I practiced law for 20 years and have been reading about the problem of suicides among U.S. lawyers. I have to say I am not surprised. It’s not just the pressure, its our entire legal system starting with first year law school. I spent six years (my doctorate years) looking at what happens to law students. Law […]
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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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I just read about the Justicia Project lead by Gowlings law firm and lawyer Helena Plecko. About 20 BC law firms have apparently signed onto an agreement to track gender demographics and foster leadership skills and women networking. I think a similar project exists in Ontario. I will look into it. It sounds like a great
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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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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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The new head of the Canadian Bar Association of BC is a woman and clearly knows what she is talking about. Sharon Mathews, a seasoned lawyer writes in her first column (in BarTalk, October) that despite the gains for women lawyers, true equality and diversity eludes us. She says that the fact that we cannot
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“What’s in a name? A lot if you’re seeking a legal career, with a U.S. study finding that women with male names are more successful lawyers and judges than those with more traditional, feminine names. The study, led by economist Bentley Coffey of Clemson University in South Carolina, looked at the relationship between a person’s
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