CAREER STARTER SERIES
| Speakers: |
Allison Wolf, PCC, The Lawyer Coach
Karen Ameyaw, WorkSafeBC
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| Date/Time: |
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm (Pacific Time)
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SYNOPSIS
This webinar is a part 2 of the CBABC Career Starter Series.
Making your way through the early years of your career as a lawyer is both an exciting and sometimes overwhelming experience. Whether you have clear career goals, or on a windier path, this session is for you. Gain advice, tools and resources from The Lawyer Coach Allison Wolf and lawyer Karen Ameyaw about navigating various career trajectories in the first years of your practice.
This session will offer you support and guidance to chart a path forward to success, whether you are in private practice, in-house, at a government agency or even if you are considering leaving legal practice behind.
By the end of this session, you will know:
- How to put together a career path that suits your needs, wants, and values.
- How to identify career opportunities and make career transitions.
- How to integrate non-work activities into your life to improve work-life balance
ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
About Allison Wolf, PCC
Allison is a senior coach working exclusively with lawyers. Over the past seventeen years, she has helped countless clients develop flourishing legal practices and before that served as director of legal marketing for award-winning law firms. Allison is a frequent presenter for law firms, legal departments, and legal organizations. She contributes a monthly column for the legal blog slaw.ca.
In 2020, in response to the challenges faced by young lawyers in the profession she launched AMP (Associate Mentoring Plus) Club, a year-long program offering junior lawyers the tools and support they need for establishing successful careers in law. This year AMP has grown to include a team of seven coaches with members from firms in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
True to the philosophies of her coaching practice, Allison has created success without sacrificing her personal life. She remembers: “As a young woman I once visited Galiano Island in British Columbia. I looked out across the water towards the shores of Salt Spring Island and thought one day I’d like to live there.” Today she lives and works from her home on Salt Spring Island just a short stroll from the shoreline she gazed at so many years ago. Allison is grateful for her island life. There is nothing she enjoys more than a quiet walk by the water with her wife Donna and dogs, Chico and Billie. You can find out more about Allison’s coaching practice online at thelawyercoach.com and her blog attorneywithalife.com.
About Karen Ameyaw
Karen Ameyaw is a Senior Prevention Advisor (Legal) at the Workers’ Compensation Board of BC (WorkSafeBC). Karen is a practising lawyer with over 12 years of experience and has worked in private practice as a litigator with a focus on insurance and construction law. Karen holds BA (Criminology) from Simon Fraser University and a LL.B from the University of Victoria. From 2018 to 2021, she was a Council Member on the Real Estate Council of British Columbia and currently is a hearing panel adjudicator (lawyer representative) for the Law Society of British Columbia Tribunal and a member of the Law Foundation’s Racial Justice Grants Advisory Committee. As an articling student, she helped establish the BC chapter of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers.
ACKNOWLEDGING FIRST NATIONS TERRITORIES
This webinar is hosted by CBABC, which is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage our members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada, past and present.
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Cancellation Policy
Once payment has been processed there will be no refund issued. To cancel your attendance, please contact the PD Department at PD@cbabc.org. No refunds will be issued to non-attendees.
