7th Annual Advocacy Club Retreat May 11, 2019 - Put Your Dreams Into Practice
The 7th Annual Advocacy Club Retreat has come and gone.
The participants heard from and mingled with:
Yasir Naqvi, CEO of the Insitute of Canadian Citizenship
David Taylor (Conway)
Meagan LePage (Court Coach)
Thomas Finlay (Dept. of Justice)
Katie Black (Caza Saikaley)
The organizing committee:
Melissa Bastarache (Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP)
Aleksandra Gracia (Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh)
Simone Akiyanu (Articling at Gowling WLG)
Craig Williams (Cavanagh LLP)
All proceeds of this event were donated to the CNIB's Beyond the Classroom program to assist their adolescents development program (details here).
Here is the glowing review by Keagan Davis-Burns, who is completing her articles:
I had the pleasure of attending the Advocacy Club's 7th annual retreat this past Saturday. The theme of the day, “Put Your Dreams Into Practice”, was incredibly applicable to where I am in my career - not yet a lawyer, but very close. And the big take away for me: everyone has “Imposter Syndrome”. As an articling student, I often feel like I’m “faking it” in the legal profession. Turns out, I’m not alone! Regardless of being one or ten years out, (almost) everyone has this fear that it’s only a matter of time until we are found out for the frauds we are. We focus on what and how much we don’t know, instead of recognizing our strengths and contributions. We attribute our successes to nothing more than good luck as opposed to the education and intelligence we are equipped with. A lesson from Tina Fey: “The beauty of the imposter syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania and a complete feeling of: “I’m a fraud! Oh god, they’re on to me! I’m a fraud! . . . So you just try to ride the egomania when it comes and enjoy it, and then slide through the idea of fraud.” A huge thank you to John Hollander, panellists, and the Advocacy Club for the very real discussions!
The participants heard from and mingled with:
Yasir Naqvi, CEO of the Insitute of Canadian Citizenship
David Taylor (Conway)
Meagan LePage (Court Coach)
Thomas Finlay (Dept. of Justice)
Katie Black (Caza Saikaley)
The organizing committee:
Melissa Bastarache (Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP)
Aleksandra Gracia (Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh)
Simone Akiyanu (Articling at Gowling WLG)
Craig Williams (Cavanagh LLP)
All proceeds of this event were donated to the CNIB's Beyond the Classroom program to assist their adolescents development program (details here).
Here is the glowing review by Keagan Davis-Burns, who is completing her articles:
I had the pleasure of attending the Advocacy Club's 7th annual retreat this past Saturday. The theme of the day, “Put Your Dreams Into Practice”, was incredibly applicable to where I am in my career - not yet a lawyer, but very close. And the big take away for me: everyone has “Imposter Syndrome”. As an articling student, I often feel like I’m “faking it” in the legal profession. Turns out, I’m not alone! Regardless of being one or ten years out, (almost) everyone has this fear that it’s only a matter of time until we are found out for the frauds we are. We focus on what and how much we don’t know, instead of recognizing our strengths and contributions. We attribute our successes to nothing more than good luck as opposed to the education and intelligence we are equipped with. A lesson from Tina Fey: “The beauty of the imposter syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania and a complete feeling of: “I’m a fraud! Oh god, they’re on to me! I’m a fraud! . . . So you just try to ride the egomania when it comes and enjoy it, and then slide through the idea of fraud.” A huge thank you to John Hollander, panellists, and the Advocacy Club for the very real discussions!