Articles 2019

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Chigozie Enwereuzo

A Long Road to Licensing - An ITL's Tale & Personal Experience

  • 24 mai 2021
  • Chigozie Enwereuzo

Yes, it has been a long road through licensing in Ontario. It has been eight years and counting in my quest to obtain an Ontario license to practice law. I took a longer route than the typical internationally trained lawyer (ITL). Here's my story.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum
Tejal Harri-Morar

Thoughts on Diversity Practices in our Organizations

  • 24 mai 2021
  • Tejal Harri-Morar

Coming from South Africa, a country that had openly practiced direct and indirect exclusionary practices previously against its citizens and inhabitants, I offer my real-life observations and thoughts on the current practices in organizations and recommendations that can possibly assist with furthering diversity practices.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum
Sandra Shime

Remote Work: New Lessons from our Not-So-New Reality

  • 24 mai 2021
  • Sandra Shime

For those of us with children, we all have assessed the losses for them over this pandemic year and struggled to help them cope with the absence  of social get-togethers, driver’s education, sports, and being at school with their classmates and teachers.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum
Jacqueline Angelakis

OBA WLF Event Highlights: January 2021 Speed Mentoring

  • 02 avril 2021
  • Jacqueline Angelakis

Jacqueline Angelakis highlights a recent OBA WLF event, a two-day speed mentoring session held in collaboration with the Global Lawyers of Canada (Ontario Chapter).

Forum des avocates, Student Forum
Amelia Yiu

Managing Parental Leave: Considerations for Women in the Legal Profession

  • 02 avril 2021
  • Amelia Yiu, Elm Law Professional Corporation

Lawyers who are about to welcome a new child into their lives should all be concerned about parental leave, but I am writing this for the Women Lawyers Forum because the burden of child care disproportionately falls on women in our society. This is because of the ingrained expectation that women perform these childcare duties, no matter what their profession or the profession of their spouse.

Forum des avocates, Student Forum