NCA Network: Legally Abroad

About NCA Network: Legally Abroad

So you're looking to become a lawyer in Canada and get some Canadian experience? You've come to the right place! Hosted by lawyers Kim Gale and Sam Allan, we talk to NCA lawyers, industry experts and leaders in the community to give you tips on how to navigate the process (and assure you that it really is all going to be okay). Kim is an estate litigation lawyer in Toronto and Sam is a family law lawyer in Calgary. Kim founded NCA network in 2018 and Sam was right there with her when it all began. We'll chat about networking, how to build your portfolio, transitioning to your career after law school and more. This is a NCA Network podcast. Join us on this legal adventure!

Publisher

NCA Network

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Apr 2022

Latest episode

16 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Rebuilding a Legal Career from Scratch: An Immigration Lawyer's Journey Into Canadian Tax Law

   In this episode of Legally Abroad, hosts Sam Allen and Kim sit down with Elena Kozachek, an associate at Marciano Beckenstein LLP, practicing tax, corporate law, and litigation. Elena shares her remarkable journey from running her own law firm in Ukraine, arguing cases before the Supreme Court of Ukraine, to rebuilding her legal career in Canada after the war forced her to leave. She walks through the NCA process, her LLM at Osgoode, and how she found her footing in tax law. The conversation ...

2. 

   3 Dec 2025

   From Criminal Law to Human Rights: A Mexican Lawyer’s Fight for Justice

   In this compelling episode, hosts Kim Gale and Sam Allan speak with Lili Moreno, a former criminal and human-rights lawyer from Mexico whose legal journey spans systemic injustice, cartel violence, and starting all over in Canada. Lili shares how she entered law inspired by her father, worked through Mexico’s 2010 human-rights reforms, and represented individuals facing illegal detention, torture, and severe abuses of power. What began as advocacy for marginalized communities eventually place...

3. 

   10 Sept 2025

   Law, Leadership, and Life Choices with Norman Bacal!

   This week, hosts Samantha Allan and Kim Gale sit down with Norman Bacal, once one of Canada’s top film finance lawyers, a Hollywood board member, and founding partner of a prestigious firm that represented Warner Brothers, MGM, Sony, and Lionsgate. When his 25-year firm collapsed in 2014, Norman “rewired” his life: retiring from law, writing the bestselling memoir Breakdown, authoring multiple guides for lawyers (Take Charge and Never Stop), and starting a second career as a novelist, lecture...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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