Life skills and career tips for Canada's lawyers in training
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"It's a good time to be a Canadian athlete," says Jarvis. "University rowing in Canada is quite competitive and you end up being exposed to people who are in the Canadian national team and you start to see that there is a possibility . . . a dream really, that you realize, because university-level rowing in Canada, the United States, and Britain is just a step away from the national team." Jarvis and the national team are cur- rently competing and training around the world to qualify for the 2012 Olym- pics, and Canadian Lawyer 4Students caught up with the team in England. "Everything we do in the next two years is to hopefully earn our seats and make our boat go fast in 2012," says Jarvis. However, while working at Gowlings in the summer of 2008, Jarvis thought he would have to give up rowing, think- ing the sport wasn't compatible with his career plan or burgeoning student debt. He accepted the idea of becoming an intellectual property lawyer, and was of- fered an articling position at Gowlings once he fi nished law school. "I was at a For me it's important to get to training, and it gets the blood flowing and then I come back and I'm so much more focused in work or school. — Morgan Jarvis point where I was OK, I would like to go back and row because I think I've got a shot at making the team in the next Olympics, but I'm not going to throw away my career," says Jarvis. "I've got- ten this far and potentially an off er here to article at one of the best fi rms in the country, right where I want to be in the area I want to work in, or I can go and try in the Olympics." As Jarvis struggled with his decision, a partner at Gowlings, Frank Mulock, recalls driving home one night listening to CBC Sports on the radio and hearing about Jarvis and his prior rowing suc- cesses. Mulock says he recognized the summer student's name immediately. Soon thereaſt er, Jarvis started fi nding newspaper articles on his chair about how well the Canadian team was do- ing at that summer's Beijing Olympics. Jarvis says the Gowlings team asked why he had given up rowing and encouraged him to get back into it. "Th ey were totally supportive of me rowing," he says. Th at feeling became even more ob- vious when Jarvis asked Gowlings if it would put off his articling contract for LegalNewswire Get smart. Fro Frrom hom tthe publ s publish publiisher of Canad of Canadi nad a nadian Lawye and L adiian La awyer and La er and Law Tiimesmes Regu r read ng of eek Regullar readin we kly e al readin a bettbetter n de stta your uturture career klly legal e-newsletter t er understan your future aree .er Appeal panel finds bias at LSUC hearing Law Times aring g A Toronto lawyer has won his appeal of disciplinary findings against him after a Law Society ofcipliinary findings against him after a Law Society of origin al of dis Upper Canada appeal panel ruled the original proceedings had ''compromised the appearance of sion of bias.'' comprom fairness'' and created a ''reasonable apprehension of bias.'' apprehens Good business or cheating the taxman? Canadian Lawyer man? Offshore financial centres, or offshore tax havens as they are more commonly referred to, have been the subject of heightened international scrul scrutiny and pressure in recent years from ld. mmonly referred to, h IT'S FREE! Sign up online. canadianlawyermag.com 32 F A L L 2010 C ANADIAN Lawy er 4STUDENTS Untitled-1 1 governments in the developed world. As the cover story of the June Money Issue points out, the ? Well, money. cover reason for the escalating attention? Well, money. In-house counsel closely watching proposed copyright law Canadian Lawyer InHouse, online g p opos troduce roposed copyright law c py g Changes in copyright legislation introduced by the government last week are likely to affect the work of in-house counsel and nee d to be closely watched, say industry representatives. osely w ng of Canada' N -new slette newsle er a standianding of th na s No 1 na a's No.1 et e can resu i and ng of he law etter can res les ltt in he law anaw and e sult in NEWS | COMMENTARY | SURVEYS EYS | DAILY LEG LA NEWS DAILY LEGAL NEWS | MOVES AND SHAKES | TWITTER | CALENDAR CALENDAR | CASELAW 7/28/10 2:03:26 PM