If the job of making your firm’s annual event a hit has fallen into your in-basket, here are a few ideas that combine camaraderie with charity. 

In an ideal world, you start your own practice with a roster of blue-chip clients, staffers who hang on your every word, lots of start-up money, and every kind of insurance you could ever need. 

New lawyers practising on their own should develop a business plan and set goals to be achieved.

The legal community may soon be able to get in on the ground floor of an “innovative” retirement plan designed specifically for lawyers and their staff, says Dawn Marchand, vice-president of marketing, product and direct distribut

“Oh man, I’ve got the best life insurance,” said no one ever. That’s because, at the end of the day, most policies operate under the same basic principle: you pay a moderate amount of money every month for insurance that only pays out after you’re dead.

If you are lucky enough to have a company-sponsored pension plan, it’s likely a defined contribution (DC) plan and your employer may offer some amount of matching, meaning they will also be contributing to your retirement savings goal.

Try to remember where you were on this day in 2015. You probably can’t. Now think about the view from the best hotel you ever stayed in.

Taking stock of how you live today can help you develop a plan for your retirement years, says Dawn Marchand, vice-president of marketing, product and direct distribution for Lawyers Financial, which offers insuran