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...
View ArticlePutting 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,...
View ArticleStudent 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...
View ArticleOnline 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleSocial 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...
View ArticleRacy 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleLeveraging 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...
View ArticleDeclining 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleDealing 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...
View ArticleDon’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...
View ArticleBeyond 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...
View ArticleEssential 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...
View ArticleLaw 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...
View ArticlepracticePRO'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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleIncorporating 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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