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   It sounds like the beginning of a tongue twister, if you say it quickly—wouldja be a widget? Kind of like “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck...

Work-Life Whatever  Work-life balance is a hot topic in the legal community these days.

KNOWING OUR 'HOW" AND OUR "WHY", ALIGNMENT AND EMBRACING THE STRUGGLE - PART 2Hope you all had a good week.

KNOWING OUR 'HOW" AND OUR "WHY", ALIGNMENT AND EMBRACING THE STRUGGLE - PART 1 When Loraine asked me if I would write this week’s blog post I immediately and instinctively said...

In Praise of Mission Statements  Continuing from last week’s theme about treasures you are not expecting to find, this week, we have an accidental theme!   For some reason, part of my blog...

Job Search Tips Treasure!  Do you remember being a child and finding something wonderful and being on cloud 9 for days? Maybe it was an intact birds’ nest or the perfect...

Assist Loves our Law Students and our Lawyer Family!   This week, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel of distinguished lawyers at the University of Calgary law school who spoke...

An Exercise in Empathy  Many of us have been reacting emotionally to turmoil south of the border even before the sovereignty of our own nation was called into question.

Curveballs - or Speed Bumps - in Life  When we are young, say law students, we envision a career with an ever-upward trajectory, transitioning from law student to articling student to...

The ReD Mug Coffee Circle - The Little Program that Could  We all like happy stories.