While we are lawyers by day, we are also individuals with colourful personalities, quirks and interests that define who we are beyond the practice of law., yet in a world pre-occupied by image and instant information, social media is a perilous tool for the legal profession.

We asked eight tech-savvy lawyers from seven areas of practice to share their top five legal apps and websites.

Chambers appointments can present counsel with some unique challenges, particularly for new litigators. This article arms you with some basic dos and don’ts to employ on your next chambers appointment.

Could such a program ever be made here?

Juliet Knapton, past chair of the OBA Equality Committee, sits down with LSUC Bencher Joanne St. Lewis to discuss an idea St. Lewis brought forward during her campaign for Bencher: an annual report card to measure diversity in the legal profession.

With no more brass rings to strive for, what will motivate innovative young lawyers to spend their prime years in a traditional firm environment?

One day the phone rings: it’s the lawyer on the other side, and she says: “look, can we talk off the record?" What do you do?

Everyone’s first court appearance can be an intimidating experience. Appearing in front a busy judge in a packed courtroom can test your mettle in ways you never imagined. Especially for younger lawyers, who are building their reputations and just want to be seen as professional and diligent, the stakes are high.

The exciting ways lawyers are practising on a mobile basis.

The rigours of practising law, which are by no means exclusive to trial counsel, can leave one feeling isolated and distant. Day after day goes by to the point that it appears as if the planet begins at our in-tray and ends at our keyboard. When a massive EF5 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma last May, Ontario lawyer Ryan Wozniak booked a flight, grabbed his work boots and joined Habitat for Humanity’s disaster recovery efforts in the devastated community.