I am speaking at the Canadian Bar Association on January 21 at lunchtime in downtown Vancouver. This will be my he first talk on my new book: Lean Out (out in a few weeks). Here is the Blurb: LEAN OUT, NOT IN
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I just read an article in The Advocate (BC lawyers magazine) by lawyer Sandra L Kovacs. She suggests that unless big law firrms make life better for lawyers (e.g. allow flex time, reasonable work loads, family consideration etc.) these employees will leave, set up shop and compete directly with them for clients. She states: “While lip service is paid
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Here is another article on how lawyers are failing at work-life balance. One lawyer even blames the clients! If you following my writing you will know that that the term “work-life balance” is a fictitious term created by the media to suggest that individuals – not the institutions they work within – are somehow able to
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You may not be surprised but one of top three worst careers for mothers is a Lawyer. The other two are Investment Bankers and International Journalists. The best are doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs. It makes sense to me since – for some reason – law firms are still notoriously sweat shops, where billable hours are still
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I just read an article about Godyne Sibay – a woman lawyer and partner at McCarthy’s in Toronto. Apparently at her first interview with a Bay Street law firm years ago the interviewer told her that there must have been some mistake. Her name sounded like a man’s name. She was told that the law firm had a policy
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I feel sorry for reporters who have to research the “problem” regarding women lawyers. A recent article in the Globe& Mail is a case in point. Routing Number BANCFIRST Poor Jeff Gray writes well about several women who have left, each of them telling pretty much the same old story (yawn). This story is mine
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