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The Nuts and Bolts of Professional Corporations

Legal recruiters Trevor Branion and Chris Williams outline the most common mistakes lawyers make when transitioning their career.

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.

Andrew Sudano discusses the recent phenomenon of the Divorce Selfie

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.

On May 7, 2015, the present and future leaders of the legal profession gathered in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, at the historic and posh Rideau Club, to hear from the most recent appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Honourable Madam Justice Suzanne Côté.

Young lawyer Jenni Lee Campbell provides an overview of the Social Medial CPD held in Ottawa on February 25, 2015, and relates her top 5 practical tips from the session.

YLD member Jenna Wates provides an overview of YLD East's efforts to give back to the community in Ottawa with Lawyers Feed the Hungry.

While a family law case surrounding the return of an engagement ring remains a thorny business at best, Andrew Sudano examines some ways that one party may be able to have the engagement ring returned.

A brief history of a young lawyer's career in wills and estates law