By George McLaren You must have heard the clichés repeated many times over. “There’s no rest for the wicked, (or the righteous, for that matter),” depending on the degree of fondness ascribed to the subject. Or perhaps, “Time is money”. Still, another says, “No romance without finance”. My personal favourite
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Law is Cool: “To Be, Or Not To Be”: Work-Life Balance
By: Iaroslavna Serenko Working at a large law firm in Toronto, I sadly observed tens of files on every desk each day. With such enormous amount of work, feelings of accomplishment, happiness, and relief are so short lived. Long hours and working weekends, pressure and stress, tension and frustration –
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by Kate Lucoff Creating the perfect balance between career and personal life has always been a challenge in any profession, but particularly when it comes to such high demanding professions as a lawyer or a paralegal. In fact one of the top reasons why lawyers are contemplating leaving the
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By Carlos Vera Balancing the professional and personal life could be a difficult goal in the modern life. In some professions this could result almost impossible. One of the most demanding and time consuming professions is the law. In a first place, why law is so demanding? There is a
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By: Maneet Salh Lawyers have one of the toughest jobs when it comes to balancing work and life. It has become very difficult to live the life one wants and the life one needs to live in order to put food on the table. When we think of work-life balance
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By: Amber McVittie-Quinn It is no secret that the legal profession is a demanding one. Although it is glamourized in the media, it is well known that the practice puts a large amount of pressure on both men and women to maintain taxing schedules. This inevitably leads to them feeling
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By: Vicky Sparks The idea of work life balance is whispered about with the awe and mystery of the loch ness monster in most professions, but especially law. What is this mythical balance they speak of? For most, it is the idea that you can have it all, a work
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By: Inna Maister Nowadays it is difficult for women to be an excellent worker and mother at the same time. Especially it relates to women, who work in sphere of law. It is commonly known that government job is not rigorously from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. So, sometime
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By Valery Turyshev In my essay I have summarized the points of view of three lawyers who wrote about a work-balance problem. I agree with their position relating to the issue of how to balance work and home. The answer is up to the individual. By Jordan Furlong “work-life balance”
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By Lisa-Marie Hill Are you the 1 and 4 Canadian workers that admits to being highly stressed in your day to day life? Do you find it hard to balance your career with your ever growing list of demands that life throws at you? Take a deep breath, because you
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Life of a lawyer in a tug of war between job and family – By Deepika Choudhary Being a lawyer and a Parent at a same time is a difficult job but if you manage the things in a proper manner, life will be easy. Coming of a
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By: Tamir Salomon Finding the right balance between work and family is a tough hill to climb, but it is very much attainable. With the right amount of preparation and vision, we can all find the balance that hangs above our heads. There are several steps to be taken
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By: Shannon O’Connor Maintaining a work-life balance has been difficult for numerous legal professionals. The question still remains: can a balance between work and life be attainable within contemporary society? I believe that it is possible to achieve a balance between work and life. This balance ensures that an individual
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By Hermione Shou Like many of us, you are tired, but you keep pushing through life. As a legal professional or a student with long work hours, you may already be amongst the 1 in 4 Canadian workers who find their lives very stressful due to work and family obligations.
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By A. Small There seems to be a lot of controversy whether a life work balance can exist, as I have found out by reading various articles posted on the internet. I read the struggle that all people have to achieve this. The articles are reflecting directly on legal professionals
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By Harkirat Singh Kang Today in the fast paced world it’s difficult to maintain a proper work balance. At one hand one has his own personal life encompassing family life and on the other hand the professional or working life. When the professional life involves a profession like law the
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by Sajal Chowdhury The legal professionals usually work long hours and its bit harder for them to manage work-life balance that they inherited from their colleagues, senior lawyers and culture of legal profession. New lawyers strive for income Article written by Jordan Furlong stated new lawyers understood the phrase “work-life balance”
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As a current student working towards my paralegal degree at Centennial College, I have begun to wonder what life would actually be like as a female within the legal field. Competitive? Challenging? Enough to want to get up every morning and head into work? I’ve come to the conclusion that
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By: Sharifullah Mahboob The founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah said in an address to his nation “work, work and work until your hear ceases to work”. Work has an undisputable role in the individual and social life. As stated by Simon Hardy We can’t really avoid it. Human civilization
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By: Farrah Rajan Justice Minister Peter Mackay claims that women are not applying to be judges because it may take them away from time with their children. Although his comments were made in reference to the lack of diversity on federally appointed courts, the mindset can be applied to all
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