FIDI Media Coverage

Charles Osuji is the CEO and managing owner of the firm and started his career in his home country of Nigeria. He’s owned Osuji and Smith Lawyers since 2017, and Osuji says his journey wasn’t easy.

But to help open doors for others like him, Osuji is launching its “foot-in-the-door program” which will provide information and opportunities to international lawyers and students beginning in Canada.

CALGARY LAWYER CHARLES OSUJI – Foot in the Door Program – CALGARY EYEOPENER WITH ANGELA KNIGHT INTERVIEW ON CBC RADIO

Getting a foot in the door. We hear from a Nigerian-born lawyer who is offering foreign trained lawyers the help he wish he’d been given.
Aired: Nov. 14, 2022

CALGARY EYEOPENER WITH ANGELA KNIGHT – NOV. 14, 2022: FOOT IN THE DOOR

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Alberta Newcomer Recognition Awards

Grateful to the Government of Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, the Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Hon. Muhammad Yaseen, Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism of Alberta, and Dr. Ako Ufodike, Deputy Minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism for the 2023 “Inclusive Workplaces” Award for upholding diversity and inclusion at Osuji & Smith Lawyers, and for the opportunities we create for internationally and locally trained lawyers and student lawyers through my not for profit organization, the Foot In the Door Initiative (“FIDI”). This is dedicated to my team and every organization, big or small, that walks the talk on diversity and inclusion and gives newcomers a chance to succeed. www.osujismith.ca