Intro to the UVic
Law Careers Office
LAW CAREERS OFFICE
Welcome to UVic Law!
This handout is designed to … I encourage you to focus on your studies as much as possible in
your first year. You don’t have to start thinking about your law career yet. There will be an
information session from the Law Office for first year students in the spring term.
During your first year of law it may take you awhile to just get acquainted to the study of law.
However, it is never too early to start thinking about your career plans following law school
because, as you may have noticed, certain recruitment processes will come up quickly. We
strongly encourage you to focus on your studies during first term.
The information below is intended to provide you with a brief overview of pathways for a range
of legal careers and ideas of employment options for your first summer. If you would like to
work in the legal field during the summer following your first year, there are a few options
available:
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Introduction to Law Careers
What to Expect from the Law Careers Office
Career Planning & Research
Career Options
Law School Timeline
Upcoming LCO Events
1. Introduction to Law Careers
You may have come to law school with a particular legal career in mind or you may be unsure of
exactly what kind of employment you want to pursue following graduation. For many students,
your career goals will evolve and change during law school.
It may seem early to think about your law career but the earlier you begin to explore your career
options, the better able you will be to determine and apply for the opportunities that most
interest you.
Any successful career path requires careful self-analysis and preparation. Try to keep in mind
during law school that everyone is going to leave law school following their own unique career
path. For some it may be working in a legal aid clinic. For others it may include working as a
corporate lawyer with a large national law firm, representing a First Nation in treaty negotiations
or pursuing graduate studies in law. Whatever path you do decide to follow, it should be one
that is right for you. The best way to find the path that is right for you is to explore all of your
options.
The following is an outline of the general trends for recruitment and applications to legal
employers for summer positions, articling positions, clerkships, and other legal careers.
Please Note: Throughout the handout we have used the word “law firm” often interchangeably
with a number of offices in which law graduates work. This is to make for ease of reading but to
encompass the fact that many law school graduates go on to build careers outside of the
traditional “law firm” setting. Please keep this in mind while you are going through the Guide
and exploring your options.
2. What to Expect from the Law Careers Office
The Law Careers Office (LCO) holds a number of career related events designed to introduce
you to a wide range of legal career options. These LCO events draw upon a variety of
presenters, including judges, legal recruiters, government advocates, career experts, legal
practitioners and members of the Bar engaged in exciting careers.
In addition, the LCO is staffed by professionals dedicated to supporting UVic Law students in
their careers. We work with your interests, past work experiences, volunteer opportunities and
aspirations to help you begin your legal career. This is accomplished through individual career
counseling, resume review and development, and valuable career programming throughout the
year.
Appointments
The Law Careers Officer, Alison Cowan, helps students discover which career paths are best
for them, either practising law in a variety of fields or using their legal knowledge and skills in
other areas. Alison liaises with legal employers across Canada and invites many of them to
come to the law school to discuss their professions and talk directly to students about careers in
law.
Please book a private appointment with the Law Careers Officer for any of the following: job
search advice, resume and cover letter review, mock interviews and career coaching (discuss
who you are, what you might want to do in your short and long term future and strategies for
how to get there).
The most effective method of booking an appointment is to drop by the LCO office and speak to
Katie Macquarrie, Law Careers Assistant or contact her at careerof@uvic.ca, Tel (250) 7218790.
Information Sessions & Events
As mentioned above, the LCO holds a number of career related events designed to introduce
you to a wide range of legal career options. Please see the “Career Events” page of the LCO
website for the most up-to-date list of events, including times and locations:
www.law.uvic.ca/lco/career-events.php.
Please Note: In addition to these Career Events, there are a number of information sessions
and events held by the Law Faculty, the LSS, the student clubs and other guest speakers which
may have a career research component or be relevant to your areas of interest. Where there is
overlap with the LCO, we attempt to collaborate as much as possible to avoid over-scheduling
students. If you are involved with a club that is hosting a talk or conference, please let us know
and we can try to work together on scheduling and resources.
Law Careers Website
The LCO maintains a website: www.law.uvic.ca/lco. This website is intended to be a
comprehensive source of information for all UVic law students. It contains an online version of
this Guide and provides up-to-date information on LCO workshops and information sessions.
All LCO Handouts and job listings can also be accessed through the LCO website. Most of the
website is password protected and the password changes from time to time. Please email Katie
Macquarrie at careerof@uvic.ca to obtain the current username and password.
Law Careers Resource Library
The LCO maintains a library that holds several career development books, firm brochures,
directories, industry magazines, and other general information about the legal profession.
