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This is the 7th post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex lawyers. Today’s post is by Carol MacPherson. I have been a lawyer for over thirty years. I started my career as a junior partner in a three person firm, the first all-female firm in Mississauga in fact....

This is the fifth post in our series “How I became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Lauren Heuser: I have always loved reading and writing. It’s the reason I chose to do an undergraduate degree in English Literature and one of the reasons I chose to pursue...

This is the fourth post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Laura Chaves Paz. After finishing law school in Canada, I started looking for opportunities to work in international law with clients seeking advice on how to navigate the...

Lisa This is the third post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Lisa Eisen. Running my own small business as a freelance family law lawyer was never part of my master plan.  Of course, that may be because I had no master...

This is the second post in our series “How I Became A Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Heather Cross: I became a freelance lawyer when I was five months pregnant with my second son. After articling, I worked for the Cornwall Public Inquiry for nearly four...