the development of Legal Line’s free Documents Library. Andreas is also the youngest member of Legal Line’s Board of Advisors.
Certifications
- Barrister & Solicitor, Notary Public, Commissioner for Taking Oaths
- Certificate of Qualification, Federation of Law Societies Canada
Bond University, Australia
- LLB, Honours First Class
- Specialization, International Law
- Specialization, Corporate Law
- Elected Class Representative
- Tutor, Law Students Association
- Pro Justitia Moot Court Competitor
- Canadian Students Pro Bono, Co-Founder and Program Manager
Bond University, Academic Awards
- Highest Grade Average Across Entire Faculty of Law
- Vice Chancellor’s List, 2021, 2022
- Executive Dean’s List, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- First in Class, Evidence Law
- First in Class, Networks & Security
- First in Class, Equity Law
- First in Class, Admin Law
- First in Class, Geopolitics
- First in Class, Sports Law
- Academic Scholarship ($80k)
Yale University
- Honours Certificate, Open Yale Courses, Financial Markets, 2020
- Studied Finance, Behavioural Finance, Economics and Financial Markets
Academic Acknowledgements
- University of Toronto, Awarded an Academic Achievement Scholarship
- York University, Awarded an Academic Achievement Scholarship
- Invited to join The Dean’s Top 1% Team, Circle of Student Scholars
- York University, Dean JJ McMurtry extends his “Congratulations on your extraordinary academic performance which reflects what we value: Ambition, curiosity and passion”
- Harvard Business Review, completed the ‘Mental Toughness Collection’
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
- Honour Student, graduating avg. 94%
- Ontario Scholar Award
- An International Baccalaureate Institute
- Graduate, DECA Business Program
- Presented to 1200 students on ‘The Merits of an Ideal Student President’
- Winner, Superior Court of Justice OJEN Ontario Mock Trial Competition
Self Study
- Spirit of Math Advanced Mathematics Program, 4 years, Honours Standing
- Memorized Pi to 222 digits (3.14159…)
- Professional Development courses led by experts Jeff Mowatt and Ray Aaron
- Dale Carnegie public speaking course
Leadership Roles
- Created and facilitated ‘Talk for Teens’, a weekly forum to discuss student issues
- Mentor to the Cedervale Chess Club, and participant in city wide competitions
- Squadron Leader of karate performances for 20,000 fans at two playoff Raptors basketball games
- Captain, Varsity Soccer, leading his team to victory in the Toronto Championship
Extracurricular Activities
- Karate: martial artist, training for 13 years; Trained in China with Shaolin Monks
- Advanced Chess.com player, 1500 international rating (95th percentile)
- Scuba Diver PADI (Advanced) Certified in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with experience in 22 other countries
- Feed-it-Foward, assistant to celebrity chef Jagger Gordon who prepares and serves meals to people in need. Appeared on CBC News (twice) representing Feed-it-Forward