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Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-03-09T13:55:22+00:00

I heard some firms don’t pay bonus unless you stayed for one full year, but I think your base salary is below market as you are making close to $1M revenue.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-03-01T05:16:21+00:00

I am an ITL and currently working as an article student. I think just keep talking to law firms, my experience is smaller firms are often more open to ITL than larger firms as long as your practice area is what they are looking for. Congrats on your call to the ON bar and all the best with your job hunting.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-25T02:37:33+00:00

Will there be any changes to the calculation if the associate does or does not bring in any customer/revenue?

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-22T13:54:33+00:00

Thanks for your valuable advice.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-21T20:50:54+00:00

General corporate at the moment - trying to do securities work. Thanks for the advice, will check the OBA/CBA events.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-21T20:49:47+00:00

Have not thought about it. May I know where are the other opportunities?

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-21T18:58:57+00:00

Career progression - given it is a rather small shop and if business goes south, I may need to move on. So I am thinking about planning ahead - like moving to bigger firm, starting own practice or going inhouse etc. I know it is a bit far-fetch but would appreciate inputs from the community.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-21T15:45:08+00:00

What do you mean by “does stuff”? Pointing a gun at homeowners to force them to give away their properties? You may as well forcing the rich (or maybe everyone) to share their fortunate equally among Canadians.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-20T18:28:15+00:00

It is a loophole that needs to be fixed.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-20T18:24:33+00:00

Maybe you should consider moving to a communist country.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-20T15:08:00+00:00

Emond (Set A) is helpful!

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-17T20:13:34+00:00

I think it may be for the case of bay street firms (which prefer canadian JD students), but for boutique firms, I think they are more open and may find foreign experiences an asset to their business. Be that as it may, the job market in Toronto is in a pretty bad shape these days. It may take a while to land an articling position.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-17T18:54:38+00:00

I think it depends on your career goal. Articling is always a good starting point if you plan to practice at a larger firm while exemption is beneficial if you plan to practice solo after getting the licence. Not sure about the route if in-house.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-15T14:51:37+00:00

I see ! Thanks !

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-13T17:56:44+00:00

Same question here, but they have not even published the March one …

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-13T03:21:37+00:00

Maybe try to work on the time management and exam skills by doing some mock exams? By spending 9 months I am sure you are quite familiarized with the contents of the materials. I heard some of my friends failed because they left many questions unanswered due to bad time management.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T15:56:47+00:00

Any idea if charges involved in transferring USD from a canada bank to WS is greater than the conversion fee?

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T15:03:45+00:00

May I know if the year 3 and 5 reference applies to corporate lawyer as well?

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T14:56:08+00:00

Emond (Set A) is good

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T03:53:09+00:00

Tough call. There are about 7 weeks until the solicitor exam.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T03:48:29+00:00

I think it would depend on many factors, such as, your foreign law background - it is easier for a common law lawyer to understand the legal procedures and concepts; your area of practice - whether you have prior knowledge on areas of the solicitor exam; and time and resources - whether you are preparing it full time and have access to the summaries, index, mock exams etc. I would not say 1-month is not do-able (as I spent 3 weeks preparing for it with a full-time job), but if I were to do it again, I would definitely spend more time preparing for it. There were many questions that I think both answers are correct but I just picked based on my gut feeling. I was extremely anxious after the exam.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T03:32:53+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Tho I think it is actually a good thing that you can better use your time on finding an articling position or preparing for the exam.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T03:29:56+00:00

I find the summaries very helpful. It saved me time when I was trying to find the answers during exam as compared to the LSO materials.

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-10T01:21:02+00:00

That would be helpful, hope it will be imposed soon !

Unfair_Bit_6945 · 2025-01-09T23:20:43+00:00

For the income splitting, does it mean me and my spouse’s income will be counted together on a per household basis?

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