Articles

About Articles The articles below are published by the Young Lawyers Division of the Ontario Bar Association. Members are encouraged to submit articles. 

Editors: Emily OKeefe - Central Region; Caroline Bedard - East Region

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How Car Share Works for Me

  • December 18, 2015
  • Dana Lue

Living and working downtown, I generally don’t need a car nor could I justify the cost of the ownership, parking, and insurance. That said, I practise family law and am expected to be able to find my own way to any courthouse in the GTA. I ended up joining Enterprise in 2013 and haven’t looked back since.

5 Essential Websites for Every Young Lawyer Litigator

  • December 18, 2015
  • Robert Richler

I have come to realize that there are several websites which are essential to any litigator's practice. These are the websites I wish someone had told me about when I first began practising and which I have come to rely upon.

Practice Management Review Tips for Young Lawyers

  • November 04, 2015
  • Alessia Petricone-Westwood and Melinda Andrews

The Ontario Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division East held a breakfast event entitled “Practice Management Review Tips for Young Lawyers,” which took place on October 21, 2015 at the offices of Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP. The program was co-chaired by Michael Beeson (Lavery) and Susanne Greisbach (Brazeau Seller LLP). Heeny Harmsen, a practice management counsel at the Law Society of Upper Canada, explained the Law Society's Practice Review Program.

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Excelling at Articles and the LPP: Ottawa

  • September 14, 2015
  • Meghan O'Halloran

Meghan O'Halloran provides an overview of "Excelling at Articles & the LLP 2015: Surviving and Thriving Through Articles and the LPP" which took place on August 28, 2015 at the Lord Elgin Hotel in downtown Ottawa. The program was presented by Young Lawyer's Division East.