Erika Bailey on LinkedIn: #gpllm #llm #writingtips #coverletters #lawstudents #nca #itl (2024)

A very meaningful way to build and contribute to community... consider stepping into this leadership opportunity, #GPLLM and #LLM #NCA candidates!

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...not really common..."...sometimes I feel silly asking [these questions] since they should be common sense, but I find that common sense is not really common across cultures." Trisha F.Clarity came-in sharp through one of Trisha's thoughtful, attentive, professional emails last week. She has a graceful way of attending to the fact that as someone new to Canada, she (and many in our #GPLLM cohort) is bumping into the raw edges of the tacit and explicit ways our cultures here are different. It's exhausting, I hear from international students.But then, students also evidence their remarkable tenacity, creativity, thoughtfulness, openness to learning, and determination to get back into the work and keep on trying.In the questions she poses, Trisha helps me learn that the work I am so fortunate to do with and alongside internationally trained lawyers, is about softening those edges by making explicit the implicit. To remain curious about what else students understand and know. To listen deeply.So, University of Toronto Faculty of Law #GPLLM and #LLM students, when you ask me the questions you think are common sense, I want you to know, your questions are uncommonly beautiful. Photo Credit: my friend and neighbourhood harvester this morning who came to gather lavender for her amazing handmade soaps, and who left me with a number of gorgeous photos. Check out Mikael's work at https://lnkd.in/eevrqWQg

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Why I love my vocation: People.Last night's tremendous The ITL Network | SABA | JOY - Just One Yes ITL Manual Launch event at Dentons concluded with one of the most joyous moments in my Graduate Career Advising role to date: **THREE (count 'em ... 3!) cohorts of students represented in one room from University of Toronto Faculty of Law:LAST YEAR: Midhat Khan - so happy reunite!THIS YEAR: Luma Damasceno Góes, ERIKA LIMA, Luciana M B Alves, Paloma Teila - loved reconnecting with you!NEXT YEAR: Mariana Sena, Francesca Keliar, Elizabeth De Los Rios - looking forward to more connections come September!I mean... c'MON! What remarkable humans to witness, and in my small part, support.

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JOY - Just One Yes | Dentons | The ITL Network room is full of- with the inspiring Hina Latif lifting the voices of internationally trained lawyers.

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There are moments of sheer brilliance that emerge in our community - and THIS... this is one of them. Heart-full, courageous, unblinkingly honest, and clear insights into an international student's first 48 hours: I cannot wait to learn from this courageous group (including Pahul Sond, from our #LLM cohort at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law).BRING OUT THE POPCORN!

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