These resources are growing to include information on Canadian, North American and
international opportunities as well as creative ideas about how to develop a career plan. Drop
by the LCO to explore the resources anytime between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
3. Career Planning & Research
It is not easy deciding where to apply for a job in any industry. In law school, the options can
seem either curiously constrained or overwhelmingly chaotic. The formal recruitment patterns
can give the impression that there are very specific valued positions in law – Big city firms or
clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada. There is no doubt that these opportunities are good
choices for some students but there are so many options that will suit others even better.
Self Assessment
You should start your job search process by doing some self assessment about the direction
you would like your career to take. Ask yourself:
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Where would I like to work following articles? What field? What city?
What do I value? What motivates me?
What skills and experience do I have? Which of these do I/did I enjoy most?
What else do I enjoy doing? When am I most successful?
What kind of environment do I enjoy working in?
What parameters do I have in terms of money, hours, place(s) where I can work, etc.
Although most students will want to article after law school, many lawyers move on to
interesting and exciting alternatives to practice. Therefore try to think not just about the shortterm, but also about what you would like to do following articles. Also try to be as realistic as
possible as this will help you narrow down your search.
Please Note: There are several books at the Law Careers Office that will provide exercises and
guidance for formulating effective career plans to achieve your own personal goals. In addition,
please consider booking an appointment with the LCO to discuss your options.
Brainstorm
Once you have an idea of your answers to the above questions, determine what is available to
you in the broadest possible sense. Consider opportunities that match your parameters above
and will enable you to reach your ultimate careers goals (or at least lead you towards something
else you might like). This step requires creativity and resources (visit the LCO for resources
that may be helpful in this regard).
Ultimately you want to create a broad list of places that you think would be a good match for you
in terms of location, work environment, pay, hours and other parameters, as well as how much
you will enjoy them and how well they will lead you to other jobs you will enjoy.
From this broad range, you can begin to narrow in, looking first at the top five areas that you
have an interest in (i.e. family law, banking, environmental law, etc.) After that you can narrow
in on the firms that might have jobs for you in the city where you would like to live. Be sure to
keep this list as broad as possible.
Research
After you have created a list of places where you might like to work, start building your
knowledge base about these organizations. This will help you make decisions regarding
opportunities later and also help you to be successful in an interview (and with your resume).
You should also start a job search notebook that keeps track of all of the information that you
are pulling together. If you stay organized, you can keep track of what you are learning for later
interviews and cover letters and also for the future, in case you decide to change your place of
employment down the road after articles.
General Research
You can do some general career research by attending the LCO events including information
sessions, Career Options Nights, Vancouver Open Houses and other recruitment events. One
of the easiest ways to collect career information is to attend the BC Employer Wine & Cheese
Reception and/or the Out-of-Province Wine & Cheese Reception (Calgary & Toronto
Employers) both held at downtown hotels in September. Booklets with information on specific
participating offices are typically prepared in advance. Take advantage of the preliminary
research done by the LCO (and LSS student rep) by downloading the booklet to decide in
advance which booths you would like to visit for further research.
The advantage of attending the Wine & Cheeses is that you have an opportunity to do your own
research on specific offices by visiting individual booths and asking questions about their
practice areas, firm culture and expectations regarding students. In addition, the BC Employer
Wine & Cheese Reception also includes public interest and government employers.
Specific Research
Understanding the priorities and objectives of a potential employer enables you to put together
an effective application package that is focused and convincing. It should also give you
confidence when dealing with recruiters, assist you in preparing for interviews and create the
opportunity to explain exactly why you are the best candidate for a position. Therefore, you
should research as many offices as possible before you apply.
You can start to build your knowledge base by doing web-based research (again, see
“Resources” section of this Guide). Many law firms provide the LCO with firm brochures and
most law firms will have a website with information about the office, lawyers or clients services
they provide.
Check out which lawyers have published articles in their practice area (library research, online
research), have argued recent cases before the courts (Quicklaw research) and who lecture to
the profession in their practice area (law school syllabus, CLE research). Websites can be the
most valuable tool for gathering these details. Many offices will post their lawyers’ recent
successful cases and lectures directly on their websites. Government offices also frequently
provide information to the public on their websites on their structure, recent work and recent
news releases on policy developments.
You may also wish to directly contact lawyers, student and recruitment officers at the particular
office you are interested in. If you do need to contact lawyers or recruiters directly, be sure that
you do comprehensive preliminary research to ensure you are asking questions that you cannot
answer from your own independent research and prepare what you would like to say before
contacting the office (see “Informational Interviewing” below).
