XL Legal: Recent Episodes
Shelley Appleby-Ostroff
Are you a lawyer looking to excel in today’s legal profession? Join host Shelley Appleby-Ostroff, legal talent development consultant and writing coach, as she talks to successful lawyers and leading industry experts who share their knowledge, insights, and advice on topics like: increasing productivity; overcoming perfectionism; developing a personal brand; improving communication skills; building client relationships – and much more.
Sakina Babwani shares her expertise and advice about affidavit drafting. Sakina’s a litigator, former journalist, and co-presenter of the popular law society webinar, “Advocacy in Affidavit Drafting”.
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Jay Harrington shares his expertise and advice about lawyers using LinkedIn for thought leadership. Jay’s a leading business coach, trainer, consultant, and strategist who helps lawyers and law firms grow profitable legal practices by establishing themselves as thought leaders in a defined niche.
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Bull Garlington shares his expertise and advice about content marketing for lawyers. Bull’s an award-winning content marketing writer, author, and speaker.
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Sleep consultants, Marlee Boyle and Leah Corkum, share their expertise about lawyers’ struggles with sleep – and tips to overcome them. Marlee and Leah are the founders of Sleep Works Consulting, and creators/presenters of the popular law society webinars: “The Business of Sleep: A Productivity and Success Toolkit for the Legal Practitioner”, and “Sleep and your Wellness: More Info on the Business of Sleep”.
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Digital marketing expert and lawyer, Annette Choti, shares her expertise and advice about digital marketing for lawyers. Annette’s the owner/founder of the legal digital marketing agency Law Quill, a podcaster, and a bestselling author.
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Rho Thomas shares practical tips to help manage our money and mindset to improve our personal finances. Rho’s a lawyer turned financial coach who believes that true wealth is having control of our time.
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Laura Genovich shares her expertise and advice about clear legal writing. Laura’s a practicing lawyer, legal writing professor, and author of The Plain Language Practice: A Pocket Guide for Lawyers.
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Doron Gold shares his insights about the National Study on the Wellness of Legal Professionals in Canada. Doron’s a mental health professional, former practicing lawyer, and member of the study’s steering committee.
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Jason Stitt shares his expertise and advice about handling difficult people. Jason’s a “recovering” lawyer, mediator, and trainer who provides training in dispute resolution, negotiation and dealing with difficult people through the Stitt Feld Handy Group.
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Ann Gomez talks about her new book, Workday Warrior: A Proven Path to Reclaiming your Time. Ann’s a productivity expert who’s worked with many law firms and lawyers. She’s also the founder of the training company Clear Concept Inc, an inspiring speaker, and a bestselling author.
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Cory Chadwick, founder of The Mental Gym, discusses how working out our minds – like we work out our bodies – enables us to think, feel, make decisions, and perform at our best. Cory’s a mental fitness and performance coach who’s passionate about helping all of us build the essential habits and mindset to achieve optimal mental fitness.
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“Changemaker” Quinn Ross describes how his firm is humanizing the practice of law by doing things differently. Quinn is the managing partner and CEO of the Ross Firm; and chair of the Law Society of Ontario’s Futures Committee. Quinn was also named as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for 2022 - in the Changemaker Category.
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Legal management and training consultant extraordinaire, Deborah Glatter, shares her expertise and advice about effective delegation for lawyers. Deborah’s a former practising lawyer and partner of a national law firm, where she was responsible for the professional development and management of its lawyers for many years.
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Alexandra Overchuk shares her expertise and advice about emotional intelligence (EI) for lawyers. Alex is a talent management consultant to accountants and lawyers, and is certified in EQ-i 2.0 – the world’s leading measure of EI.
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Rachel Caven shares her expertise and advice about healthy eating for busy lawyers. Rachel’s Canada’s expert nutritionist, and Owner and Clinic Director of Caven Nutrition in Ottawa. She’s also a sought-after speaker who’s on a mission to educate all of us about how eating well can be easy, and improve our health and quality of life.
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Marla Warner shares her expertise and advice about supporting workplace health and wellbeing. Marla’s a health, resilience, and leadership coach who helps organizations and individuals build positive, supportive workplace cultures that enhance resilience, productivity, and mental health.
