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KEEPING TABS<br />
The Advocates’ Society<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
CONTENTS<br />
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06<br />
09<br />
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Chair Chat<br />
Chris Horkins, Cassels<br />
A Call To Allyship: How to be an Effective Ally<br />
Webnesh Haile, Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP<br />
Reflecting on the Impact of COVID-19 on Practice<br />
Compiled by Lisa Jørgensen, Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe, Barristers<br />
Learning to Cope with Losses in Court<br />
Annie Tayyab, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP<br />
TAS Goes Virtual<br />
Claudia Cappuccitti, Dyer Brown LLP and<br />
Chris Kinnear Hunter, Lenczner Slaght<br />
Mastering the art and craft of advocacy is a career-long commitment and we are<br />
here to help. The Advocates’ Society has been the premier provider of advocacy<br />
skills training for over 30 years. We are proud to provide lawyers across Canada<br />
with the training and the confidence they need to execute on their feet when it<br />
counts. The Judge will notice…your clients will too.<br />
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YASC Interview: Samantha Chang<br />
Compiled by Carlo DiCarlo, Stockwoods LLP<br />
and Alexandra K.W. Shelley, Torys LLP<br />
Editor: Denise Cooney, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP<br />
Denise.Cooney@paliareroland.com<br />
<strong>Keeping</strong> <strong>Tabs</strong> Editorial Team: Alexandra Shelley, Torys LLP, Caroline Youdan, Fasken Martineau LLP, Carlo Di Carlo, Stockwoods<br />
LLP, Emilia Coto, Sisu Legal, Lisa Jørgensen, Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe, Barristers<br />
Visit www.advocates.ca. Be part of the legacy of extraordinary advocates.<br />
The Young Advocates’ Standing Committee (“YASC”) is a standing committee of The Advocates’ Society with a mandate to be a<br />
voice for young advocates (advocates who are ten years of call or fewer) within the Society and within the profession. We do this<br />
through networking/mentoring events, by publishing articles by and for young advocates, and by raising issues of concern to<br />
young advocates as we work with the Society’s Board of Directors. The opinions expressed by individual authors are their own<br />
and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Advocates’ Society.<br />
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CHAIR CHAT<br />
Chair Chat<br />
Chris Horkins, Cassels<br />
Over these past few months,<br />
COVID-19 has forced us out of our<br />
offices and courthouses, thrusting<br />
many young advocates into the<br />
challenge of working, parenting,<br />
and surviving from home. Not long<br />
after, the killing of George Floyd by<br />
Minneapolis police sparked a wave<br />
of protests against anti-Black racism<br />
and police brutality. These moments<br />
have been the catalyst for<br />
reflection, upheaval and (hopefully<br />
positive) change for society and for<br />
our profession.<br />
This issue of <strong>Keeping</strong> <strong>Tabs</strong> explores<br />
both of these forces for change. Lisa<br />
Jørgenson has compiled reflections<br />
on the impact of COVID-19 on practice<br />
from young advocates across<br />
Canada in all areas of litigation practice.<br />
Webnesh Haile’s article gives<br />
practical advice on how we can all be<br />
more effective allies.<br />
YASC has been no exception to this<br />
change. We’ve had to go back to the<br />
drawing board to rethink how we deliver<br />
on our promise of a welcoming<br />
and inclusive community, a source<br />
of learning and mentorship, and<br />
a strong voice for the interests of<br />
young advocates without being able<br />
to gather and meet face to face. So<br />
far, we’ve had some great successes:<br />
• Young advocates participated in<br />
online mentoring “dinners” allowing<br />
seasoned lawyers from across<br />
the country to connect with young<br />
advocates and impart advice.<br />
• 22 teams of young advocates<br />
competed in our first ever Virtual<br />
Trivia Challenge for Charity, raising<br />
funds in support of Pro Bono<br />
Canada. Congrats to the Filion<br />
Wakely team for taking home the<br />
(virtual) trophy!<br />
• An online “Coffee Klatch”, pioneered<br />
