Hi, I'm Jason.

Six years ago, I started writing down the things I wished someone had told me as a junior lawyer.

I was the first lawyer in my family. My parents migrated from China and worked in IT, I went to public schools, and I was pretty average at law school. So the aspirational advice you usually hear never really worked for me — “find a mentor,” “be proactive” — because I didn't have the concrete steps, the network, or anyone who'd been through it before me.

To find an edge, I threw myself into real work experience instead: small suburban firms, community legal centres, and national and international firms. Ten years in, one thing had become obvious — law school teaches you the law, but not the actual job. And “pay more attention to detail” was never much help when what I needed was a method.

So I started documenting what actually worked for me — guides, templates, examples, scripts and frameworks. Things I picked up from practice, from supervisors, and from peers who were figuring it out at the same time. Written plainly, in steps anyone can follow.

That's what Practising Law is: the practical playbook I wish I'd had on day one, so your first few years are a little easier than mine were.