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Posted April 22, 2021

“Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius” – Lavator, Aphorisms on Man In my last post I identified 5 methods of knowing, the[...]

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K. Scott McLean

Posted March 25, 2021

Skill Sets # 17: Know What You Must, and Then Some

“scientia est potentia” How do our new and junior colleagues, who do not get everything they need at law school, continue to acquire knowledge, and[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted February 26, 2021

Skill Sets # 16: Interviewing and Counselling Part 2

In Part 1 of this comment (see “Skill Sets # 12: Beware the Bear” ) I addressed the moment when we move from interviewing to[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted February 12, 2021

Important Message Concerning Mental Health From OSC Justice

In a recent endorsement out of Civil Practice Court in Toronto (713949 Ontario Limited, Applicant and Hudson’s Bay Company ULC, Respondent, OSCJ January 25, 2021)[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted February 1, 2021

Skill Sets # 15: Fear, Anxiety and the Mystery of Confidence

“I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days” – Daniel Boone 1734 – 1820 Overview In working[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted January 6, 2021

Skill Sets # 14: Understanding Ambiguous Loss

Nature’s first green is gold/ Her hardest hue to hold/Her early leaf’s a flower/ But only so an hour – Nothing Gold Can Stay –[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted November 17, 2020

Skill Sets #13: Belling the Cat

There is a strong connection between mentorship and storytelling. Mentorship is all about relationships. Relationships are all about communication. And storytelling plays an important role[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted November 6, 2020

Skills Sets # 12: Beware the Bear

Interview, who’s interviewing who/ Are you interviewing me/ Or am I interviewing you Cyndi Lauper The art of interviewing a prospective client, a skill central[...]

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Practice Management

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K. Scott McLean

Posted October 23, 2020

Skill Sets # 11: How to Succeed in (Our) Business

The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it and not say anything. [...]