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One of the biggest challenges Law Students are facing is to find a balance between their academic and personal lives during their studies. This challenge is still ongoing after graduation and we hope having a discussion around those challenge could help prepare for the next stage of your lives. For the second Equilibrium workshop, we will be discussing how navigating Parenting and Family while working as a full-time Lawyer. As Guest Speakers to share about their experience around being parents and caregivers, we will receive two Alumni, Paula Lobeck and Andrew Hodhod, who are both parents of two children and who are working in Business and Financial areas. Students will have the opportunity to engage in the discussion with the Guests and ask them questions. Snacks and coffee will also be provided.Ìý

Equilibrium aims to be a group discussion happening once a month and during which we bring a guest alumni who can talk about their experience working in the field and how they manage their professional and personal lives at the same time. We hope this workshop series will be helpful in supporting jurists with their well being and mental health.Ìý

Guest SpeakersÌýÌý

Paula LobeckÌýÌý

Paula Lobeck, who lives in Barcelona in Spain, works as a Senior Legal Counsel at Unilever, a global consumer goods company who has won the Financial Times 2024 award for the most innovative in-house legal team in Europe. Paula currently lives in Barcelona with her family of two kids. She also cared for her two parents at different times in during career through illness.ÌýÌýPaula did her J.D/B.C.L at 91ÉçÇø from 2008 to 2012 and is a dual qualified Attorney in New York and Paris. She currently speaks 4 languages (Spanish, French, English, German).Ìý

Andrew HodhodÌýÌýÌý

Andrew was born and raised in Montreal.  He studied at 91ÉçÇø from 2004 to 2008 (B.A. (Hons) – Political Science) and did his Law Degree from 2008 to 2012 (B.C.L. / LL.B.). He has spent his entire legal career at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) and has worked having in their two offices starting in Toronto and now in Montreal. Andrew has a wife and their two children, Sophie, who’s 5 and a half, and Norah who’s 1 and ¼. Being a Partner at BLG in Banking and Financial Services, Andrew values being as efficient as he can be at work and in his personal life so that he can spend as much time with his family as possible.Ìý

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