For a lot of junior lawyers, you reach a time when you may need to transition files to a new lawyer due to a career change, leave, or change in practice areas. As I approach a parental leave, here are some tips and suggestions that I am utilizing to transition files prior to my leave:

Vacation time for lawyers is both critical to our well-being and unfortunately, disruptive. Young lawyers at our firm often struggle with how to plan their vacation time, deciding how available to be during vacation, and how to adequately prepare their files for their vacation.

A lawyer’s diary system can be a critical tool for organization and practice management. While we are encouraged from a very early point in practice, usually during articling, to begin using a diary system to track our work, many young lawyers find themselves unsure of what to track in their diary, why it is so important, and what type of diary system to implement for their practice.