Articles
Straight talk on articling, law school, the NCA route, and life in the profession, written for the people building legal careers across Canada.
Most of modern litigation runs through email, chat threads, and spreadsheets. Here is a plain-language grounding in e-discovery for lawyers in their first years.
What it actually costs to run a small firm, where the money really comes from, and the quiet financial habits that keep the doors open past year three.
Difficult clients are usually frightened clients. Here is how to hold your composure, set honest boundaries, and protect your judgment without losing your humanity.
It is the first question and the one most candidates fumble. Here is how to build an opening answer that frames your whole candidacy, not just recites your resume.
Deals look glamorous from the outside. Here is the real early-career work behind corporate transactions, from diligence and checklists to closing at 2 a.m.
Crown work is not what courtroom dramas promise. Here is what the job actually involves, the ordinary ways people arrive at it, and the kind of person it suits.
Your years of practice abroad are an asset, not baggage. Here is how to reframe overseas legal work so a Canadian employer sees the value they can actually use.
A law school clinic is the closest thing to real practice you will touch before you article. Here is how to turn clinic files into skills, references, and clarity.
Feedback during articling is often vague, rushed, or missing entirely. Here are the scripts and habits that pull useful notes out of busy lawyers and turn them into visible progress.
The path to practising law in BC has its own rhythm, from law school or the NCA to articling and the bar admission course. Here is how the pieces actually fit together.
Automation is quietly rewriting how legal documents get drafted. Here is what it actually does, what it doesn't, and why juniors should learn it now rather than later.
Your first articling paycheque will be smaller than the number on your offer letter. Here is how to read a pay stub, plan around take-home pay, and avoid a nasty April surprise.