A Balanced Life: Reality or Illusion?
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…
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“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…
Balancing Act: Career or Personal Life
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…
Having a successful law career and a personal life is possible!!!
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…
Attaining a Work-life Balance in Todays World
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…
Work-life balance is it possible?
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…
Women, work life balance and the law
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…
Women in law: achieving work-life balance
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…
Work-balance problem.It is up to the individual.
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…
All Work and No Play: How can we find a balance?
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…
Life of a lawyer in a tug of war between job and family
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…
Work and Family – Finding the right balance….for Lawyers
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…
Is Work-Life Balance Attainable?
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?…
Don’t burnout—break out and dance!
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…
Life Work Balance: Attainable, “Yes” or “No”
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…
Work life balance in legal profession and changing times
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…
Legal professionals strive for work life balance
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…
The Struggle of a Balanced Lifestyle within the Law Profession
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.…
Work is Important but Not on Account of life
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…
Personal Choice v. Systemic Issue
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…