The Friendly Bar Series

By Concillia Muonde ( August 7, 2025, 12:18 PM EDT) -- The Friendly Bar Series is a collection of reflections on how we build a more respectful, inclusive and ethical legal profession, one relationship at a time. Part one: The Friendly Bar series, No. 1: Do not define a lawyer by one case; part two: The Friendly Bar series, No. 2: A Canada Day toast to the quiet work, and one another; part three: The Friendly Bar series, No. 3: More than a smile — Approachability as a professional duty; part four: The Friendly Bar series, No. 4: Calling all Luddite lawyers — Shame and ethical AI use in practising law; part five: The Friendly Bar Series, No. 5: What is a Friendly Bar without a Friendly Bench?; part six: The Friendly Bar Series, No. 6: The weight we carry — On intimacy, identity and family law practice; part seven: The Friendly Bar Series, No. 7: Out of office, out of guilt — the radical act of taking a real break; part eight: The Friendly Bar Series, No. 8: Sweating for justice....