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Rocky Road: A Young Lawyer’s Resilience Journey and Pursuit of Career Transformation
Career Journey / Personal
  • July 6, 2024
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Rocky Road: A Young Lawyer’s Resilience Journey and Pursuit of Career Transformation

I’ve written before about the feelings of imposter syndrome during law school and limbo during the job hunt. Here, I am writing […]

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When Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a Cancer Diagnosis Collided With My Legal Career
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Discover 😎 law topics&facts, my career & lawyer journey🇦🇺🇨🇦, motivation, story & tips for aspiring legal professionals 🇨🇦🌐& Ontario bar study guide

This has been tough to reconcile with myself as a This has been tough to reconcile with myself as a survivor. Through treatment in a lot of the images in this captured, I tried so hard at times not sure why I couldn't push through even on what I thought were better days where I wasn't in pain but I just couldn't focus, I was fatigued, I had brain fog. I hated on myself for not being productive trying to work from home as a lawyer on many days in between chemo sessions. 

Even after, I'm still having some of these fatigue days and I debate with myself whether to rest or continue to push. I'll feel good and want to push and then the next day or 2 I'll be feeling so tired that I don't know what to do with myself... And there are days where I feel like I'm punishing myself trying to push and get upset at myself for not being 100%.
 I miss the old me when I had the energy and I believe I'm still capable so I get upset at myself but I've been told over and over by health care practitioners, hospital social workers and others to give myself grace... Recovery and survivorship is a journey itself... 

🔗Ginnylawblogs.com -> Personal / Career Journey - where I write posts like how I pushed through cancer treatment & being a lawyer in "When Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a Cancer Diagnosis Collided With My Legal Career" 
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I'm waiting... 👀 Not going to tell you to just "t I'm waiting... 👀 
Not going to tell you to just "trust the process" or that "everything happens for a reason." I passed both Ontario Bar Exams on my first try, dealt with some NCAs as a Bond University 🇦🇺 grad, and got dual-admitted in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 and Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺 🦘- it wasn't a tidy arc. There was a plan, some strategy, and then a lot of figuring out what actually mattered when nobody handed a syllabus for "how to become a lawyer when your path doesn't look like everyone else's". 

If you're in the thick of it right now -studying, looking for post-grad internships, starting out in law, wondering if your international degree means anything starting from scratch - I've been there. No sugarcoat. 

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And if you've already had to rewrite — no judgment And if you've already had to rewrite — no judgment here, genuinely. The Ontario Bar Exams are no joke and the advice out there is all over the place.
Whether you're writing for the first time or coming back for another shot, the goal is the same: walk in with a strategy, know your resources, and give yourself the best possible chance at not having to do this again.

That's what the Study Guide is for. 🔗 www.ginnylawblogs.thinkific.com 🔗Link in bio. My best tips, guidance and I'm always there for you 🙌

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When I feel behind because I didn't go the 'tradit When I feel behind because I didn't go the 'traditional' route... but realize the traditional route wouldn't have taught me half of what I know." 👩‍⚖️

If you're an NCA candidate or foreign-trained lawyer, you know this feeling. Everyone around you seems to be on the "normal" timeline — and you're still explaining what an NCA certificate of qualification even is.

Here's the truth: your path gave you things a straight line through law school never could. You've navigated two legal systems. You've learned to adapt, translate, and hold your ground in rooms that weren't built with you in mind. That's not "behind." That's range.

I didn't take the traditional route either. 🇦🇺 Australian PLT, 🇨🇦NCA process, dual-jurisdiction admission in Ontario and Victoria🇦🇺🇨🇦... 🇦🇺PLT clerkship with real estate, business and IP and solicitor general work, 🛬🇨🇦 Ontario LPP & Criminal defence placement, then civil litigation, family law, wills & estates, employment lawyer to freelance to General in-house corporate counsel. 

It felt messy in the moment. It reads as strength now.

Stop measuring your journey against someone else's map. 🧭

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Every day. Not alllll day every day - but every da Every day. Not alllll day every day - but every day. 

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Because nobody talks about the version of a legal Because nobody talks about the version of a legal career that includes grief, health scares, unexpected pivots, and feeling like one needs to start over - more than once. 

I've shown up to practice law through things that never made it onto my LinkedIn. And somewhere along the way, I started writing about it. 

The Career Journey and Personal sections of Ginny Law Blogs - the Rocky road, the rebuilding, the resilience that nobody hands you a manual for. 

If your path has looked nothing like the plan, you're not alone. And there's a whole corner of the Internet where we talk about it honestly. 

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I passed both Ontario Bar Exams on the first try — I passed both Ontario Bar Exams on the first try — from my experience, you don't need a tutor (but 
 they can be helpful for helping you understand the materials & keeping you on track or getting classes), you don't need to read the materials 3-5x cover to cover if you understand what you're reading the 1st time, and you don't have to spend months panicking.
I know which resources actually matter the most, and how to approach studying for the exams so you can move through the exams efficiently and accurately. 
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Almost a year ago, my life changed with a diagnosi Almost a year ago, my life changed with a diagnosis I never saw coming.

Since then: chemotherapy, radiation, months of part-time work from home, and more quiet, hard days than I can count.

This week, I walked back into my office for the first time this year. There was a cake. There were hugs. There was a "welcome back" that hit harder than I expected it to.
And then — just like that — I was back at my desk. Reviewing motion materials. Prepping for an upcoming court date. Answering the emails that never stopped piling up.

Almost a year later, and I'm still standing. Still practicing law. 

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The Ontario Bar Exam Advice that makes me cringe 😬 The Ontario Bar Exam Advice that makes me cringe 😬. 

1. "Just read the materials 3-5x" - Reading alone is not a strategy. You cannot expect to have read hundreds to thousands of pages and think you're then ready to walk in to the open book timed bar exams expecting to know all the answers. You cannot memorize hundreds to thousands of pages of law and repetition without direction won't get you to a pass. 

2. "You only need a week" - There are hundreds to over a thousand pages for each of the 2 exams and you still need to figure out how to navigate them under timed conditions. And if you're a foreign-trained grad or NCA grad, this applies even more, walking in cold is not the move. Give yourself a real runway. 

3. "You NEED a tutor" - You don't. A tutor can help you conceptually, and if you don't understand the materials then yes hire the tutor or pay for the classes but I know many of you are law graduates that know how to read and understand what's in front of you and are self-disciplined... So what you then need is a strategy and plan. 

My study guide course is my no-non-sense breakdown of exactly where to go, what resources are actually worth your time and money and how to use them. No fluff. 
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