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SARA FORTE'S CURRENT PROJECTS
Forte Workplace Law: In 2016, after 12 years of practice in downtown Vancouver, Forte
opened a solo practice out of an office two km from her home in Surrey, BC. It has now grown
into a firm of ten lawyers. The firm aims to solve legal problems at work through a culture
centred on kindness and courage.
StandUP Teams: In 2020, Forte designed customized, interactive bystander training to address
shortcomings in traditional workplace sexual harassment training. During the pandemic,
StandUP Teams pivoted to delivering online live workshops, and have now developed an online
self-paced version that includes video and animation content.
Not your average law job: In 2021, Forte launched this website to highlight the diversity of law practice
by profiling happy lawyers in many practices. Forte built this so unhappy lawyers (many of whom are
women or racialized lawyers) can consider their options to stay in law and find happiness.
"When I started it, I was really thinking about
the disenchanted big-firm associates, at their
desks at midnight, crying, thinking that they
hate their jobs [and] maybe [have] lost touch
with their families. They are there at midnight
and Googling, 'I hate my law job.' I wanted to
create something that those people would find."
Forte says they have expanded the site
beyond telling stories to examine the "pipeline
to law" with a job board.
"I want to have lawyers in every province
and territory, doing every kind of imagin-
able practice."
Forte is looking to help other lawyers do
what helped her find happiness in her career:
question their idea of success by hearing from
the wide range of happy lawyers out there.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the McLeish Orlando lawyers selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2023 and
for The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ for their expertise in Personal Injury Litigation.
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