by YASC’s Health and Wellness<br />
working group, gave young<br />
advocates stuck at home alone<br />
an opportunity for casual, drop-in<br />
style networking to stay connected.<br />
These examples are just the beginning.<br />
Later this year, for example,<br />
YASC will be hosting our popular, biennial<br />
Fall Forum conference for young<br />
advocates online with the theme of<br />
“New Frontiers”. I will miss catching<br />
up with friends in Blue Mountain this<br />
year, but hope you’ll join us virtually<br />
on October 23 for the same great programming.<br />
If you have ideas for what<br />
you’d like to see from YASC over the<br />
next year, please feel free to contact<br />
me at chorkins@cassels.com.<br />
Fall Forum <strong>2020</strong>:<br />
New<br />
Frontiers<br />
Friday, October 23, <strong>2020</strong><br />
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm<br />
Live Online<br />
TAS Members: $50 + HST<br />
Non Members: $99 + HST<br />
Our destination may have changed but the<br />
heart of Fall Forum remains the same. The<br />
Advocates’ Society, in conjunction with the<br />
Young Advocates’ Standing Committee, is<br />
pleased to present this one-of-a-kind event<br />
for lawyers in their first ten years of practice.<br />
Join YASC members from across the country<br />
to explore issues that are relevant to you.<br />
To learn more or register visit<br />
www.advocates.ca<br />
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A CALL TO ALLYSHIP<br />
How to Be an Effective Ally<br />
Webnesh Haile,<br />
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP<br />
Recent events have spurred our societies to engage in difficult and important<br />
conversations about race and privilege (the system of advantages granted to<br />
people who fit into specific social groups, such as race, class, gender, sexual<br />
orientation, religion, and so on). This moment presents a unique opportunity<br />
for individuals, leaders and organizations within the legal community to<br />
meaningfully consider their diversity and inclusion practices.<br />
The business case for diversity and inclusion is also strong. Diverse teams<br />
are more innovative, more adept at solving difficult problems, and achieve<br />
better financial performance.<br />
If you or your organization are thinking about ways to foster more diversity<br />
and inclusion, consider focusing on allyship. Allyship is the practice<br />
whereby those who hold positions of privilege take responsibility for making<br />
changes to help those with less privilege overcome barriers to success.<br />
Karen Catlin, a former vice president of engineering<br />
at Macromedia and Adobe and current<br />
leadership coach, has created a helpful<br />
resource called “Better Allies”, based in part on<br />
her experiences observing the attrition of women<br />
in technology roles. Some of Catlin’s recommendations<br />
to better support underrepresented<br />
colleagues and contacts apply readily to the<br />
legal world:<br />
1. Be an ambassador for change – When helping<br />
a colleague, step back and think about systemic<br />
changes that will benefit others. Suggest<br />
new processes that will change ingrained behaviours<br />
and create a more inclusive culture,<br />
focusing on what will help, rather than what<br />
will “look good”. Examples from the legal field<br />
include the implementation of blind hiring and<br />
evaluation practices.<br />
2. Listen, believe, learn – Be open to listening<br />
to alternative perspectives from members<br />
of underrepresented groups. Be willing to be<br />
vulnerable; resist the urge to get defensive. Accept<br />
that prejudice – which includes subconscious<br />
bias – exists in our society, and in the<br />
workplace. Take responsibility for educating<br />
yourself, and taking action when you see harassment<br />
or discrimination.<br />
3. Share the load – Office “housework” is often<br />
inequitably distributed. Calling on women and/<br />
or members of underrepresented groups to<br />
perform disproportionate amounts of non-billable<br />
but necessary work may prevent them<br />
from tackling more meaningful work, or require<br />
them to work more hours in order to docket<br />
the same number of billable hours. Consider<br />
developing a rotation for tasks like scheduling<br />
meetings, engaging in student mentorship or<br />
representing the firm at diversity events, as appropriate.<br />
