Name of your host: ______Robert____________ Relationship to you: ______Dad____________________

The Interview: (ask your host these questions)

1. What is your job title? Lawyer

2. What is your job description? He represents people in court, whether the plaintiff or the defendant he represents both.

What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job? Provides legal advice and actions for clients.

What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:

a) training? You have to be in a with a firm for a year before becoming a lawyer  

b)  education? You have to attend 4 years of university then 4 more years of law school.  

c) experience? You have to be in a with a firm for a year before becoming a lawyer once again. 

 d) skills and attributes (personal qualities)? You have to be able to convince people of your side of the story and have to be very headstrong.

What are some of the things you like about the job?

1. You have a very high salary
2. Most offices are located in the downtown area
3. You meet a bunch of people all over the world

What are some of the things you dislike about this job?

1. You have very little time to spend with your family
2. Your always traveling 
3. It’s a very repetitive job

How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so? I don’t think that the job will change drastically because yes the law changes a little bit, but the foundations of it stay the same.

Student Reflections:

Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):

• You have a very high salary which allows you to be financially stable which is something I want for my family in the future
• Most offices are located in the downtown area and I like to live in the heart of the town because I never got to experience it.
• You meet a bunch of people all over the world which I find very interesting.

Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific):

• You have very little time to spend with your family and I want to be there for my family and this job that my Dad does does not allow time for that.
• Your always traveling and I hate planes so that would be an issue for me
• It’s a very repetitive job that doesn’t change often so I think I would get bored after awhile and I want to do something i’m truly interested in.

Is this job for you? Why or why not?

I do not see myself having a career in Law because there isn’t any aspects of it that really intrigues me. I see myself doing a job with a flexible schedule and something in athletics, because that is the only thing that I am actually passionate about and I don’t see myself having a job in any other job field.

Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary (after high school) plans (education?, training?, travel?, work?). 

I think that Take Your Kid To Work Day has a very big impact on grade 9’s choices of career because if we didn’t have this day I would have wanted to be a lawyer just like my Dad, but after sitting in a courtroom for 6 hours I don’t think this job is for me. But for other kids they might want to follow in their parents footsteps which is why this day has so much value to us.

***I was not allowed to take pictures in the courtroom***