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I recently had a mediation with a lawyer that I have had files with in the past. During our negotiations she began to “huff and puff” about the quantum of my offer. She provided me with ZERO legal or substantive arguments for her position. When I simply asked her for a breakdown of her last […]
I am constantly struggling with this and it is truly becoming more and more of a challenge as things get busy. The great thing about going into the office is having that forced break in the form of a commute to and from the office. That time is meant for travel and you can spend […]
Time for a WFH update. I am approaching month 7 of primarily working from home. Never did I think that I would be working from home for a whole 7 months. I will be honest and admit that I have gone into the office a handful of times for different things. First it was to […]
I’ve always loved reading and writing and spend a lot of time attempting to perfect my grammar, and writing style in order to to be professional, sound smart and get goods grades. Anyway, there are a few things that I have learned in the recent years that I have apparently been doing incorrectly which I […]
1. Time tracking I have always been a time tracker. I did this throughout my time studying for the LSAT and I did this throughout law school. If you’ve ever had a part time job (you’d be surprised how many people in law school who haven’t), you’re already doing this. Most, if not all, part […]
Let me start with saying that I articled in-house at an insurance company so some of these things may not exactly apply to everyone but are more or less transferable to those articling in private practice. As we are approaching articling season (I remember starting right after Civic Holiday long weekend in August two years […]
This time last year I had just been called to the bar, I was starting a new job (spoiler alert I’ve been here for a whole year) and I 100% did not know what I was doing and had mad anxiety about being fired. A year later, I can’t say that much has changed. Looking […]