LEXPERT MAGAZINE
|
MAY 2019 3
Jean Cumming
Editor-in-Chief
Summer is coming
Lawyer blogger Ruth Carter wrote a couple of years ago, aer
describing a day off work with her dog, wrote: "I suck at relaxing. Too
much unstructured time makes me anxious. I have to be told to take
a vacation. My therapist suggested it the last time, and my running
coach recently told me I need to take a vacation or staycation. (I don't
think I could do a staycation. I can't keep myself from checking work
email if I'm too close to the office.)"
Sound familiar? I'm not sure whether more lawyers go on
competitively stimulating vacations; or on no vacations at all. Yet the
power of relaxation is known to us all.
Law firms oen take into account non-billable activities such as pro
bono or business development in compensation although (arguably)
not oen enough. But it is unlikely that any law firm is going to start
crediting for vacations taken, for doing nothing as it were. However,
in her ABA Journal article, "Relaxing the anxious lawyer brain takes
practice" Jeena Cho wrote that one lawyer shared with her during a
coaching call: "I think about getting into a car accident or catch myself
checking the weather, hoping for a really bad storm so I won't have to
go to the hearing." No one is suggesting that taking a holiday alone will
alleviate this level of anxiety. But it might be a start.
Happy Summer. Try to relax.
EDITORIAL
fortuna favet fortibus
MAY 2019
VOLUME 20 NO. 7
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jean Cumming
SENIOR EDITOR
Elizabeth Raymer
ART DIRECTOR
Brianna Freitag
COVER PHOTO
John Hryniuk
PRESIDENT
Tim Duce
SALES MANAGER
Paul Burton
CONSULTANT, STRATEGY
AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Ivan Ivanovitch
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Steffanie Munroe
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Joanne Richardson (416) 649-8818
joanne.richardson@habpress.ca
Lexpert® Magazine is published
digitally or in print 12 times a year
HAB Press, a subsidiary of Key Media
312 Adelaide Street West Suite 800,
Toronto, ON M5V 1R2
Tel: (416) 609-8000 Fax: (416) 609-5840
Website: www.lexpert.ca
All rights reserved. Contents may not
be reprinted without written permission.
Lexpert® Magazine is printed in Canada.
PUBLICATION MAIL REGISTRATION
NO. 40065782. ISSN1488-6553
Copyright© HAB Press Ltd
All rights reserved.
GST/HST#: 70318 4911 RT0001.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
may be faxed to: (416) 609-5840
or e-mailed to: jean.cumming@habpress.ca
SUBSCRIPTIONS/ADDRESS CHANGES
Contact: Keith Fulford at (416)-649-9585
or e-mail: keith.fulford@ habpress.ca
Annual subscription costs C$175.
To change your subscription address,
please send your new address along
with a copy of your mailing label(s)
to the Subscription Dept.,
at the address indicated above.
For all other circulation inquiries,
please e-mail Keith Fulford.
