Clinton Tang (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

Blake Gansborg (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP)

Blake Gansborg, a Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Denver, Colorado office, shares his personal experiences with anxiety throughout his career and what has worked for him in overcoming anxiety. He also reflects on what the legal profession can do to de-stigmatize the topic of mental health.

Sheri Wang (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)

Sheri Wang, Co-Founder of Beyond the A and a Securities Regulatory Lawyer at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, talks about normalizing the topic of anxiety in the legal profession, the relative hurdles individuals may face in law school and beyond, and what has helped her to overcome anxiety.

Clinton Tang (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

Clinton is currently at a 3L student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and completed his 2L summer at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, a Vancouver-based full-service law firm. In this episode, we talk about navigating through anxiety during law school and his advice on how to excel during law firm interviews.

Dave Namkung (Mosaic Executive Search, Smith Legal Search)

Dave is the founder and managing partner of Mosaic Executive Search, as well as a partner with Smith Legal Search, a legal recruitment company. He has unique expertise and interest in executive search mandates relating to legal and professional services, non-profits, crown corporations, post-secondary institutions and impact-driven businesses. In this episode, we talk about the stigma of anxiety in the legal profession, how he overcame anxiety in his own career, and how he carved out his own path after articling at a big law firm, and finding fulfillment within one’s career. We hope you like this episode!

Colena Der (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)

Colena is a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and also serves as the co-chair of the firm's student committee.  In this episode, we talk about anxiety, student recruitment and everything else in between. This was, by far, one of our favourite episodes. Take a listen! Colena’s practice focuses on advising Canadian and foreign-based clients on the taxation of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and employee and executive compensation matters, with an emphasis on the resource, emerging companies and technology sectors.  Her tax practice also includes the settlement of tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency. Learn more here: https://www.osler.com/en/team/colena-der.