Lawfully Uncommon

student-run initiative through @LawMcGill that explores untapped legal career opportunities. Wanna be featured? DM us. On est billingue aussi.

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New: @LawMcGill alumnus Aaron Wenner!

Bummed by course aux stages?

"it's really important to try lots of things. There are many exciting developments, now more than ever, in law and in areas that benefit from your law degree."

Interview by Souang Wu
https://t.co/lCJxgHYAvA

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This week: Mark O'Neill! From politics to criminal law to admin to teaching in the Faculty of Architecture and doing change management!

Mark's advice? Ignore the noise and just be kind!

#lawfullyuncommon #droitautrement

https://t.co/pY2CVYrPmu

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DALA's Lina Li interviewed Shelley Ball, a specialist of #humanrights issues in the #health professions and the #workplace.
"Paying attention to transferable skills I’ve gained along the way and keeping an open mind to different opportunities has helped." https://t.co/tXj4rVfMQN

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@DeanLeckey @globeandmail Thanks for the shout-out!

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Thanks to @LawMcGill and Dean @DeanLeckey for their continuous support and for enabling us to conduct our work, shedding light on alternatives, legal or not!

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Our president, Simon Rollat, shared what DALA interviewees have told us over the years with @globeandmail's Report on Business!

Is it time for a reform of big law culture?
https://t.co/bzVX7CdhFp

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Cette semaine, Stuart Russell (McGill alumn!) nous parle de ses nombreux emplois en droits humains.

"Lawyering is only one of many options before you, so go where your passion takes you."

https://t.co/mhxllccRs7

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This week: Catherine Ooi shares her path from law school to full-time content creator doing gameplay streaming and mental health advocacy on social media.

https://t.co/MKlaz3lJiN

Give it a read!
#lawfullyuncommon #mcgilllaw #droitautrement #alternativecareer

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Francesca Trop nous fait part de son passage du droit à la peinture... inspirée du droit ! L'une de ses toiles peut même être observée au 4e étage de @LawMcGill !

https://t.co/05ZYB2SVUv

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McGill alumn Mireille Le-Ngoc shares her thoughts on tracing her unique path as a legal professional!
@LawMcGill

https://t.co/NWkkHFUZ7D

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DALA is back!

Avocate de formation, Marie-Pier Mercier @icimpmercier est désormais journaliste pour @RadioCanadaInfo

Que retient-elle de son expérience en droit ? Lisez l'article pour le savoir !

https://t.co/xcFlQDoQe3

#droitautrement #journalisme #avocate

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@LawMcGill alumna and author of numerous bestsellers, @CEMcKenzie1 shares her story in this week's interview!

#droitautrement #lawfullyuncommon #law
https://t.co/SFa24pwhr2

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New interview up on DALA's *new* website!

This week, Max Rossiter! Although now firmly a lawyer, Max never planned to go to law school and took a rather circuitous route into the profession. Learn more by reading this week's post!

https://t.co/lPoVktWKJx

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https://t.co/Q0qtHBsIQQ

Après avoir travaillé à Paris, New York et Washington D.C., Céline Alix est désormais traductrice juridique au sein de Claritas.

Elle vient de publier son premier livre, "Merci mais non merci. Comment les femmes redessinent la réussite sociale" (Payot)

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This week, we share @SimoneMSamuels' story! Truly inspiring!
"I’m strongly led by intuition, so I try to seize any opportunities that really resonate with me – things that make me immediately respond, 'Heck yes! That sounds like fun. That’s for me.'"
https://t.co/uuRaOPVvjd

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Providing legal services to touring artists?! Richard Dermer does it!

Give this interview a read if you are a fan of music (or taxes?)

https://t.co/MEVGe3J4va

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The team at DALA - Droit Autrement / Legal Alternative conducted a great interview with social justice policy expert Andrea McChristian!

Give it a read!

https://t.co/56O00TBFNN

#legal #law #lawyers #socialjustice #policy #autrement

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Read DALA's interview with Prof. Noel Semple!
https://t.co/6yE4LFNdmy

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Inspiring!
McGill Law's very own Brittany Williams (she/her)('19), Acting Assistant Dean (Admissions & Recruitment) shares her experience from student member of the L.E.X. program to law student... to faculty staff!

https://t.co/geHPF9lQnR

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Mélanie Riofrio Piché, Secretary General of the CIAM (Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid). She also founded the IASC - International Arbitration Seminars & Courses.

https://t.co/icCtwJRfl0

#alternativecareer #law