4. Don’t be a gatekeeper, be a door opener –<br />
Helping people from underrepresented groups<br />
achieve their goals and advance their careers is<br />
one of the most powerful things allies can do.<br />
Ask the people you manage and mentor about<br />
their goals. With permission, share them with<br />
influencers. Hand out desirable assignments<br />
equitably, and advocate fairly during performance<br />
reviews and promotion discussions.<br />
Of course, being an ally is a process. Don’t let<br />
mistakes hold you back from taking action. As<br />
a group, advocates are privileged in many respects.<br />
As such, it is our responsibility to consider<br />
whether we can and should be doing more to<br />
engage in and foster allyship as individuals and<br />
in our organizations.<br />
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GAIN THE EDGE! ®<br />
Negotiation<br />
Strategies for<br />
Lawyers with<br />
Marty Latz<br />
Wednesday, September 30, <strong>2020</strong><br />
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm<br />
Live Online<br />
You negotiate every day and yet most<br />
negotiate instinctively or intuitively. This<br />
seminar will help you approach negotiations<br />
with a strategic mindset. And no matter how<br />
much you’ve negotiated, you can still learn.<br />
Adding one new tactic may make all the<br />
difference. Join Martin Latz, one of North<br />
America’s leading experts and instructors<br />
on negotiating techniques.<br />
To learn more or register visit<br />
www.advocates.ca<br />
A joint presentation with the<br />
Law Society of Ontario.<br />
TAS REPORT<br />
Reflecting on the Impact of<br />
COVID-19 on Practice<br />
Compiled by Lisa Jørgensen,<br />
Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe, Barristers<br />
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our personal and<br />
professional lives. It’s hard to believe how much has changed since March.<br />
This month, we asked Young Advocates from coast to coast to reflect on their<br />
COVID experiences to date.<br />
“The pandemic has shown me that working from home and creating opportunities<br />
for in-person interaction both play important roles in maintaining<br />
a healthy, productive workplace.<br />
As for working from home, I have been amazed by the speed with which<br />
our profession has adapted to this new reality. Paper, it turns out, is not<br />
particularly important. Videoconferencing technology is a great tool. And<br />
being away from the office can be restorative. On the other hand, I have yet<br />
to see a virtual platform fully replicate the magic of in-person interaction. I<br />
returned to the office for a brief period last week to prepare for an arbitration.<br />
By being together in person, the quality of the team’s brainstorming<br />
and collaboration increased significantly.<br />
As we move forward, I hope we can leverage the benefits of both work<br />
environments.”<br />
- Brendan MacArthur-Stevens,<br />
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Calgary, AB<br />
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“The most difficult part of quarantine<br />
for me has been the lack of personal<br />
interaction outside my household<br />
(and my cat’s capacity for conversation<br />
is limited). Not being able to pop<br />
next door to talk about a file or grab<br />
a coffee with a colleague has been really<br />
isolating. Social media has been a<br />
surprisingly helpful outlet for this – I’ve<br />
found lots of ways to engage with the<br />
legal community through Twitter, including<br />
with silly projects like a “Mug<br />
of the Day” photo series. Any form of<br />
connection I can find is a real help with<br />
managing the new normal.”<br />
- Rebecca Shoom, Lerners LLP, Toronto, ON<br />
“The COVID-19 pandemic has given us<br />
an opportunity to adapt and refine our<br />
practice management. Our firm practices<br />
solely in the field of personal injury<br />
law and our clients often require<br />
special attention to accessibility. Accessibility<br />
can be difficult when working in<br />
smaller communities in Canada. During<br />
the pandemic, we have had an opportunity<br />
to push new technologies into<br />
practice that directly aid our clients and<br />
save them time and costs. The silver<br />
lining in COVID-19 is that our firm has<br />
