+Canadian Lawyer 4Students: Fall 2011
Life skills and career tips for Canada's lawyers in training
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“ Cover”
4STUDENTS Vol. 6 • Issue 2 • Fall 2011 www.canadianlawyermag.com/4students BRASS RING THE ELUSIVE Students are scrambling for articling positions and it's time the legal profession addresses this supply versus demand problem. New-style interviewing What clients want * *
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“ Editors Desk” (page 3)
The T editor's desk Try the road less travelled his month's cover story, and really a lot of the talk of the town here in On- CONNECT WITHCONNECT WITH tario, centres on the shortage of articling spaces for all the lawyers in train- ing graduating from law school and wanting to get into the practi...
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“ New-style interviewing” (page 6)
BY JEREMY HAINSWORTH In the evolving landscape of law firm interviews, recruiters are saying it's now more businesslike and less nudge, nudge, wink, wink. interviewing New-style T he current stack of articling applications at Vancouver's Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy LLP is about 45 centimetres h...
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“ Tips from the top” (page 12)
TOP Think you have what it takes to complete a joint degree program? Canadian Lawyer 4Students finds out what's involved from these joint-program medal winners who have taken the time to ponder the following questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 TIPS FROM THE COMPILED BY HEATHER GARDINER Why did you choose the ...
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“ Cover: The elusive brass ring” (page 15)
16 F A L L 2011 C ANADIAN Lawy er 4STUDENTS BRASS RING THE ELUSIVE Hundreds of students graduate from law school every year, yet many can't fi nd the articling positions needed in order to qualify. The profession needs to do something to address this growing problem. ahead, with the University of...
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“ Getting to in-house” (page 22)
BY HELEN BURNETT-NICHOLS The corporate counsel bar is growing but it's not that easy for students who want to go directly into a company's law department. There are ways to prepare yourself to get there faster. Eileen Tan food retailer Loblaw Companies Ltd. last year, she knew she was in limited ...
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“ New kid on the block” (page 26)
BY HEATHER GARDINER New kid I t may have taken more than 30 years, but Canada fi nally has a new law school. On Sept. 6, the faculty at Th ompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., opens its doors. Along with law schools at the universities of British Columbia and Victoria, TRU's will be the th...
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“ Yes, councillor” (page 30)
Yes, S ince late 2008, the Bowmanville, Ont., branch of the Clarington Public Library has been like a second home to Osgoode Hall Law School student Corinna Traill. Aſt er winning her spot at Osgoode, she decided to move home to her parents' house in the town east of Toronto, and make the 80-kilo...
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“ The pros and cons of . . .” (page 37)
PROS CON THE OF PRAC TISIN 38 F A L L 2011 C ANADIAN Lawy er 4STUDENTS & COMPILED BY HEATHER GARDINER NG. . . IN CALGARY PERSONAL INJURY LAW IN TROIS-RIVIÈRES LITIGATION C ANADIAN Lawyer 4STUDENTS F ALL 2011 39 NS S * EVEN CRIMINAL LAWYERS NEED THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB The right resources are ...
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“ Students page” (page 45)
BY STEVE PARR STUDENTS' PAGE By Faith Feldman A dose of reality I couldn't have imagined how much a trip to Kenya would aff ect my life. Aſt er meeting some courageous Kenyans who welcomed me graciously into their lives, I was fortunate enough to spend time with them and gain insights on life, hu...
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