Canada Lawyer and Entrepreneur Sara Forte: Not Your Average Law Job | Episode 32

Sara Forte is an employment, labour lawyer and workplace human rights lawyer and founder of Forte Law, based in Surrey, BC. Sara and her team advise employers, employees and unions on all aspects of labour & employment law and workplace human rights. Sara is also the founder of StandUP Teams™, which provides harassment training including bystander training and writes frequently on these topics as well as employment law and workplace human rights issues, and Not Your Average Law Job.

Sara and Evelyn discuss legal entrepreneurship plus:

• why she chose a career in labour and employment law
• what led her to leave Big Law and open Forte Law
• how did her life and legal practice change during the past 18 months
• can an employment lawyer effectively represent both employers and employees?
• why Sara launched StandUP Teams
• how bystander training is a gamechanger for employee harassment training
• the additional challenges immigrants face when considering filing employment discrimination cases
• what is Not Your Average Law Job and what led her to open it during Covid?