been able to test, refine and modernize<br />
our practice for the 21st century.”<br />
- Kanon Clifford, Bergeron Clifford Injury<br />
Lawyers, Kingston, ON<br />
(Note: to be read with tongue in cheek.) “We<br />
Vancouverites were already a smug lot (I mean,<br />
just look at this place), and the pandemic merely<br />
reinforced our superiority. We celebrated the<br />
start to quarantine with showers of cherry blossoms,<br />
and we basked in WFH from the shade of<br />
our palm trees. Sure, we had court shutdowns,<br />
everything is adjourned, and we’re now booking<br />
trials into 2099. There are real and serious access-to-justice<br />
concerns. But it’s hard to worry<br />
about it while drinking kombucha and watching<br />
the sun reflect off the ocean waves.”<br />
- Emily MacKinnon, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt<br />
LLP, Vancouver, BC<br />
“A large part of my practice is being physically<br />
present. Present for client meetings. Present<br />
for court appearances. Present for examinations<br />
for discovery. Yet COVID-19 made my<br />
presence impossible.<br />
Adapting to our new reality made me realize<br />
that my focus on presence was holding me<br />
back. I had spent a lot of time talking about<br />
technological advancement, but not “walking<br />
the walk”. Even a young advocate can be stubbornly<br />
attached to the yellow legal pad.<br />
Over the past few months, I pushed myself<br />
to try new things – conducting virtual discoveries,<br />
frequent telephone check-ins with clients,<br />
and countless electronic pleadings. Although<br />
immensely challenging, COVID-19 was the kick<br />
in the pants I needed to break through my preconceived<br />
notions of presence. “<br />
- Lisa Delaney, Cox & Palmer, Halifax, NS<br />
Tom Curry and Martha McCarthy Present:<br />
On Oral Advocacy:<br />
Required Reading,<br />
Viewing & Listening<br />
Wednesday, September 23, <strong>2020</strong><br />
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm<br />
Live Online<br />
TAS Members: $25 + HST<br />
Non Members: $50 + HST<br />
Join Tom Curry and Martha McCarthy as<br />
they celebrate their love of the profession<br />
while discussing essential reading, viewing<br />
and listening for advocates. If you are a<br />
perennial student of the law, constantly<br />
craving good content on strong oral<br />
advocacy skills, this live webcast is for you.<br />
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“There has been a lot of debate in the criminal bar about whether to consent to virtual<br />
hearings. There are many factors to consider when contemplating whether to<br />
proceed with a virtual hearing – most importantly, your client’s instructions. But you<br />
should also consider what a virtual hearing means for you as their advocate. I recently<br />
did an appeal from my home via Zoom. I felt more comfortable than usual; I was in a<br />
familiar space over which I had total control. This gave me confidence, and I was able<br />
to deliver my submissions without some of the anxieties of appearing in a physical<br />
courtroom. If a Zoom hearing makes you more comfortable and can make you a better<br />
advocate for your client, that might be something for you to weigh in the balance.”<br />
- Lindsay Board, Daniel Brown Law, Toronto, ON<br />
The program will conclude with an<br />
interactive Q&A session, during which our<br />
speakers will respond to live questions<br />
from the online audience.<br />
To learn more or register visit<br />
www.advocates.ca
2. Practise what you preach: remind yourself<br />
that litigation is risky. We constantly advise<br />
clients that results cannot be guaranteed<br />
in court. Yet we tend to forget that same advice<br />
when we think about why we lost. If you want a<br />
chance to win, you have to risk losing.<br />
HOW I LEARNED TO DEAL WITH LOSING EVERY TIME I STEPPED INTO COURT<br />
Sailing Through a<br />
Storm of Losses<br />
Annie Tayyab, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP<br />
After achieving some courtroom success in my first few years of<br />
practice, in 2019, waves of losses began crashing down around me.<br />
Motions, trials, appeals – the level of court did not matter. Nor did<br />
the complexity of the issues. I lost almost every time I went to court.<br />
I started to question everything: Did I work hard enough? Did I miss<br />
something that would have made all the difference? Should I have<br />
