Life skills and career tips for Canada's lawyers in training
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Practising mining law • An opportunity to work in an industry where Canada is a world leader. PAUL STEIN, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto + PROS: • Mining transactions oſt en involve working on projects situated outside of Canada. Your work will oſt en involve travel, sometimes to very remote and exotic locations. • Provides you with opportunities to work with counsel and management teams situated in other parts of the world. You learn and experience working with local laws, cultures, and customs. Provides you with an opportunity to show off your foreign language skills. • Mining law is multi-faceted and involves many diff erent areas of expertise such as envi- ronmental, real estate, construction, tax, corporate fi nance, project fi nance, and mergers and acquisitions. Lots of quality legal work. • People involved in the mining industry are great to work with. - CONS: • Mining companies are constantly engaged and concerned with social and environmental issues. You will become involved in assisting mining clients in the funding and development of local schools, hospitals, and social services for communities surrounding mine and development sites. • Working with people and projects located throughout the world oſt en results in conference calls very late in the eve- ning and very early in the morning. • Exploration companies have no revenues, cannot borrow funds, and must rely on the capital markets for funding to carry on operations. At times, you must be patient in collecting outstanding accounts. • True mining lawyers are referred to as "dirt lawyers." • Although clients are usually very appreciative, they rarely send gold bars or diamonds as tokens of their appreciation. Welcome to The Workplace "I work on high profile matters every day" Major clients, high profile matters, some of the most experienced ip practitioners as mentors… articling and working at Dimock Stratton has it all. If you're serious about a career in ip law, Dimock Stratton should be at the top of your list. Cristina Mihalceanu, 1st year associate Dimock Stratton llp experience. results. 20 Queen W. 32nd fl, Toronto | 416.971.7202 | dimock.com 34 F A L L 2012 C ANADIAN Lawy er 4STUDENTS ntitled-3 1 12-07-18 9:59 AM ntitled-1 1 12-02-03 9:12 AM As a continuing commitment to excellence, we employ a diverse group of people who share a common goal, to help employers manage the complex laws of the workplace. To discuss employment opportunities at Mathews Dinsdale, please contact Joseph Liberman, Chair, Student Committee at 416-869-8546 or mathewsdinsdale.com Workplace Law Spoken Here *