Practice Areas8 min read
Estate Litigation: When Families Go to Court
Contested estates are less about wills and more about grief, money, and old wounds. Here is what the work actually looks like, and who thrives in it.
Maya Rombout
← All articles
Tag
#litigation
17 articles
Practice Areas7 min read
Class Actions: Litigation at Scale
Class-action work is litigation with the volume turned up: fewer clients you can name, more people you represent, and a rhythm that rewards patience over adrenaline.
Priya Anand
Practice Areas7 min read
Insurance Law: The Business of Risk and Claims
Insurance work splits into two worlds: deciding what a policy covers, and defending the claim once it lands. Here is what each side actually does day to day.
Maya Rombout
Practice Areas8 min read
Criminal Law: Crown and Defence, Two Sides of a Coin
Crown and defence work look adversarial from the gallery, but the day-to-day skills, pressures, and rewards differ more than most students expect. Here is what each side actually demands.
Maya Rombout
Practice Areas7 min read
Construction Law: Contracts, Claims, and Cranes
Construction law is where the paper meets the pour. A grounded look at the deals, disputes, and daily work behind the built environment, and whether it suits you.
Priya Anand
Career Paths7 min read
Corporate Law Versus Litigation: A Day-to-Day Comparison
Corporate and litigation lawyers live in different rhythms, calendars, and headspaces. Here is what a real working day looks like on each side before you commit to one.
Daniel Kwon
Practice Areas7 min read
Bankruptcy and Insolvency: Law for Hard Times
Insolvency work is where finance, litigation, and human crisis collide. Here is what the practice actually involves, and why it stays busy when everything else slows down.
Maya Rombout
Law School7 min read
Should You Clerk? An Honest Look at Judicial Clerkships in Canada
A clerkship can be one of the best years of a legal career, or a costly detour, depending on what you want. Here is a balanced guide to what clerking is and who it suits.
Elena Marchetti
Practice Areas7 min read
Environmental Law and the Fight for the Future
Environmental law is broader, messier, and more consequential than most students imagine. Here is what the work actually involves and how to build toward it.
Elena Marchetti
Practice Areas7 min read
Personal Injury Law: Advocacy for the Injured
Personal injury practice is part advocacy, part empathy, and part grind. Here is an honest look at what the work actually asks of you and who it suits.
Priya Anand
Legal Tech & Innovation6 min read
How Technology Is Changing Litigation
E-discovery, remote hearings, and legal AI are quietly rewiring how disputes get run. Here is what the tools actually change, and what they don't.
Daniel Kwon
The Profession8 min read
Professionalism and Civility in a Combative Profession
Advocacy is adversarial by design, but rudeness is a choice. Here is how to stay principled and civil when the work invites you to be neither.
Elena Marchetti
Practice Areas7 min read
Employment Law: Representing Workers and Employers
Employment law has two chairs at the table, and the work looks different from each one. Here is what the plaintiff and management sides actually involve, and how to choose.
Elena Marchetti
Legal Tech & Innovation8 min read
E-Discovery Basics Every New Lawyer Should Know
Most of modern litigation runs through email, chat threads, and spreadsheets. Here is a plain-language grounding in e-discovery for lawyers in their first years.
Sam Okafor
Career Paths7 min read
Becoming a Crown Prosecutor: The Path and the Reality
Crown work is not what courtroom dramas promise. Here is what the job actually involves, the ordinary ways people arrive at it, and the kind of person it suits.
Priya Anand
Practice Areas7 min read
A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defence Lawyer
Defence work is far less courtroom theatre and far more phone calls, disclosure, and waiting. Here is what the job actually looks like from the inside.
Priya Anand
Career Paths7 min read
Litigation Versus Solicitor Work: Which Suits You?
Contentious or non-contentious? Here is an honest look at what litigators and solicitors actually do all day, and how to tell which side of the profession fits you.
Daniel Kwon