Menu BarTalk
  • Home
  • Features
  • Columns
  • Sections and News
  • Community
  • BarMoves
  • Legal Opportunities
  • Archives
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
Menu
  • Home
  • Features
  • Columns
  • Sections and News
  • Community
  • BarMoves
  • Legal Opportunities
  • Archives
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
BarTalk

Features | June 2022

The Transition from a Lawyer to a BC Provincial Court Judge

The Transition from a Lawyer to a BC Provincial Court Judge

When I was a law student, I assumed that the natural progression of a legal career was to become a judge. I didn’t realize at the time that very few lawyers become judges. But I wanted to be...

 The Honourable Judge Shannon Keyes 

Minding The Gap

Minding The Gap

Observations on how to effectively transition into law as a junior lawyer

Andrew Tang

Getting Older is Something to Be Proud Of

Getting Older is Something to Be Proud Of

I am not old.Yes, it’s been almost forty years since I applied to law school. Yes, I am over 60 years old. Yes, my hair is turning whiter. Yes, I keep getting mail from the Canadian...

W. Laurence Scott, KC

Reflections on a Less-Than-Linear Path in Law

Reflections on a Less-Than-Linear Path in Law

"A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usually a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the...

Ashley Syer

Making a Career from My Lifelong Passion for Animal Rights

Making a Career from My Lifelong Passion for Animal Rights

I sometimes (half) joke about how my career in animal law started when I was 13, growing up as an animal rights activist in Montreal.The included picture is me, at 13, featured in the front section...

Rebeka Breder

Serving Those Who Serve the Greater Good

Serving Those Who Serve the Greater Good

I went to law school with the intention of working in the area of charities and not-for-profit law. I made that decision while working for a private foundation. I recognized that while I enjoyed...

Krista Vaartnou

Three Reasons We Struggle with Career Transitions

Three Reasons We Struggle with Career Transitions

… and how to overcome them

Iva Erceg

The Pandemic as My Personal Circuit Breaker

The Pandemic as My Personal Circuit Breaker

Turning off the lights to light a bulb

Stephen P.E. Curran

Transitions of the In-House Bar

Transitions of the In-House Bar

The In-House Bar has experienced unprecedented change; a quiet yet impactful shift in the last few years with more lawyers leaving private practice for In-House practice. Organizations began...

Sybila K. Valdivieso

Life is Too Short to Hate Your Job

Life is Too Short to Hate Your Job

What Not Your Average Law Job has discovered about finding happiness in your career

Sara Forte & Sarah Ewart

Lawyer to Mediator

Lawyer to Mediator

Or planning to make mediation your day job

Sharon Sutherland

Love It or Leave It? The Legal Career Edition

Love It or Leave It? The Legal Career Edition

Have you ever thought about changing your area of practice or even leaving the profession altogether? Rates of attrition from private practice and from the practice of law are worrying.Lacking...

Karmen Masson

Making Aligned and Empowering Choices

Making Aligned and Empowering Choices

You've made the decision to transition your career, now what…First up, ask yourself these two powerful questions:Do you know what it is about the current career that does not work...

Janiene Chand

The Path to a Flourishing Legal Practice Comes with Change

The Path to a Flourishing Legal Practice Comes with Change

Jenny feels stuck. At three years of practice, she values her warm relationships with colleagues at her firm. There’s just one problem. It’s a boutique litigation practice, and...

Allison Wolf

Recent News

Courthouse Libraries  February 01

CLBC: A Boon to Your Law Business

CLEBC  February 01

CLEBC Update | February 2023

The Law Foundation  February 01

Seniors First BC Protects the Rights of Older Adults

© Copyright 2023 The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch

CBABC is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations.

The Canadian Bar Association British Colombia Branch
  • BarMoves
  • Legal Opportunities
  • Archives
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Contributors
  • Features
  • Columns
Terms of Use & Disclaimer Privacy Policy

© Copyright 2023 The Canadian Bar Association BC Branch

CBABC is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations.