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For a while, I didn’t like being a lawyer. I was just doing something I was pretty good at. But lawyering has changed a lot over the last 15 years. And I think right now might be the most exciting time to be a lawyer. Here are 3 reasons I think so: 1. Way less admin. I remember spending way too much time formatting prospectuses. Remove the extra space. Fix the paragraph. Clients were paying for that. This should be nearly extinct soon 🤞🏼 2. Career design. When I started, it felt like there were two paths: Try to be a Partner. Or go in-house. Now lawyers can build 91���� careers, cover leaves, work remotely, and design careers that also work for their lives. Thank goodness. 3. Legal teams can be built differently. GCs and CLOs can now bring in experienced lawyers for a specific scope or timeframe. No begging for another FTE. No forcing a full-time solution onto a part-time problem. And before the comments start coming about all the uncertainty for lawyers with the million AI tools... I hear you. Lots to figure out there. But there’s a lot to feel good about too if you ask me. Did any of this hit home or do you still feel like were lawyering in medieval times? Wishing you a wonderful Friday, my friends 🤞🏼

What happens when 30 women GCs and in-house counsel go to Muskoka for a day and a half? We painted sunsets as a group (mine will not be framed). We took a sunset cruise. And in between, some of the most honest conversations I've had about this career. Four conversation takeaways: 1. The careers we admire aren't clean CV narratives. They're built on the messy, uncomfortable moves. Every real pivot has a push and a pull. 2. Don't leave a good role over a bad boss. Bosses come and go. 3. We're harder on ourselves than the market ever is. So much of the voice in your head telling you you're failing is just noise. The real skill is separating it from the signal. 4. Every scary move I've made, the ones I once called detours, turned out to be the point. I had a great time at this WILD retreat: Women in Legal Departments. Someone asked if next year should include the men. Resounding no. That would make it MILD. 😂 Thank you to Counselwell for putting this together!

$215K. Fully remote. First General Counsel. This is the kind of role that makes me think: "Yep. Someone's career is about to change." We're helping an AI company hire its first General Counsel. Founded by a former Google DeepMind researcher, the business is growing quickly. Here's what makes this opportunity different: You won't be stepping into an existing legal function. You'll be building it. You'll partner directly with the CEO, help shape commercial strategy, and define how legal creates value as the company scales. Yes, you'll own commercial contracting. But you'll also build the legal playbook, establish the company's risk framework, and use AI to help create a modern legal function from the ground up. You'll work shoulder to shoulder with sales, product, and leadership to help the company grow. They're ideally looking for someone who has: • 5+ years across private practice and a high growth tech company • Strong commercial instincts and business judgment • Excitement about building something from scratch • Curiosity about using AI to transform legal workflows • French is an asset Compensation: • CA$215,000 / US$150,000 base salary • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits • Opportunity to participate in the company's equity program during year one The role is fully remote from anywhere in North America. If this sounds like you, or someone you know, send me a DM. Maybe this is the sign you've been waiting for, my friends ✌🏼

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"When someone walks into your office with a parrot on their shoulder, they should walk out with the parrot still on their shoulder, not on yours." I heard this at the Women General Counsel Canada Annual Summit and it hasn't left me. Every GC has fallen into the fix-it trap. Someone brings you a problem. Business or personal. You solve it. They leave lighter. You get heavier. Do that 14 times a week, for years, and you end up where most senior in-house lawyers I know already are: covered in other people's parrots. It's the quiet way senior lawyers get rewarded for absorbing. Until absorbing becomes the whole job. You pay for it in burnout and stalled careers. The business pays for it too. Every hour spent solving someone else's problem is an hour not spent on the work only you can do. Most leaders can solve the problem. Fewer can hand the parrot back. What's the parrot you're carrying right now that isn't actually yours? 🦜