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Stephanie C. Mitchell shares her expertise and advice about writing effective professional email. Stephanie’s a communication coach and professional speaker who helps lawyers, judges, and other professionals communicate more clearly.
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Celeste Headlee shares her expertise and advice about the “Do Nothing Revolution”. Celeste’s an award-winning journalist, long-time radio host, professional speaker and author of the bestselling books We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter and Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.
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Michelle Troutman shares her tips for writing engaging law firm e-newsletters. Michelle owns Classy Writing, a business that specializes in creating e-newsletters and ghostwriting blog posts for law firms and other professional services firms.
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Legal coaches and former practicing attorneys, Nora Bergman and Chelsy Castro, talk about their soon-to-be-released book – 50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers: Research-based Strategies to Increase your Personal and Professional Happiness.
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Sarah Picciotto talks about outsourcing legal research and drafting. Sarah’s a former judicial law clerk and litigator – and founder of OnPoint Legal Research, a firm that specializes in providing a variety of research, writing and litigation support services to lawyers across Canada.
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Jock Climie shares his experience building successful careers in law and football simultaneously – and some of the lessons he learned along the way.
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Allison Wolf shares her expertise and insights about the associate retention challenge. Allison’s a sought-after legal coach, writer, and presenter who helps lawyers across North America develop thriving legal practices.
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The Podcast Lawyer™ – Gordon Firemark – shares his expertise and advice about podcasting for lawyers. Gordon’s a media, entertainment, and business lawyer; podcaster; author; and creator of an online podcasting training course designed specifically for lawyers.
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Business coach and consultant Amy Grubb shares her insights and advice about setting up a solo law practice. Amy’s a Big Law-trained lawyer and former sole practitioner who helps other lawyers build successful solo and small legal practices.
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Cameron Stout shares his insights about impostor syndrome in the legal profession. Cam’s a former securities litigator – and current mental wellness advocate and coach – with a special interest in impostor syndrome.
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Jane Griesdorf shares her expertise and advice about a topic lawyers love to hate – grammar. Jane’s the founder of The Writing Consultants, a firm specializing in effective writing and grammar training for lawyers and other professionals.
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Norm Bacal shares his expertise about effective law firm leadership. Norm founded the Toronto office of Heenan Blaikie and – as co-managing partner – built the firm into an iconic Canadian and international firm.
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Stephanie Hanna shares her expertise about creating meaningful connections while networking. Stephanie’s a lawyer, coach, and founder of The Other 85.
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Dr. Shawn Healy shares his insights and advice about practicing law with ADHD. Dr. Healy’s a clinical psychologist with Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Massachusetts where he runs workshops on practicing law with ADHD.
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Simi Botic shares her wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and advice about breaking free from perfection. Simi’s a corporate lawyer turned holistic health and anti-diet coach, and intuitive eating counsellor.
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Ray Leclair shares his expertise and practical tips to help lawyers avoid malpractice claims. Ray’s the Vice President, Public Affairs at LAWPRO, the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company.
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Darlene Tonelli describes her path to creating a happy and fulfilling legal career, and shares some of the lessons learned along the way.
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Lawyer/entrepreneur Aaron Baer talks about the two innovative legal training companies he recently co-founded – 4L Academy and Build Your Book Academy.
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Hindi Greenberg – a recognized expert on career counselling and outplacement for lawyers – shares her wealth of knowledge about lawyer career satisfaction and alternatives.
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Mary Paterson – a litigation partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto – discusses what she looks for when working with an articling student.
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Eugene Meehan,Q.C. shares his expertise about appellate advocacy. Eugene’s the founding partner of the boutique law firm, Supreme Advocacy LLP, where he specializes in appellate advocacy and agency work.
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After 30 episodes, I’ve decided to take a break for the summer. In the meantime, you might want to check out an earlier episode. All 30 are still available and accredited by the Law Society of Ontario for Professionalism Content.
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Paulette Nnorom shares her expertise about finding your first job as a lawyer. Paulette’s a lawyer, coach, and certified career and résumé strategist.
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Shailini George shares her expertise about mindful lawyering. She’s a professor of legal writing at Suffolk Law School, a former practicing lawyer, and a prolific author on the topics of learning, distraction, and mindfulness.