anticipated that I would lose and steered the client or the partners in<br />
a different direction?<br />
By the end of 2019, I was left wondering: am I a bad lawyer?<br />
This question weighed heavily on me. I was anxious and my imposter<br />
syndrome was getting worse.<br />
It was not until I voiced some of my anxieties<br />
that I realized that I was not alone in these feelings.<br />
The first time I said it out loud – I’ve been losing<br />
a lot lately and I am struggling to deal with it – I<br />
was met with not only helpful tips for re-framing<br />
my thoughts, but also empathy from peers and<br />
friends who understood how I felt.<br />
For the benefit of those who could use it, here<br />
are a few tips that I received that helped me.<br />
1. Do not equate losing with failure. The standard<br />
for success is not winning, but knowing<br />
that you did everything possible to give your client<br />
the best representation. We cannot control<br />
the facts or the law. If a loss happens for reasons<br />
outside of your control, remind yourself<br />
that you did everything you could to give your<br />
client the best chance of winning. And, in the<br />
right cases, you can appeal!<br />
3. Not all losses are losses. Sometimes, you<br />
litigate not just to win, but for some other purpose.<br />
For example, the client may need an answer<br />
to a question that was not clear in the case<br />
law. In such a situation, the litigation is the battle,<br />
but not the war. One of the goals is to win (of<br />
course). But winning every step may not be the<br />
ultimate goal.<br />
4. Try to re-frame losses as opportunities.<br />
Advocates are constantly learning and growing.<br />
Embrace the growing pains. If you reflect<br />
and decide that something could have been<br />
done better, adjust your approach the next<br />
time. If there was nothing you could do to<br />
change the result, use this as an opportunity<br />
to build resilience. And it always helps to have<br />
some stories to share with colleagues. Use a<br />
loss as a catalyst to start a conversation about<br />
advocacy, or the substantive area of law you<br />
dealt with, or the rules of evidence, or inherent<br />
biases in the judicial system.<br />
Everyone deals with losses differently. What<br />
works for me may not work for you. So, if the<br />
above tips do not speak to you, I have one final<br />
tip, which does not come from mentors or colleagues,<br />
but directly from me: talk to someone<br />
you trust. Someone who speaks your language<br />
(figuratively) and can help you navigate the confusing<br />
feelings that you have to deal with when<br />
you lose something you thought you could win.<br />
It makes the world of a difference.<br />
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TAS ONLINE<br />
TAS Goes Virtual<br />
Claudia Cappuccitti, Dyer Brown LLP and<br />
Chris Kinnear Hunter, Lenczner Slaght<br />
March 12, <strong>2020</strong> began with a flurry of emails and text messages: “What’s<br />
happening with trivia night tonight?” “Are we a go, or no?”<br />
For months we had been looking forward to hosting YASC’s annual Toronto<br />
Trivia Challenge, this year to benefit Pro Bono Canada, the charity<br />
being supported by the annual TAS Gives Back campaign. While no TAS<br />
events had been cancelled to date, the NBA had just announced it was<br />
postponing the season. Ultimately, Trivia Night became the first Advocates’<br />
Society casualty of COVID-19.<br />
Almost immediately, TAS’ Board took action. A special task force was<br />
struck, consisting of members of the Board, 10+, and YASC. The mandate<br />
of the task force was to determine the best way of keeping members connected<br />
and informed during the pandemic.<br />
#ICYMI - Here’s some of what TAS has been up to over the last<br />
four months:<br />
Litigating from Home Series: This educational<br />
series kicked off with the first instalment<br />
on March 27 and provided tips on everything<br />
you ever wanted to know about working from<br />
home, including: how to stay healthy, privacy<br />
and security, and the ins and outs of litigating<br />
remotely.<br />
Remote Skills Workshops: TAS also held its first<br />
virtual skills training program on examinations<br />
for discovery last month, taking what TAS does<br />
best and transferring it to our new online world.<br />
