For decades, probably ever since women began practising law in Canada, there has been no shortage of discussion about how to
keep women in the profession.
Finding that balance between work and family / private life is critical to
keeping women in the profession, says fellow winner Joëlle Boisvert, Gowlings» Montreal managing partner.
Not exact matches
A principal who was loved and adored by all told me she was leaving the
profession because I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are As the R&B legend tours the country this summer, parents have told police that R. Kelly is
keeping women against their will
in an abusive cult that's
If the legal field wants to (1)
keep women of childbearing years
in the
profession and (2) allow men to play a fundamental role
in caring for their children at the very start, this is a no - brainer.
Others I follow religiously include Overlawyered, where Walter Olson
keeps a critical eye focused on the legal
profession; Legal
Profession Blog, which is unparalleled
in covering legal ethics; Real Lawyers Have Blogs, where Kevin O'Keefe and his crew stay one step ahead of the social media curve; Law Librarian Blog, where Joe Hodnicki never misses a beat
in tracking legal research and information; and beSpacific, where Sabrina Pacifici has consistently functioned as a virtual one -
woman legal news bureau since 2002.
«
Keeping women lawyers
in the
profession is a key objective for the law society,» said LSBC president Gavin Hume
in a statement.
As the first and, for many years, the only female partner
in a firm that now has more female than male partners, Cathy spearheaded the development of progressive maternity and parental leave policies to
keep younger
women in the firm and
in the
profession.