{"id":5456,"date":"2015-11-02T10:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T10:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.niagaralaw.ca\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:41:38","slug":"meet-our-nca-candidate-karen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/meet-our-nca-candidate-karen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our NCA Candidate Karen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niagaralaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Karen-Shedden-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Shedden\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/>Karen Shedden and I completed my Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Leicester in September 2015. While there, I was a member of both the University of Leicester Law Society and the Canadian Law Society. I also competed for the University of Leicester Women\u2019s Rugby Football Club which won the BUCS Midlands 2 B Division Championship in 2013\/2014.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to attending law school, I completed my undergraduate studies at Brock University, receiving an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with a minor in Political Science. I was named to the Deans List in 2006, 2008, and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>I previously worked at Daniel &amp; Partners LLP in 2014 as a summer student. I am back now as an NCA Candidate, working towards earning my Certificate of Qualification that will enable me to complete my articles and be called to the bar in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, I enjoy staying active with rugby, playing board games with my family, and volunteering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Karen Shedden and I completed my Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Leicester in September 2015. While there, I was a member of both the University of Leicester Law Society and the Canadian Law Society. I also competed for the University of Leicester Women\u2019s Rugby Football Club which won the BUCS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8167,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456\/revisions\/8167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niagaralaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}