Practicing Attorneys Don’t Make that Kind of Money

lawiscool | Law Career, Law School, Pro Bono | 8th February - 2008

The Wall Street Journal blog interviewed Kirsten Wolf, what they describe as a law-school “naysayer.”
They asked her how she liked law school, and although she liked the intellectual aspects of it, she disliked the competition for jobs.
They also inquired about the much obsessed over grades. Despite being a B+ student, she didn’t get the […]

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Law Without the Suits

lawiscool | Law Career, Pro Bono | 7th February - 2008

Casual Practice

Christina Binkley has commented on how the casual workplace has affected legal practice.
But she claims once they go casual, it’s difficult to get them to dress up again.
According to her,
…in lawyering, half the battle is the posturing. Many experienced lawyers see their wardrobe as a tool to win the trust of clients, juries […]

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Partner Without Borders

lawiscool | Pro Bono | 23rd January - 2008

McCarthy Tétrault announced recently that they are the first firm to join Partners Without Borders with Avocats Sans Frontieres (Lawyers Without Borders or LWAB) in Quebec.
The organization was founded in 1992 in Belgium, and founded the Quebec chapter in 2002.
The news release states,
By becoming the first major Canadian law firm to be granted the […]

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Public Interest Career Tough But Rewarding

Alex Dimson | Civil Rights, Law Career, Law School, Pro Bono | 5th November - 2007

by Alex Dimson (from the October Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper)

It takes business savvy and a tempering of salary goals but ultimately a career in public interest can be highly rewarding, one of Canada’s most famous public interest lawyers told Western law students recently.
In a talk on public interest careers, Murray Klippenstein discussed […]

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Increased Funding for Ontario Legal Aid

lawiscool | Pro Bono | 15th September - 2007

Earlier this year, Attorney-General of Ontario, Michael Bryant, made significant changes to Legal Aid Ontario.
Recent Changes
The announcement on June 19, 2007, proclaimed an increase $51 million for low-income Ontarians.
Some of the specific areas of funding include:

Tariff Increase
Articling Students
Exemption of Universal Child Care Benefit
New Financial Eligibility Test
Services for Families
Big Case Management
Aboriginal Services
Community Legal Clinics […]

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CBA Advocates for Alleged Terrorist

lawiscool | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, International Law, Politics, Pro Bono | 12th August - 2007

A Turning Point after Inaction

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin spoke to the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) in Calgary yesterday addressing the Maclean’s article controversy and the importance of pro bono work in Canada.
But the 30 second ovation came for another speaker, Lieutenant-Commander William Kuebler, who criticized Canada for its inaction in dealing with the case of […]

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Much More than Moolah

Omar Ha-Redeye | Law Career, Politics, Pro Bono | 25th July - 2007

The Allure of Bay Street
Many aspiring lawyers these days seem to have interest in the field because they believe it to be especially lucrative. Specifically, myths abound about the prospects on Bay Street law firms.
The FindLaw Career Centre does provide information on base and associate salaries. The figures are admittedly impressive, especially since salaries […]

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