Look for more programs like this in the months<br />
to come, including a remote skills workshop in<br />
August on motions advocacy.<br />
Fireside Chat Series: Throughout April and May,<br />
TAS hosted a series of fireside chats with the<br />
Honourable Chief Justices Morawetz, Strathy,<br />
and Fraser, who spoke about the courts’ response<br />
to the pandemic, and also with Dr. David<br />
Goldbloom of the Centre for Addiction and<br />
Mental Health, who provided invaluable tips for<br />
coping with self-isolation and stress.<br />
@Home Advocate: In mid-April TAS launched<br />
a weekly newsletter for members with key updates,<br />
resources, and personal reflection pieces<br />
written by members on their experiences<br />
during lockdown.<br />
Mentoring Dinner: The Toronto Mentoring<br />
Dinner scheduled for May was reformatted<br />
into a virtual event where mentors discussed<br />
tips and tricks for working through the pandemic,<br />
and provided insight into how young<br />
lawyers can build their practices and maintain<br />
client and firm relationships through<br />
COVID-19.<br />
Virtual Mentoring: In late April and early May,<br />
YASC hosted Un Réseau Virtuel de Mentorat Pour<br />
Les Jeunes Plaideurs. Young lawyers and senior<br />
mentors met virtually to discuss working from<br />
home, and health and wellness during lockdown.<br />
#TASFit HIIT and Yoga Classes: In April and May<br />
TAS members got sweaty, centred, and fit with free<br />
HIIT and yoga classes hosted on Zoom by TAS.<br />
Coffee Klatch: On May 14, YASC’s Health and<br />
Wellness working group hosted a drop-in networking<br />
event. Questions circulated in advance<br />
served as a jumping off point for discussion.<br />
Participants were able to exchange ideas and<br />
strategies on working and litigating from home<br />
at a time when we were all trying to figure it out.<br />
COVID-19 Resources: YASC’s Health and Wellness<br />
working group, with the help of volunteers,<br />
compiled a list of resources related to physical<br />
and mental health for the TAS website.<br />
End of Term Dinner: In a matter of mere weeks,<br />
TAS staff were able to adapt plans for the annual<br />
End of Term Dinner, Canada’s largest gathering<br />
of advocates. The virtual EOT@Home, held on<br />
June 11, included a conversation between The<br />
Honourable Rosalie S. Abella and Guy Pratte,<br />
performances by the EOT Member Band, The<br />
Force Majeures, and an after party on Zoom.<br />
Toronto Trivia Challenge for Charity: The<br />
event, originally scheduled for March, was held<br />
on June 23 on Zoom. Thanks to participants and<br />
sponsors, YASC was able to help raise money<br />
for Pro Bono Ontario (a special shout-out to<br />
quizmasters Raphael Eghan and Tom Macmillan,<br />
who were wildly entertaining).<br />
Looking ahead to the new term, YASC will be putting on a slew of new virtual events, in particular<br />
the first ever virtual Fall Forum (for more information, click here). If you have ideas or proposals<br />
for other future virtual events we would love to hear from you (feel free to shoot us an email to<br />
events@advocates.ca).<br />
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Do you know a young advocate TAS<br />
Member that we should feature in<br />
an upcoming Interview? Click here to<br />
email us with your suggestion.<br />
Q. What is your<br />
year of call?<br />
A. 2014<br />
Q. What is your favourite part about your practice?<br />
A. Learning about and understanding each client’s business or industry,<br />
and how it all works.<br />
Q. What should lawyers elsewhere in the country know about practising in Vancouver?<br />
A. I think we have a very tight-knit and collegial bar. I am often impressed by my peers’ dedication<br />
and commitment, as junior lawyers, to building the legal community. It makes the practice a lot<br />
more fun.<br />
Q. What is the greatest extravagance in your<br />
everyday life?<br />
A. A toss-up between the spa and shoes.<br />
Q. If you weren’t a lawyer what<br />
else would you be?<br />
A. I think I would have been a journalist.<br />
INTERVIEW WITH SAMANTHA CHANG<br />
Samantha Chang,<br />
McEwan Partners<br />
Q. What is the best advice you have<br />
received about the practice of law?<br />
A. Your reputation is the most important<br />
thing you have.<br />
Q. What is something you’ve learned about<br />
