Here we are... week 5 of the blog already! This blog is meant to be a window into the
articling experience here at MB and, as my fellow students have set out in
previous posts, there is no shortage of exciting things to talk about.
For
example,
yesterday I attended a settlement conference for one of my Small Claims Court matters involving a product liability claim. While preparing for the conference, I found myself reflecting on the first time I attended a settlement conference as a summer student at MB and how nervous I was. I have had the opportunity to attend several conferences since then, which has helped me to gain invaluable hands-on experience and, as mentioned before, the more practice you get, the better!
yesterday I attended a settlement conference for one of my Small Claims Court matters involving a product liability claim. While preparing for the conference, I found myself reflecting on the first time I attended a settlement conference as a summer student at MB and how nervous I was. I have had the opportunity to attend several conferences since then, which has helped me to gain invaluable hands-on experience and, as mentioned before, the more practice you get, the better!
Speaking of
hands-on experiences, another way you get to develop your advocacy skills here
is by preparing for and attending motions. I got to attend my first motion
during my very first week of articling and have gone on numerous ones since!
While we
get to attend settlement conferences, motions, even conduct some of our own
trials, the MB experience also includes assisting with and participating in
important client events, such as our Ski
Resort Liability Seminar which took place yesterday—one of many seminars I have
had the opportunity of attending during my time at MB so far! Events like this
provide a great learning experience as well as the chance for one-on-one client
interaction.
Until the
next post!
MN