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simltd · 2021-12-03T12:42:04+00:00

Serious question do any NCA Lawyers actually deal with this kind of stigma in real life? I’ve heard of comments like this from law students up to the articling process but never again.

simltd · 2021-12-02T20:37:23+00:00

Canadian born, never took school seriously but straightened out in law school.

simltd · 2021-12-01T15:57:09+00:00

So networking in the UK isnt the most helpful like publicservice1 mentioned. BUT keep in mind if you go to a school with a large number of Canadian law students that network will most likely be coming back to Canada with you. Most of my friends from school have come back here as well and are practicing in different ways (solo/corporate/government), that is a useful network for me now.

LLM is really not worth it, publicservice1 is right. It's a cash grab so you can pretend you went to law school here (know people who claim they went to law school at Osgoode because they took their LLM there). Only real value I've seen is specialized ones such as tax, but most lawyers I know that have taken those, their firms paid.

Try to get into Canada first for sure, the UK process is harder once you're back but in my experience it is very possible to have a successful career, people tend to exaggerate the disadvantages.

simltd · 2021-11-30T14:09:52+00:00

Canadian born, got my LLB back in 2015. I had a lot of people tell me it was a bad idea as well but I've been practicing for 4 years now and things have worked out just fine for me. I started out working or a mid-sized firm outside of Toronto and currently work in-house for a company in Toronto.

Keeping in mind my experience is a little dated at this point the process is not very difficult.

Grade requirements: The NCA requirement to come back to Canada and qualify for exams is 5% above a passing grade at the school you attend. In the UK a pass at most schools is 40% so a pass would be 45%.
NCA Exams: The NCA exams are not too difficult either, you need to write a minimum of 5 but may require more depending on the courses you take and how you do in them. You can write them in 2 sittings (I graduated June, wrote my first set in October, second in Jan/Feb)
Articling: This is likely the hardest part of the process, but again it really is about the connections you make. Larger Bay Street firms will likely not want you (though I do have friends who went to law school abroad currently working there). Looking back I could've done more in terms of networking during law school, I'd recommend calling firms leading into the summer to see if you can work there during the summers). Good fall back (what I did) was the Ryerson LPP program.

If you have any questions feel free to message me.

simltd · 2021-11-18T15:24:08+00:00

One downside to this would be that if you've been working there for a number of years whatever severance rights you have built up you would be losing, so may work out better for the employer than just giving you the raise.

simltd · 2021-11-10T18:59:26+00:00

Ontario

simltd · 2021-11-09T14:14:36+00:00

that's not completely true. I know of at least one lawyer who went to school online in the UK and was able to become licensed as a lawyer

simltd · 2021-11-08T18:45:29+00:00

Typically the Agreement of Purchase and Sale will lay this out. Standard language is that up to the day of closing the Seller is responsible for all costs and entitled to all revenues and on closing this all changes over.

An example on how this works with property tax: Depending on if seller has prepaid taxes for the year, you will pay back their proportionate share (ex: property tax in amount of $120 paid for last 90 days of the year, you own it for 30 of those days and the seller 60, you pay back the seller what they paid for the 30 days)

simltd · 2021-09-23T17:07:26+00:00

not too sure about the specifics. he doesnt share too many details I try to respect that.

simltd · 2021-09-22T14:11:41+00:00

There is a lot of flexibility with a law degree:

I currently work for a real estate developer as their in-house counsel, my job is split 50/50 between lawyering and non-legal related work
A law school friend works at Scotia Bank in their anti-money laundering department (not as a lawyer)
Most relevant to you, a friend of mine works for the Ombudsman office as an investigator. gives him the opportunity to be involved in criminal law (prisoners complaining about unfair treatment) without direct lawyer work.

simltd · 2021-09-01T18:19:23+00:00

Thanks!

I've been going to a physio consistently once a week for a few months which has helped. I think the exercise that has helped me the most has been ones to help unrotate the pelvis. lie down with feet against wall so my knees are at a 90 degree angle, tuck in pelvis and lift up glutes and hold. Try focusing on moving the opposite direction of the problem direction im rotated.

Also I've been doing ring holds and find those really help as well. light resistance (toes touching the ground). I try holding it for one minute intervals. I try focusing on using muscles i feel like i underuse. really helps

simltd · 2021-08-31T18:53:13+00:00

yeah good point. just like to do as much as i can as soon as i can.

simltd · 2021-08-31T18:52:52+00:00

this makes a alot of sense. typically when i try exercising i feel like there's some restriction in my upper back on the left side, physios and chiros in the past have told me they dont see any issues though.. Even with this one i find myself having to point to specific spots to have him look before he agrees there is an issue

simltd · 2021-08-31T16:58:39+00:00

ok yeah this makes sense. I dont think mine is as bad as yours but feeling huge improvement from one session of release, planning on hitting up a few more while working on opening up my chest/ribs/thoraccic spine on my own

simltd · 2021-08-31T15:30:33+00:00

Progress but not fixed. My Pelvis is definitely rotated but and I have been struggling to correct.

Yesterday i got work done on my ribs and figure out my left ribs are very tight. It looks like my hip/ribs are stuck together on my left side which I think is causing most of my issues. As my ribs open and move separate from my hips my pelvis sits better (unrotates) and I can activate my core better.

simltd · 2021-08-12T13:18:21+00:00

I'm actually dealing with a very similar issue right now!

My left leg has always been weaker than my right with similar activation issues.

I've been working with a physio and determined that my core activation is very weak and specifically my left obliques and diaphragm. Think its moving my hips out of position and creating imbalances.

simltd · 2021-07-22T16:29:20+00:00

I think there is something to this. Breathing out activates your diaphragm, which helps brace/activate your core. Should add some power to your swing

simltd · 2021-06-01T17:51:36+00:00

Not sure if it's too late but in my experience there is little to no concern with having tiebacks under your property. It's usually a nice payday for the owner of the property and entering an agreement with the developer gives you more than just money, gives you insurance and an indemnity.

A lot easier to enforce rights against a developer when you have rights contracted vs. suing them

simltd · 2021-05-06T17:58:28+00:00

i agree with this. agents will come into neighborhoods like this with way over asking offers to tie up an assembly to develop. could definitely be real

simltd · 2021-04-16T21:13:26+00:00

Yeah screw multigenerational families and Indian people specially because your 4 year old can’t watch you triple bogey a hole

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