Articles
Straight talk on articling, law school, the NCA route, and life in the profession, written for the people building legal careers across Canada.
The law is quietly conservative about clothes, and interviews are where that shows. Here is how to dress the part without overthinking it, spending a fortune, or losing yourself.
Environmental law is broader, messier, and more consequential than most students imagine. Here is what the work actually involves and how to build toward it.
Startup legal work is broad, scrappy, and high-stakes: one lawyer, a hundred open questions, and no partner to hide behind. Here is what the job is really like.
Your international CV is not broken, but it is speaking the wrong dialect. Here is how to translate a foreign legal career into a resume that Canadian firms actually read.
A resume line is not a network. Here is how to pick law school groups that actually build your skills, your judgment, and the relationships that carry into practice.
The billable hour runs most of the legal industry and quietly shapes how lawyers behave. Here is what it really means, why it is strange, and how to think about it clearly.
Most articling jobs never touch a structured recruit. Here is how to find, approach, and win positions that get filled quietly, on their own timeline.
Already called to the bar in one province and eyeing another? Here is how lawyer mobility actually works in Canada, what the transfer costs you in time and paperwork, and where people get tripped up.
You do not need to code to be genuinely capable with legal tools. A practical guide to becoming the lawyer who makes the software work instead of fighting it.
The money habits you build in your first few years quietly decide how much freedom you have later. Here is what compounds, and what to start now.
Balance in law is not a myth, but it is not a flat promise either. Here is what it actually looks like at each career stage, and how to protect it without stalling.
A reference can quietly make or break your articling offer. Here is how to choose the right people, ask them well, and brief them so they say the thing that lands the role.