Articles 2023

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What You Need to Know About LAWPRO: Tips and Traps for Junior Lawyers

  • 01 mars 2022
  • Michelle Wen Xiao Kang

The practice of law is fraught with many challenges and a lot of skill, planning, and vigilance is required to navigate through the potential pitfalls. In this article, Michelle Wen Xiao Kang highlights the common traps that may lead to a potential LAWPRO claims and suggests ways that junior lawyers can reduce the risk of a claim being brought against them as a result of errors and omissions in performing their professional services.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
A Three-and-Half-Year Journey: From Guangzhou, China to the Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

A Three-and-Half-Year Journey: From Guangzhou, China to the Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

  • 28 février 2022
  • Baiqing Luo

Though no stranger to relocating and adapting, I found it challenging as a newcomer to Canada and as a law student because I knew absolutely nothing about Canadian society or Canadian law. Fast forward three years, and I am an articling student with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. So, what helped me land on my feet in Canada? If I was to offer one answer, it would be the conscious effort to build contextual intelligence.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division

Your First Appeal at the OCA: Tips from the Gurus

  • 28 février 2022
  • Nancy Sarmento

Navigating appeals to the Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) can be a challenge for any lawyer. New lawyers navigating their first appeal to the ONCA are probably doubly stressed, particularly if they are working alone, and especially where the appeal is complicated by a motion to quash. In this article, Nancy Sarmento offers a fantastic ensemble of gems from the gurus of appellate advocacy.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
Business Development Tips for Junior Lawyers

Business Development Tips for Junior Lawyers

  • 03 février 2022
  • Zara Wong

It's never too early to think about developing your own client and referral bases as a junior lawyer. Read on to find out how you can expand your business network and some of the non-traditional ways to do so.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division

“Firmly” Situated: Reflections on moving into firm practice

  • 03 février 2022
  • James McCarthy - Cunningham Swan LLP

For newly called lawyers moving from non–firm articling to practicing at a firm, the transition can be a big one. Having made this leap, from articling as a clerk to working in both a small and medium–sized firm, the author provides some reflections on a few of the aspect of day-to-day practice that can look very different in a firm as opposed to other types of practice.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division

A Primer on the Enforceability of Commercial Leases

  • 02 février 2022
  • Vanessa Carment, associate at Soloway Wright LLP

As the pandemic continues to change everyday life, the commercial leasing landscape has changed along with it. However, some things that have not changed are the key provisions that must be included in a commercial lease This Article looks at some of these provisions that must be included to have an enforceable lease.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division

To Reply or Not to Reply? The Call for an Automatic Right to File a Reply Factum in Prism Resources Inc. v. Detour Gold Corporation, 2022 ONCA 4

  • 02 février 2022
  • Nancy Sarmento Barkhordari

The recent decision of Justice Brown in Prism Resources Inc. v. Detour Gold Corporation, 2022 ONCA 4, discusses the foundational role of written advocacy in appeals, illustrates the many legitimate reasons why an appellant might want to file a reply factum, and offers an excellent viewpoint for an automatic right to file a brief reply.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division
Keep Remote Work Moving

Keep Remote Work Moving

  • 31 janvier 2022
  • Tiana Knight

This article aims to provide law students, articling students, and young lawyers some tips and tricks to make their day-to-day Work from Home (WFH) a bit more manageable as the legal profession continues to grapple with the ever-changing circumstances of the pandemic.

Student Forum, Young Lawyers' Division