Articling6 min read
12 Questions Worth Asking in Your Articling Interview
The questions you ask reveal as much as the ones you answer. Here are 12 that show judgment, plus what good and worrying answers actually sound like.
Maya Rombout
Articles
Notes on law, careers, and getting hired
Straight talk on articling, law school, the NCA route, and life in the profession, written for the people building legal careers across Canada.
Career Paths7 min read
How to Pivot Practice Areas Mid-Career
Switching your area of law after you have built a reputation feels like starting over. It isn't. Here is how to move deliberately without torching the equity you already have.
Priya Anand
Internationally Trained7 min read
How to Position Years of Foreign Practice as an Asset
Canadian employers often read a senior foreign lawyer as a mismatch. Here is how to reframe years of practice abroad into the exact thing they want to hire.
Farah Haddad
Law School7 min read
How to Prepare for On-Campus Interviews
OCIs feel like interrogations because most students walk in cold. Here is how to prepare so the conversation flows, the questions land, and you sound like yourself.
Daniel Kwon
Legal Tech & Innovation7 min read
What AI Actually Changes for New Lawyers in Canada
The honest version: AI is quietly reshaping parts of legal work while leaving the hard parts untouched. Here is what shifts, what does not, and how to build real skill.
Sam Okafor
Articling7 min read
How to Prepare for the Bar From Inside a Busy Articling Year
Studying for the bar while articling full time is a scheduling problem, not a willpower problem. Here is how to fit it around real work without burning out.
Daniel Kwon
Job Search8 min read
How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in an Interview
The weakness question is not a trap unless you treat it like one. Here is how to answer it with honesty, self-awareness, and enough poise to make it work in your favour.
Daniel Kwon
Practice Areas7 min read
Insurance Law: The Business of Risk and Claims
Insurance work splits into two worlds: deciding what a policy covers, and defending the claim once it lands. Here is what each side actually does day to day.
Maya Rombout
Career Paths8 min read
Secondments: A Smart Way to Explore Career Directions
A secondment lets you live inside a practice setting for a few months before you commit to it. Here is how to use one to test a direction, not just fill a gap.
Elena Marchetti
Internationally Trained7 min read
Staying Motivated Through a Long Requalification
Requalifying in Canada can take years, and the hardest part is not the exams. Here is how to protect your momentum, your identity, and your sanity across the long middle.
Elena Marchetti
Law School7 min read
Switching Career Direction Midway Through Law School
Your goals shifted halfway through law school and now the plan feels wrong. Here is how to pivot with intention instead of panic, without torching the work you already did.
Maya Rombout
Job Search7 min read
9 Resume Mistakes That Quietly Sink Legal Applications
Most legal resumes are not rejected for being bad. They are set aside for small, fixable mistakes. Here are the nine that cost people interviews, and the fix for each.
Maya Rombout