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Teaching Law

  • October 05, 2017

These lawyers enjoy teaching so much they've taken it on part time and even made a career change. We asked each to tell us about their teaching experience and share what makes it rewarding for them.

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10 Succession Planning Tips Every Solo Lawyer Should Read

  • August 09, 2017
  • David Debenham

Curiously, solicitors who routinely prepare Powers of Attorney and wills for their private clients and encourage business clients to engage in succession planning often make no such plans for themselves and their law practices. When you finally come to terms with the fact that you are your own most important client, please read the following helpful hints before you or your maker decides that it is time for you to cash in your chips.

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Parental Leave: More and better choices for everyone

  • April 27, 2017
  • Rachel Migicovsky

Our long-term, career-fulfilling goals must be shared and supported by the firms at which we work. If all of us, as lawyers, agree that we value having our families alongside our careers, we must ensure that our collective policies reflect that value.

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Get Out of My Office! How to deal with chatty co-workers

  • April 27, 2017

We’ve all been in a situation where we just need someone to get out of our office. But in a profession of strong wills and fragile egos, it’s tough to find a diplomatic way to do it. To fill that gap, JUST. Magazine interrogated some of its members for their cleverest escape plans.

A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer

A Day in the Life of an Immigration Lawyer

  • April 23, 2017
  • Cathryn D. Sawicki

Immigration law is both inspiring and demoralizing - it offers insight into the beauty of the human soul...and the most horrific acts of humankind.

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The Future of Food Law

  • February 02, 2017
  • Annie Chu

At Canada's first 'food law' conference, Annie Chu learns how the culinary world is drawing more attention to the link between sustainability, human rights and the food on our plates, and why the legal profession ought to evolve in response to the overwhelming demand for representation.