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DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW law. She taught high school in British Columbia before attending law school. "i knew i didn't want to keep teaching high school forever," says Moran. "i was pretty young when i started and i wanted to do something more intellectually challenging." U LEADERS WANTED! We're young, progressive, innovative and growing. And, we've been named one of Canadian Lawyer's Top 10 Labour & Employment Boutiques for 2012. "I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LOVE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME NOW IF YOU WANT TO GET AN ACADEMIC JOB IN THE LEGAL SPHERE YOU NEED TO DO A DOCTORATE." 18 SPRING 2 0 1 2 ntitled-3 1 C ANADIAN Lawy er 4STUDENTS 12-01-23 2:28 PM Moran loved law on an intellectual level and says she was influenced by some of her professors who recommended that she do some graduate work and become an academic. Once she obtained her LLB from McGill University, she completed her LLM at the University of Michigan and then her SJd at the University of toronto while moving up the ranks in U of t's law faculty, eventually becoming dean in 2006. She is also the first woman to serve as dean of law at U of t. She has come across numerous law students interested in alternative careers, mainly those seeking advice on how to go the academic route. "i think it's really, really important to pursue something that you really love because most of the time now if you want to get an academic job in the legal sphere you need to do a doctorate," Moran tells her students. "a doctorate is a long haul; it's many years, and i think in order to really get the most out of it you just really need to do something that you think is really intriguing and fantastic. you shouldn't do something if you're feeling ho-hum about it." Moran says the faculty at U of t recognizes that many students want to do other things with their law degrees other than practise law and the school tries to facilitate that by educating students about the kinds of alternative careers that are out there. MAYO MORAN niversity of toronto Faculty of Law dean Mayo Moran pursued a path outside of the traditional legal career, and in fact never practised

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