Category: LAWPRO Magazine
Taking the gloom out of zoom: Ten teleconferencing tips
It turns out, the class we all needed was “Lawyering by Zoom 101”. It’s clear that remote meetings and videoconferencing are now a permanent part of the legal profession. But while online meetings bring benefits and convenience, they can also bring confusion and frustration. We’ve summarized ten teleconferencing tips to help you be the best… Read More »
Categories: Articles, Student IssueMoving up during lockdown: What it’s like “articling from home”
Congratulations, you finished law school during a pandemic. Here’s your J.D., your mortarboard, and your computer screen and Zoom account through which you will spend most of your first year in the legal profession. This probably isn’t what you were expecting. Lawyers are supposed to take meetings in boardrooms, not at a desk in their… Read More »
Categories: Articles, New Lawyers, Student, Student IssueHow modern lawyers are built from many pieces
The year is 2021. Everyone has a supercomputer in their pocket. Artificial meat is 3D printed in a lab. Somewhere a car is driving itself and a robot is doing a backflip. And, at long last, many courts have finally instituted remote hearings by video conference. The legal system may adapt slowly to changing technology,… Read More »
Categories: Articles, New Lawyers, Student, Student IssueRemarks of the Chair of the Board of LAWPRO for the 2020 Year in Review
2020 was a year like no other in living memory, but the business of law managed to continue, even if the way we accomplished it felt completely unfamiliar. Likewise, LAWPRO continued to operate, even though the pandemic impacted us in many ways including closed courts and a real estate market that sprung back to life… Read More »
Categories: 2021 April - 2020 Year in Review, ArticlesRemarks of the President & CEO for the 2020 Year in Review
My remarks for last year’s annual report were written in late March, just a few weeks after the pandemic started. The “incredible events and changes” of those first few weeks (as I then described them) did little to foreshadow the countless ways the COVID-19 pandemic upended our personal and professional lives through the rest of… Read More »
Categories: 2021 April - 2020 Year in Review, ArticlesPrimary E&O program claims: 2020 Year in Review
Insurance can be a source of stability and calm in a storm and a foundation from which to rebuild after a storm has passed. 2020 was an alarming year in an unpredictable world. It often seemed to be a year on pause.But the legal profession did not stop. The number of insured lawyers in Ontario… Read More »
Categories: 2021 April - 2020 Year in Review, Errors & Omissions