An Osgoode Hall law student has been exposed as one of the many who purchased a "fake degree" to be admitted to Osgoode. In addition, the Star reported that she inflated her grades for her articling applications. (Do you remember the U of T cheating scandal in the early 2000s?). The article as it appeared in Metro is:

"A promising law student has become the first casualty of a bogus degree scam exposed recently.

Quami Frederick, 28, has quit the Bay St. law firm where she was to article after graduating in the spring. A Toronto Star investigation found she had bought her undergraduate degree from a diploma mill.

Frederick not only used fake transcripts from St. George’s University in Grenada to get into Osgoode Hall in 2006, her marks earned at the law school were inflated on transcripts she tendered to law firm Wildeboer Dellelce LLP.

The altered marks, with a C upgraded to A in some cases, came to light when the law firm and Osgoode shared notes on Frederick.

She was one of 290 students admitted to Osgoode Hall in 2006 from 2,500 applicants. Her bogus Bachelor of Science degree from Grenada came with a stellar 3.93 grade point average.

Asked about her Osgoode Hall marks, Frederick said it no longer matters.

 “I’m finished. I have no career in law. Nobody is going to hire me,” said the tearful woman, who said she is a single mother. “I’m just going to save face and save the university further embarrassment.”

The scandal has left her destitute, she said, with more than $80,000 in student loans and other debts.

Frederick, who lives in a townhouse in Rexdale, said she is Canadian born and grew up in Grenada.

She said she wants to quit  Osgoode Hall but said the “rules of the law school” compel her to submit to a formal inquiry she believes can only end in her expulsion.

In the last three days Frederick has become a cause célèbre among bloggers on the Internet, who have posted reactions ranging from outrage and mockery to praise for Frederick for beating the system."

In any case, what follows are a number of links that discuss this issue.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/555120

http://www.thestar.com/article/553330

http://lawiscool.com/tag/quami-frederick/

http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/17/quami-fredrick-forged-law-school-marks-too/

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/17/Law_student_quits_over_faked_degree/UPI-43821229522548/

http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?IssueDate=12/18/2008&section=York%20in%20the%20Media

http://www.cfrb.com/shows/500494

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/local/article/156048

http://hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-entrepreneurs_13.html

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