Estate Planning

Trusts & Estates Law: A Lawyer's Perspective

By Hull and Hull LLP

I am a big fan of the feel good test in my approach to success in law, business or anything else. It is not what people actually get that dictates success but how people feel about it at the end of the day. In a previous blog I commented that client satisfaction is based on this very principle, but what about our own success as lawyers? How those in the legal profession define success has many answers, depending on the individual and the area of law. 

In this week's edition of Canadian Lawyer Magazine 4Students you can see what some lawyers think of as the pros and cons of practising in a particular area. If you scroll way down, you'll see pros and cons of practising in trusts & estates by Liza C. Sheard, of Evans Sweeny Bordin LLP in Hamilton, and by our very own Paul Trudelle at Hull & Hull LLP in Toronto.

A definite pro for any trusts and estates lawyer is that it is an intellectually fascinating and challenging area of law. The cons are based around the emotionally charged atmosphere we often encounter. 

Work life balance is a very common buzz-word these days. Ultimately work-life balance comes from within and not from your job description. You must know yourself and integrate your talents, your passions and your responsibilities into each day to meet your constantly changing priority list.

I'm a firm believer that in order to be a success at anything you have to enjoy it – it has to mean something to you. As I celebrate my first anniversary in trusts & estates law, at the end of the day I feel pretty good. But I feel even better about getting up the next day to come in and do it all over again. 

Thanks for reading all week and have a great weekend! 

Sharon Davis

Full post as published by Toronto Estate Law Blog on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).