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ILCO EDUCATION AWARDS







Finuzza Baracuhy – Balfour Award for Excellence in Real Estate and Honours Certificate


I am very honoured and proud to receive the Balfour school education was not transferable to Canada and
Award in Real Estate and the ILCO Honours Certificate. being a new immigrant with two young children, going
I would like to thank ILCO for the Award and would back to law school was too much to ask for at that time.
like to say that I am very pleased to be a member of the Determined to adapt to my new life, I enrolled in the
institute. ILCO courses are very intense and in depth, paralegal program where I graduated in 2008, becoming a
however, I believe, they fully prepare students for a licensed paralegal in 2009.
successful law clerk career. I worked for five years as a legal assistant for a private

I want to express my gratitude to my family for law firm providing mainly family law and real estate
their support, especially my two children for their services. Since 2013, I have worked as a legal assistant at
understanding when mommy needed to take time away the Region of Peel providing real estate services. Eager
from them to study and attend classes; to my real estate to grow in my career at the Region and becoming a law
instructor Valerie Cain for her constant orientation and clerk, I enrolled for the ILCO preparatory courses, but
availability every time I needed her guidance; she really loving a challenge and always pushing myself to the limit,
goes above and beyond to help her students out; thank
you to my colleagues and friends for encouraging me and I was able to finish in one year. In the spirit of seeking
supporting me in pursuit of the ILCO designation. On another good challenge, I have recently been accepted
that note, I would like to acknowledge my employer The to the Canadian Common Law LLM at Osgoode Hall
Region of Peel for investing in the career development of and I have no doubt that the ILCO law clerk certification
its employees. Above all, I am always very grateful to God courses gave me the foundation and knowledge to achieve
who is always with me, giving me strength and wisdom this next step in my career.
to make the right choices in my life, or more importantly, The Balfour Award in Real Estate and the ILCO Hounors
helping me through the more difficult times. Certificate is reassurance that determination and hard

My career started in Brazil where I studied Psychology work always pays off. This is the example that I want to set
for my children, and I will try my best, for my entire life,
and Law. As soon as I graduated from law school I moved to deserve this honour.
with my family to Canada. I was advised that my law










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