Slides from the University of Toronto externship with Omar Ha-Redeye on Feb. 26, 2015

1. Winter 2015
UofT Students Externship
Fleet Street Law – Garfin Zeidenberg LLP
Omar Ha-Redeye
Feb. 19, 2015

2. Agenda
• 9:00am Arrival
• 9:30-10:00 Observe
Interview
• 10:00-10:30 Brief
Discussion
• 10:30-11:00
Teleconference
• 11:00-:11:45 Subway to
downtown and Group
Information Interview
• 12:00 Visit Great Library,
LSUC, ONCA
• 12:30 Lunch at LSUC
• 1:00 Court House (393
University)
• 2:00 Dismissed

4. How Did I Become a Lawyer?
• How did you get into this career? What would you do
differently?
– Nuclear Medicine Technologist
– Health Administration
– Emergency Management
– Public Relations

5. A Typical Day
• What is a typical day or week?
–Reading and writing letters and reports
(lots)
–Court visits (occasionally)
–Teaching
–Driving (or not)

6. A Week in My Life

7. What Do I Like Best?
• What do you like best about your work?
–Interesting work, variety
–Ability to impact society – directly
–You can change the world (actually)

10. What Do I Find Most Challenging?
• What do you find most challenging about
your work?
–Fitting it all into 24-hours
–Handling the uncertainty of the future
–Deciding which direction to go

11. Current Industry Trends
• What are the current industry trends?

12. No More LSATs (Or Just Less of It?)

15. Anticipated Changes
• What changes do you anticipate in the next three to
five years?
– More paralegals
– More foreign-trained lawyers (from Canada)
– Technological disruption in the field

16. Skills Required
• What skills are required to do your job
(technical, communication, etc.)?
–Communication, communication,
communication

17. Common Misconceptions
• What is a common misconception people
have about what you do?
–Not “liars”
–Not always in court
–Not rich (unfortunately)

21. Work Style
• Do you spend most of your time working with
colleagues, clients, or independently?
• What is the work style
–Usually independent
–Overtime doesn’t exist

22. Work-Life Balance
• How do you balance your job with the rest of your
life?
– We have given up on that
– Work-Life Integration instead

23. Related Fields
• Are there related career fields that I might consider?
– In-House Counsel
– Paralegals
– Regulator

24. Travel
• Is there a lot of travel required in your career?
– For me, yes

25. Starting Salaries
• What is the average starting salary?

26. • Salaries will vary considerably
– Depends on size of the firm, practice area, years of
experience
• Bigger challenge right now for lawyers
generally is simply employment in the field
• Many lawyers will increasingly work outside of
law entirely
– Compensation will vary even more here, from not-
for-profit sector to corporate executives

27. The Best Job? Or is It?

29. Any Other questions?