Articles 2019

Helpful tips to reinvigorate your search and get your name out there.

It’s such a small, simple word, yet for a young lawyer starting out in their career it can feel impossible at times to say it.

As we hope for serendipity, network for mentors and sponsors, and pray for some rain, we must remember that the most rewarding career is ultimately an amalgamation of diverse experiences. Be bold!

In Tomorrow’s Lawyers, leading scholar Richard Susskind envisions the future of legal practice. He argues that with the introduction of new technologies there will be a dramatic change in the jobs that lawyers hold. In particular, he predicts a sharp decrease in the number of traditional legal practitioners coupled with the emergence of new jobs for lawyers.

There are certain things one may only learn once they have finished going through the process of becoming a lawyer.

The Nuts and Bolts of Professional Corporations

Legal recruiters Trevor Branion and Chris Williams outline the most common mistakes lawyers make when transitioning their career.

The Ontario Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division East held a breakfast event entitled “Practice Management Review Tips for Young Lawyers,” which took place on October 21, 2015 at the offices of Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP. The program was co-chaired by Michael Beeson (Lavery) and Susanne Greisbach (Brazeau Seller LLP). Heeny Harmsen, a practice management counsel at the Law Society of Upper Canada, explained the Law Society's Practice Review Program.

On May 7, 2015, the present and future leaders of the legal profession gathered in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, at the historic and posh Rideau Club, to hear from the most recent appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Honourable Madam Justice Suzanne Côté.

While a family law case surrounding the return of an engagement ring remains a thorny business at best, Andrew Sudano examines some ways that one party may be able to have the engagement ring returned.