of appeal exists Contemporary Legal Professions Challenges Shortage in Articling Rural lawyers Women in legal profession Nova Scotia Project its our little secret – Illustrate many women are prone to discriminating and inappropriate jokes Many women are leaving legal profession sexual harassment Sends out the msg that u r not going to become successful if remain in that culture Profession doesn’t respond well to caregivers Dissatisfaction with practise of law itself Adversarial work culture Hierarchical Not a lot of mentorship / support women gets mommy-tracked – Work hours Suggestion for retaining female talent Approach it systematically – Preferably with 3rd do exit interviews, research on # – Benchmark firm’s performance against trial industries Reason high cost, time, n effort to train associates – Cheaper keep them n develop them even if have to accommodate –to Addiction High-function alcoholics alcoholics who is able to maintain professional n persona life – Ch perfectionist, overachiever – Work-life balance Fitness to practise Law Society credential committee to approve ppl to practise – Most just checking whether requirements are met – Small # - need to go thru more in-dept process Reason fitness, character – Fitness – Medical condition may put your client at risk if unrestricted – Wording of question potentially be discrimination Gichru Gichuru v Law Society of BC fitness to practise Fact P was diagnosed with major depression during law school n need to take time off – Treatment was successful – But when applying for articles answered yes to medical condition – Law society – Want documents to show depression resolved As a result- articling was delayed N when had to apply need to provide new medical documents – Filed human rights complaints against law society Analysis
of appeal exists Contemporary Legal Professions Challenges Shortage in Articling Rural lawyers Women in legal profession Nova Scotia Project – its our little secret Illustrate many women are prone to discriminating and inappropriate jokes Many women are leaving legal profession sexual harassment Sends out the msg that u r not going to become successful if remain in that culture Profession doesn’t respond well to caregivers Dissatisfaction with practise of law itself Adversarial work culture Hierarchical Not a lot of mentorship / support – women gets mommy-tracked Work hours Suggestion for retaining female talent Approach it systematically – Preferably with 3rd – do exit interviews, research on # Benchmark firm’s performance against industries Reason – high cost, time, n effort to train associates Cheaper –to keep them n develop them even if have to accommodate Addiction High-function alcoholics – alcoholics who is able to maintain professional n persona life Ch – perfectionist, overachiever Work-life balance Fitness to practise Law Society – credential committee to approve ppl to practise Most – just checking whether requirements are met Small # - need to go thru more in-dept process Reason – fitness, character Fitness – Medical condition – may put your client at risk if unrestricted Wording of question potentially be discrimination Gichru Gichuru v Law Society of BC fitness to practise Fact P – was diagnosed with major depression during law school n need to take time off Treatment – was successful But when applying for articles – answered yes to medical condition Law society – Want documents to show depression resolved As a result- articling was delayed N when had to apply – need to provide new medical documents Filed human rights complaints against law society Analysis trial
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