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woman, try and go to a firm that has an interest and a commitment to trying to deal with issues around retention of women and being a more family-friend- ly place. Secondly, I think we as women have to continue to advocate for our very conservative profession, looking at ways that law firms of all sizes and shapes can more fairly and adequately deal with women with young children, because it is an enormous brain drain if the profes- sion doesn't get there. There is another thing that women have to be very care- ful of in law firms is not always accepting the tasks that go to women. So you must resist being the one who organizes the so- cial events or runs the art committee, and you must strive to be on the committee that divides up the money for the part- ners, because those are the committees Annual Practice 2008-2009 Ontario The Late Honourable James J. Carthy, W.A. Derry Millar and Jeff G. Cowan Written by top experts in civil litigation and public law, this highly regarded procedural guide is the only resource you need to gain a solid understanding of Ontario's civil and administrative procedural law. This handy resource contains all of the relevant legislation and rules of procedure you need to prepare for court. It consists of: most pertinent Acts, including the Courts of Justice Act, Evidence Act, Limitations Act, 2002, and the Legislation Act, 2006, with annotations of the most relevant case law. Statutory Powers Procedures Act that actually contain, again, the elements of power and information. CRONK: [Women lawyers] have to be just a little bit more assertive in saying . . . "I want a piece of the argument, I want to be on my feet." Because the comparison is, on the defence and Crown side that we see in the courts, there is a whole caul- dron of just astoundingly accomplished women in the Crown offices, at the appel- late level and at the trial level, and defence counsel who are on their feet every day. And on the civil side, they are not getting even counsel roles. ON NETWORKING SWANSBURG: I can tell you it is phenome- nal the number of times I have been invit- ed to golf, and people are quite astounded that I don't golf, because I am a lawyer, after all. . . . And so I always appreciate the opportunity to have sort of female-orient- ed events, if only because so many of the traditional client-development opportu- nities are not very female friendly. changes as they become available. Important new OAP developments Inside find all of the changes to the rules and new forms introduced by "lawyer" throughout instead of "solicitor," "counsel," and "lawyer" in the text. MORAN: I go out to events a lot, but I am a social person, so that really helps. But, I need to get up and go around and talk to people and make them know who I am, and it is a lot of work. The female deans get together, so that is a great opportunity, and I think those things are really impor- tant. At the same time . . . you actually, ul- timately need to be able to bring people with power on board, and most of those people are still men. www.canadalawbook.ca CL0608 26 JUNE 2008 www. C ANADIAN Law ye rmag.com CARTHY_Ontario Annual Practice (CL 1-2is).indd 1 5/12/08 9:31:52 AM ROTHSTEIN: I would be considered, in my firm, a pretty good rainmaker for a wom- an, and that is fair. People wouldn't say that about some of the other things that I can do, but in the rainmaking department, they would say I am pretty good for a woman. I just am nowhere close to as good as my male colleagues at bringing in significant business. I have tons of female contacts. I have lots of professional contacts. I might even be almost as well known as some of my male colleagues. And I think it is be- cause I still find that part of the business quite difficult. So it is an important ele- ment still, as long as men continue to hold positions of power and have money, that