Articles 2019

A compilation of links to articles, podcasts, and videos that may be of interest to members of the OBA Women Lawyers Forum. Have suggested content for this feature? Email the link to Justine Johnston at jvjohnston@stikeman.com.

Our jobs can be stressful. The stress can come from a variety of sources such as difficult clients, grueling workload, and running a practice. But, what about stress that is not part of our jobs? I’m talking about the stress experienced by those who are being harassed by a colleague, a senior lawyer or someone in the workplace or opposing counsel. If you are experiencing harassment in the workplace you do not need to suffer in silence, there is help.

A compilation of links to articles, podcasts, and videos that may be of interest to members of the OBA Women Lawyers Forum. Have suggested content for this feature? Email the link to Justine Johnston at jvjohnston@stikeman.com.

Rosemary Masemann provides an overview of the Feb. 3, 2016 OBA Institute program, "Be the Rainmaker: Business Development for Today’s Lawyer."

In March 2015, Ontario Premiere Kathleen Wynne introduced “It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment” (the “Plan”). Some notable purposes of the plan are: expose the pervasiveness of sexual violence and harassment in Ontario; provide greater support to sexual violence survivors; and discontinue the norms and beliefs that sanction sexual violence and undermine its effects.

A case comment on Whole Woman's Health, a constitutional challenge of Texas' legislation restricting access to abortion.

A compilation of links to articles, podcasts, and videos that may be of interest to members of the OBA Women Lawyers Forum. Have suggested content for this feature? Email the link to Justine Johnston at jvjohnston@stikeman.com.

A summary of Ontario legislation that may be of interest to members of the Women Lawyers Forum.

A brief summary of Private Member's Bill Cassie and Molly's Law.

I went into practice on my own in the summer of 2000, about a year and a half after my call to the bar. A friend of mine had started her own practice doing criminal law. There was an office available beside hers. I decided to take the space and start my own practice while working on my L.L.M.