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Investing an Hour in Your Well-Being Lawyers are busy—we get that! The last thing we need is someone telling us about one more thing we should be doing… But next week—May 6th to...

Can Lawyers with Mental Health Stories Achieve Professional Excellence? When we think about lawyers, our images are often reflective either of popular culture or perhaps of a person we know.

National Volunteer Week in Canada - April 14 - 20, 2024 This week is National Volunteer Week in Canada, and Assist wants to thank our volunteers.

Finding Your Way in Law It took me a long time to find my path in law.

The Circle of Life What do you think of when you hear the term “the circle of life?” If I am in a light-hearted mood, I think of the iconic image...

From Dream to Nightmare in 28 Seconds: How Would We Cope? What kind of lawyer dreams keep you up at night? We all have file-specific heebie-jeebies where we can’t fall asleep,...

Moving While Being Busy Making Other Plans I love the quotation “life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans”—it sums up how my life develops in...

It Takes a Village to Raise an Articling Student Let’s hear it for the articling students in Alberta! We know that you have worked hard to get where you are, and...

Hope Isn’t A Strategy, But It Helps! We often hear people say things like “hope isn’t a strategy.

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again—Sexual Harassment and the Legal Profession  Social media lit up last week after a recent article in the Toronto Star titled “Sexual harassment, discrimination forcing women lawyer...