yourself during the pandemic<br />
A. It turns out that I am actually a pretty good<br />
cook!<br />
Compiled by Carlo DiCarlo, Stockwoods LLP<br />
and Alexandra K.W. Shelley, Torys LLP<br />
Q. How would your colleagues describe you?<br />
A. Pragmatic, calm, and approachable.<br />
Q. Who is your legal hero? Why?<br />
A. In the abstract sense, I have always admired Justice Abella, as a pioneer for women in law, but<br />
also for the importance of her work and thinking on equality rights, and of course her wit.<br />
On a more personal level, Tracey Cohen, Q.C. is someone who has been a great mentor and<br />
who I admire immensely. Tracey is not only one of the best litigators I have worked for, she has<br />
developed her reputation and practice while also being involved in our local community, being a<br />
dedicated parent, and still making time to mentor her juniors.<br />
Q. Why did you become a litigator or advocate?<br />
A. I very quickly fell in love with the process of commercial litigation: understanding your client’s<br />
problem and objective, figuring out the best way to tell their story, and the adrenaline<br />
rush of being on your feet. I have also been very fortunate to work with some of the best<br />
litigators in not only the Vancouver market, but nationally.<br />
Q. What is your favourite case that you have worked on? Why?<br />
A. I spent the first five years of my practice working on the Microsoft antitrust class-action,<br />
and that remains my favourite case. Learning about the history of Microsoft itself was incredibly<br />
interesting, and the way in which the case was litigated was super creative. I had the<br />
opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best litigators in Vancouver and some<br />
of the best antitrust lawyers and economics experts in the US.<br />
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EOT@HOME<br />
June 11, <strong>2020</strong> | Live Online<br />
The Force Majeures - (Top left to right) Brian Awad, McInnes Cooper, Oliver Ho, JSS Barristers, Norm Emblem, Dentons Canada LLP<br />
(Bottom left to right) Sean McGee, Raven Law , Elin Sigurdson, Mandell Pinder LLP, Kristian Brabander, McCarthy Tétrault LLP<br />
Ashley Thomassen, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP<br />
The Rt. Hon. Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada<br />
Chris Horkins, Cassels<br />
18 The Hon. Justice Rosalie S. Abella, Supreme Court of Canada<br />
The Hon. David Lametti,<br />
Annie Tayyab,<br />
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Erin Durant, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP<br />
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada<br />
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP
Trivia Challenge<br />
June 23, <strong>2020</strong> | Live Online<br />
Raphael T. Eghan – Trivia Challenge Host, alongside Tom Macmillan<br />
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY -<br />
PEI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND<br />
Senior Legislative and Applied Research Analyst | Charlottetown | Full-Time<br />
Reporting to the Director of the Strategic Policy and Evaluation Division, the<br />
Senior Legislative and Applied Research Analyst exercises significant autonomy<br />
and leadership in planning, developing, analyzing, and measuring Departmental<br />
legislation, regulation, and public policy. As an authority for applied policy<br />
research, the incumbent will supervise the work of staff who are applying models,<br />
frameworks, and theories in the pursuit of new knowledge with the aim of<br />
obtaining specific, practical solutions for legislative and policy development. As<br />
a supervisor, the incumbent will recruit, hire and train Junior Policy Analysts as<br />
well as review the work of professional Policy Coordinators, Co-Op Students/<br />
Interns, and temporary or casual staff.<br />
Closing Date: August 21, <strong>2020</strong><br />
For full details and to apply, see posting here.<br />
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Tips and Tricks for <strong>Summer</strong>ing and Articling Students<br />
June 30, <strong>2020</strong> | Live Online<br />
Devon Peck, Dives, Harper & Stanger Kaitlyn Meyer, Allen / McMillan Elise Kohno, Fasken<br />
22 Alexandra Mitretodis, Fasken<br />
Caroline Senini, Peck and Company<br />
Jeffrey J.P. Hernaez, Lawson Lundell LLP<br />
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