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My 2025 Accomplishments Cake
Career Journey / Personal
  • February 7, 2026
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  • 2 months
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Tagged aspiring lawyer, lawyergoals, young lawyer

My 2025 Accomplishments Cake

It took me a few tries to film it. I saw videos of everyone ending the year with a cake and putting […]

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My Unexpected Path From Law Office to Summer Pre-School During Career Uncertainty
Career Journey / Personal
  • August 29, 2025
  • 10 min
  • 8 months
  • 1,000 word
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Tagged career transformation, job hunting, junior lawyer, law journey, law student

My Unexpected Path From Law Office to Summer Pre-School During Career Uncertainty

If you read Rocky Road: A Young Lawyer’s Resilience Journey and Pursuit of Career Transformation, you know I was really struggling with […]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Surprising: Law Firm to In-House Counsel Journey
Career Journey
  • December 7, 2024
  • 17 min
  • 1 year
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Tagged aspiring lawyer, junior lawyer, lawyer, legal counsel, Ontario bar

The Good, The Bad, and The Surprising: Law Firm to In-House Counsel Journey

So previously I worked for small law firms, for those of you who have read all of my blog posts before, including […]

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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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  • 21 min
  • 2 years
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Tagged career journey, law journey, lawyer, legal career, new lawyer

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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Easy Professional Hairstyles for Long Hair
Lifestyle
  • May 6, 2024
  • 1 Comment on Easy Professional Hairstyles for Long Hair
  • 11 min
  • 2 years
  • 1,051 word
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Tagged aspiring lawyer, associate lawyer, hairstyles for lawyers, hairstyles for legal professionals, law hair

Easy Professional Hairstyles for Long Hair

Following from my Lifestyle introductory post, here’s a post on hair ideas for the professional. Starting your first legal internship or working […]

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The Lifestyle of the Young Legal Professional
Lifestyle
  • April 19, 2024
  • 1 Comment on The Lifestyle of the Young Legal Professional
  • 5 min
  • 2 years
  • 450 words
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Tagged articling student, aspiring lawyer, associate lawyer, lawyer, lawyerlife

The Lifestyle of the Young Legal Professional

I’ve asked other junior lawyers about requests and related blog topics they want. I remember a friend of mine from law school […]

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Grief and Loss as a Lawyer
Career Journey / Personal
  • November 16, 2023
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  • 15 min
  • 2 years
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Tagged articling student, depression, grief, legal professional, mental health

Grief and Loss as a Lawyer

Dealing with the grief of the death of a loved one is never easy, but as a lawyer, or a young professional […]

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Ginny’s List of Law Associations and Legal Networking groups accessible to the GTA
Career Journey / Personal
  • June 30, 2020
  • 3 Comments on Ginny’s List of Law Associations and Legal Networking groups accessible to the GTA
  • 23 min
  • 6 years
  • 2,300 words
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Tagged legal network, legal networking, Toronto law students, Toronto lawyers, Toronto legal professionals

Ginny’s List of Law Associations and Legal Networking groups accessible to the GTA

I remember getting Called to the Bar, looking for job positions, and trying to find every possible legal or young professional networking […]

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Steps to be a Notary Public in Ontario
Career Journey
  • May 25, 2020
  • 70 Comments on Steps to be a Notary Public in Ontario
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Tagged articling student, associate lawyer, called-to-the-bar, junior lawyer, lawyer

Steps to be a Notary Public in Ontario

Following from my 5 Things you need to do as soon as you get Called-to-the-Bar in Ontario, you may want to apply […]

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Young lawyer deals with the pandemic in a small old fashioned firm
Career Journey / Personal
  • May 15, 2020
  • 8 Comments on Young lawyer deals with the pandemic in a small old fashioned firm
  • 17 min
  • 6 years
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Tagged associate lawyer, coronavirus, covid-19, covid-19 canada, lawyer

Young lawyer deals with the pandemic in a small old fashioned firm

What’s it like being a new lawyer and interim associate at a boutique firm that has existed long enough to have a […]

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