young lawyers
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Young lawyers struggling with psychological distress, reveals study
More than 40 per cent of Quebec lawyers suffer from psychological distress, with young lawyers with less than 10 years of experience more prone to experiencing mental health issues, according to a study by researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke. Continue reading
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Young Quebec lawyers face bleak prospects
Quebec law students are having a harder time finding articling positions, getting paid less for them, and receiving fewer job offers after articling, reveals a troubling report by the Young Bar of Montreal that urges the provincial law society to establish “reasonable” and variable quotas to curb the “uncontrolled” rising number of lawyers in the… Continue reading
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Women make up nearly half of the Quebec Bar’s roll
By 2021 more than half of lawyers in Quebec will be women, reveals the latest annual report of Quebec’s legal society. At present, women already make up nearly half of the Bar’s Roll of Order, with 11,838 members or 49 per cent of membership, the highest percentage in North America. On average women practising the… Continue reading