Lunch with Mary March 04, 2016 Jennifer Cooper, Q.C. I had the delightful task this month of taking Mary E. Mouat, Q.C., to lunch. A senior family lawyer practising in Victoria, Mary was fresh from having been awarded the George A. Goyer, Q.C., Memorial Award for Distinguished Service.
Creating our Future: National Leadership Conference February 05, 2016 Linda K. Robertson The third CBA Women Lawyers Forum National Leadership Conference was held in Vancouver on November 20 and 21. The conference sold out almost two months in advance with 260 registered plus a long waiting list.
Recalculating women’s shelf life December 25, 2014 Rebecca Bromwich A couple of high-profile U.S. companies announced this fall that they would be offering young women the opportunity to freeze their eggs as a perk of the job. Rebecca Bromwich wonders what this push to keep young women in the workplace says about...
Gender equality gap and the legal profession December 25, 2014 Archana Medhekar Canada ranked 19th out of 142 countries in the latest Global Gender Gap Report issued by the World Economic Forum. Archana Medhekar writes that the report “should prompt us to do some soul searching” and to assess…
Throw like a girl and judge like a mom: Changing the conversation about who belongs on the bench September 01, 2014 Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich The qualities the federal government is seeking in appointees to the federal bench seem to be many of the qualities that society values when displayed by women. So explain to me again why there aren’t more women on the bench?
Equality, democracy and religion: Revisiting the secularism charter September 01, 2014 Julie Latour The State secularism charter proposed by the Parti Quebecois government died when the party lost the spring provincial election. But as Julie Latour, a former co-chair of the CBA-Quebec, Women Lawyers Forum notes, that doesn’t mean…
Gender equality in our legislatures: A perspective from the Northwest Territories September 01, 2014 Malinda Kellett Bob McLeod, Premier of the NWT, has proposed holding a women’s mock parliament to encourage more women to run for political office in the territory. Malinda K. agrees that the need to bring more women into politics is definitely there, but…
What women lawyers gain from women-only groups June 30, 2014 Linda Robertson Is there any need in 2014 to segregate organizations by gender? Hasn’t the war been fought and won? Lawyer-cum-consultant Linda Robertson argues in this blog post, originally published on Slaw.ca, that women-only groups still have a place in…
The good life: Returning to practice after a period of absence June 30, 2014 Rebecca Bromwich TV’s Alicia Florrick, heroine of the show The Good Wife, may have been accompanied by a little more “scandal, glamour fanfare” than most women when they return to the practise of law after a long absence.
Alternatives to practice June 30, 2014 Gina Alexandris You have to love the people who knew at the age of three what they wanted to be when they grew up, and never changed their minds. But if you’re someone whose career path is somewhat less clear, never fear: most adults can expect to change jobs and…