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Litigator, author, and trainer – John Hollander – shares his expertise about trial advocacy. John teaches trial advocacy techniques to law students and is the founder of the Advocacy Club, where he trains novice lawyers to become skilled advocates.
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Neil Guthrie – author of the popular legal writing text, Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing – shares his advice and practical tips for writing effective legal memos.
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Ruth Carter shares their strategies for preventing and conquering office clutter. Ruth’s a lawyer, former therapist, prolific blogger, professional speaker, best-selling author – and an aspiring minimalist.
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Jennifer Khurana, Vice Chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) and chair of the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals (CCAT), shares her expertise about the impact of the pandemic on administrative tribunals in Canada – and parties appearing before them.
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Professional coach, lawyer, and career strategist – Sheena MacAskill – shares her expertise about retirement coaching for lawyers.
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Certified virtual presenter, public speaking coach, trainer, and author – Lisa Braithwaite shares her expertise about virtual training.
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Professional speaker, trainer, coach, and former practicing lawyer, Olivia Mitchell, shares her expertise about developing the confidence necessary to speak up during work meetings, networking events, and larger group presentations.
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Dr. Elliott Lee, one of Canada’s leading specialists in sleep and sleep disorders, shares his expertise.
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Legal management and training consultant, Deborah Glatter, shares her expertise about meetings and associate feedback in our new virtual world.
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Rick Weiler – one of Canada’s foremost commercial mediators – shares his expertise and advice about navigating difficult conversations.
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The National Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at Gowling WLG – Rebecca Bromwich – shares her expertise and insights about building a diverse and inclusive legal profession.
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Lawyer, mediator, arbitrator, educator, and Deputy Judge – Rohan Bansie – shares his public speaking tips and strategies.
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Jessica Watkins – the National Director of Professional Resources at Miller Thomson LLP – shares invaluable insights and advice about what it takes to succeed as a law firm associate in today’s competitive legal market.
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If you’re like most law firm associates, you’re probably not devoting enough time to business development. Or maybe you’re not sure how to get started. Legal marketing and business development expert Jay Harrington offers practical strategies to help you grow a profitable legal practice by engaging in thoughtful and strategic business development activities at a specific time every day.
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Professional mentor and coach – and former trial lawyer – Ida Abbott shares her expertise about mentoring and sponsorship for lawyers.
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Legal writing expert Steve Armstrong shares the key principles for transforming complex legal information into clear prose – and discusses several real-life examples of the principles in action.
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In the final episode of our three-part mental health series, lawyer and mental health advocate Michael Herman shares his personal struggle with depression, and the lessons he learned on his road to recovery.
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In the second episode of our three-part mental health series, journalist and social worker Eilene Zimmerman shares what she learned about substance use and addiction within the legal profession while writing her new book Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy.
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In the first episode of our three-part mental health series, “the lawyer therapist” – Doron Gold – shares his expertise about mental health and wellness in the legal profession.
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In today’s episode, three lawyers who’ve chosen different career paths candidly discuss their first year or two of practice, and offer some great advice for new calls.
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Tech-savvy civil litigation lawyer Stephen Cavanagh shares his experience with remote hearings, and offers helpful practice tips for participating in litigation proceedings remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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Law professor, author, and former litigator Heidi Brown shares her strategies for helping introverted, shy, and socially anxious law students and lawyers “amplify their voices” – without compromising or suppressing their quiet strengths.
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Procrastination expert Tim Pychyl demystifies procrastination by explaining what it really is, why we do it, and how best to tackle it.
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Lawyer, certified health coach, and writer Jamie Jackson Spannhake shares practical mind management strategies for achieving a healthy balance in our lives.
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Legal talent management expert Dal Bhathal shares her wealth of knowledge about the current state of the legal job market and how best to navigate it.
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Perfectionism expert Gordon Flett shares his wisdom about the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection.
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Justice James O’Reilly offers practical tips on how to write court submissions that stand out, make judges receptive to your arguments, and give you a leg up.
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Productivity and leadership consultant Ann Gomez talks about a few simple changes you can make to the way you work right now to ensure you get the most out of every day.
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In today’s mini introductory episode, host Shelley Appleby-Ostroff introduces the XL Legal Podcast: Practice Excellence & Wellness Tips for Lawyers.
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