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Law Students Offer Great Perspectives on Issues in Legal Profession

I have been privileged to teach legal ethics at the University of Ottawa and before that at Osgoode Hall and U of T. I love teaching legal ethics because students have fresh and valuable perspectives...

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Putting the Rah-Rah-Rah Into Lawyering: Spirit and Enthusiasm

by Vanessa Mui According to the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism, the building blocks of professionalism include scholarship, integrity, honour, leadership,...

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Student to Lawyer – 20 Tips for a Successful Transition

Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 There isn't a simple magic formula for mapping out a career in law. You will make some decisions on where you would like to go, but there are many...

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Online Resources for Students and New Lawyers

There is a lot to think about beyond substantive law when you are starting a law practice. With that in mind, under the practicePRO banner LAWPRO has created the New Lawyer Resource page containing...

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In Search of Ethics in to Kill a Mockingbird: Understanding Race and Justice...

by Marlon Simmons On the night of August 21st 1931, the town of Maycomb stood still. In the segregated court of the small Alabama town, an all white male jury tried an African-American man by the name...

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Is This the Job You Want?

by Wendy L. Werner / Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 On the face of it, interviewing should not be all that difficult – particularly for lawyers. As members of a profession who...

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Social Media Pitfalls to Avoid

The following article appeared in the December 2009 edition of LAWPRO Magazine. Although social media sites offer lawyers many interesting new ways to interact with people in both personal and work...

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Racy Lawyer Advertisements Create a Spiralling Strip-Poker Race to the Bottom

by Mona Zarbafian Chicago lawyer Corri Fetman’s “Life’s short. Get a divorce” marketing campaign is a combination of sexualized images and suggestive slogans that influence a greater market than solely...

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What New Lawyers Need to Know About LAWPRO’s Mandatory Professional Liability...

Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 What is professional liability insurance? Professional liability insurance is designed to indemnify lawyers against the consequences of a lawyer’s...

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Leveraging Generational Diversity in Law

The following article by Nora Spinks, president of Work-Life Harmony Enterprises appeared in the Winter 2008 edition of LAWPRO Magazine. The original article also features sidebar interviews with law...

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Declining Clients Who Cannot Pay: Discriminating Against Women Who Have...

by Jenna Marie Pilon [footnotes omitted; available on request] Introduction A Canadian lawyer must respect the requirements of human rights laws and not deny services to persons by discriminating on...

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What I Wish I Had Known in Law School

May El-Abdallah / Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 Law school can be a steep learning curve, and stepping into the world of practice can seem even more daunting. One of the most...

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Dealing With Difficult Clients

Dealing with difficult clients is one of the most challenging parts of practising law. Difficult clients can be very hard to satisfy, and they can be frustrating, demanding and even upsetting. They...

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Solicitor-Client Privilege vs. Fraud Prevention

by Kaitlin Bradley [footnotes omitted; available on request] Solicitor-client privilege must yield to prevention of economic harm. Law society rules should provide the option to breach solicitor-client...

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Beyond the Grinder: Tips on Hiring the Best Fit for Your Firm

by Marie Maron*  [This article was first published in the Canadian Lawyer and is reprinted here with their permission and the permission of the author.] There are three types of lawyers at a firm: the...

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Essential LInkedIn Dos and Don'ts for Law Students

Dan Pinnington / Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 With over 120 million users in more than 200 countries (including at least a million lawyers) and web traffic that ranks it as...

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Law Student Week

As we did last year, we're having a modest Law Student Week on Slaw. In the coming week we'll post each day a student essay chosen by Slaw columnist and Ottawa University law prof Adam Dodek from...

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practicePRO's New Lawyer Resource Page

There is a lot to think about beyond substantive law when you are starting a law practice. With that in mind, under the practicePRO banner LAWPRO has created the New Lawyer Resource page containing...

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The Student Edition of LAWPRO Magazine

For over 10 years LAWPRO Magazine has provided Ontario lawyers with a wealth of practice management and claims prevention content. It is delivered (in paper or electronic format) to every practicing...

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Incorporating Equality Into Legal Education: Experience as a 1L

Nothing in the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Rules of Professional Conduct places much real pressure on the profession to incorporate equality in a meaningful way. If law schools cannot instill the...

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