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Straight talk on articling, law school, the NCA route, and life in the profession, written for the people building legal careers across Canada.
Canada has thirteen legal jurisdictions, not one. Here are the provincial differences that will actually shape where you article, what you earn, and how fast you qualify.
Research assistant work is the quietest lever in law school. Here is how to land an RA role and what it does for your writing, your judgment, and your network.
Your review reflects what your principal remembers, not what you actually did. Here is how to keep a record all year so the conversation lands in your favour.
A first interview asks whether you can do the job. The second asks whether they want you in the building for a year. Here is how to shift your approach for later rounds.
Big firm or small firm is one of the first real forks in a legal career. Here is an honest look at the tradeoffs, with no wrong answer and a few questions to ask yourself.
Administrative law is the quiet giant of Canadian practice. Here is what regulatory and tribunal work actually looks like, and why it may be the best-kept secret for your career.
The move from private practice to in-house is less about escaping billables and more about timing, positioning, and knowing what a business actually wants from its first lawyer in the room.
When a firm treats your years of practice abroad as a liability, the fix is not shrinking yourself. Here is how to reframe experience as an asset and answer the objection head on.
Reading week is not a second exam period, and not a full vacation. Here is how to split the mid-term break between catching up, resting, and career work.
Senior lawyers reuse memos they trust. Here is how to research and write ones that answer the real question, hold up under scrutiny, and make you the person they hand the hard problems to.
The profession has long asked lawyers to carry stress in silence. That is starting to shift. A look at why, and at practical, non-cliché ways to protect your well-being early.
Most lawyers take time off and never actually leave. Here is how to disconnect for real, why your brain needs it, and how to protect the days you booked.