It's Okay Not to Be Okay Lawyers are experiencing mental illness at unsettling levels, and yet many of us are reluctant to seek help. According to the National Study on Wellness in the Legal Profession, 46.8% of legal... Scott Morishita
December 2023 Seeking Joy in Difficult Times Whenever I used to see a lawyer colleague of mine, he would always ask, “Kerry what are you doing to bring YOURSELF joy?” He didn’t want to hear about my work, my volunteerism, or... Kerry L Simmons, KC
December 2023 Trauma-Informed Lawyering Will Transform Your Practice Law school fails to teach future lawyers how to work with people, especially wounded people who are traumatized by the events of their lives or by the systems we call “justice”. This... Myrna McCallum
December 2023 Indigenous Law An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (Federal Act) and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) helped usher in rapid... Stephanie Konefall
December 2023 Changing Approaches to Legal Traditions ♫ I’d say an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of attention span... ♫— Music & Lyrics by K. Hearn, S. Page, E. Robertson, recorded by the Barenaked Ladies.One of the oldest... David J Bilinsky
December 2023 Truth or Consequences I follow an eclectic group of right-wing conspiracy theorists on social media, not because “I go where they go” (which is my own contraction for QAnon’s “WWG1WGA&rdquo... Tony Wilson, KC