Informational interviews, mentors and membership in professional organizations are all effective
ways of expanding the parameters of your job search and getting the “inside scoop” on unusual
opportunities and offices with low-key profiles.
Informational Interviewing
An informational interview is a short interview that you initiate with lawyers or other
professionals in the industry that interests you to learn about the industry, the area of practice,
the particular office or the city. One way to develop your own search strategy is to ask these
people for information and advice on the challenges, opportunities and best methods of
reaching your own goals.
Some people you might want to consider arranging an appointment with are your mentor (from
the first year CBA Mentorship Program), articling students or recruitment officers at firms that
look interesting to you, lawyers that you know, UVic alumni (ask the LCO for a list of those who
have expressed that they are willing to talk to students), lawyers that are friends of other people
you know.
To prepare for an informational interview, do comprehensive preliminary research and ensure
you are able to draft questions for the interviewee that you cannot answer from your own
independent research. Consider making a script in advance of meeting (see the LCO for a
handout with sample questions). It will be rare that you are actually able to follow these notes
closely, but it will ensure that you ask all the questions that matter to you and that you introduce
yourself properly.
When first contacting someone, introduce yourself as a student from UVIC Law School. We
recommend that such contact be made by telephone because it is more personal and you can
develop the conversation more fluidly. If you do decide to contact someone first by email, do
not ask for advice in the email. An email should only be a request to speak on the telephone or
meet for coffee. Explain in the email why you have developed an interest in this area of law (or
industry) and why you have chosen to interview the person you contacted.
Don’t be surprised or take it personally if the lawyer declines speaking with you. They are very
busy people. If you are still determined to speak with someone at that particular firm however,
you can ask if there is someone formally responsible for recruitment who can answer your
questions.
Remember to thank the person for taking some time to speak with you. In some cases, a brief
thank you note (or email) may be in order.
NALP Canadian Directory of Legal Employers
The Canadian Directory of Legal Employers provides a comprehensive, searchable directory of
Canadian legal employers with summer, articling, and associate positions. You can access the
directory at www.nalpcanada.com. The most up-to-date firm information will be found here.
This is a relatively new resource, which is intended to replace the National Articling Database.
National Articling Database
This resource lists and describes firms across the country and provides information on the
articling structure of the firms. You can access the database online at
http://www.totallegaljobs.ca/Home/Home.aspx. Be cautious when using the articling databse as
the information may not be as current as the information found on the NALP Directory.
UVic Career Services
UVic Career Services is the central campus service for all UVic students and alumni to explore
options, find and create work opportunities, and manage their careers. Career consulting and
personalized work search assistance including resume and interview expertise are available as
are a variety of mixed-mode, in-class/online career self-management workshops. Career
Services hosts many events where students and employers can connect, and maintains an
extensive array of online resources.
The Canadian Bar Association
One of the best ways to learn about the various practice areas that may be of interest to you is
to join the Canadian Bar Association (CBA). The CBA sponsors a popular Mentorship Program,
which provides an excellent opportunity for networking. Every year BC lawyers volunteer to be
matched with law students who share their legal or other interests. The lawyers who volunteer
for the Mentorship Program range from partners to first year associates, from sole practitioners
to members of larger firms and practice everything from corporate to environmental law.
The Mentor Program matching happens in September and October with a Reception held in late
October where students and mentors can meet.
Membership in the CBA
For a minimal fee of $20 per year a student can join the CBA. Membership with the CBA
includes access to topical Sections of your choice. These Sections are groups of lawyers who
practice in that specific area of law and who meet regularly to discuss developments in that field
and network.
CBABC Sections include:
Aboriginal Law
Administrative Law
Health Law
Family Law
Air and Space Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
Business Law
Charities and Not-for-Profit Law
Citizenship and Immigration Law
Civil Litigation
Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade Law
Competition Law
Constitutional and Human Rights Law
Construction Law
Criminal Justice
Elder Law
Environmental, Energy & Resources Law
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Law
Labour and Employment Law
Law Practice Management & Technology
Maritime Law
Media and Communications Law
Military Law
Municipal Law
Pensions and Benefits Law
Privacy and Access Law
Real Property
Taxation Law
Wills, Estates and Trusts
To Join
To join the CBA, complete the online form at http://www.cba.org/JoinOnline/ or look for the CBA
table during Club Days in September.
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4. Career Options
Recognizing the scope of careers that become possible with a law degree can be exhilarating
and, at times, overwhelming. The options might appear limitless. Students are increasingly
becoming interested in pursuing non-traditional careers following law school. The definition of
“non-traditional career” varies from student to student, but for the purposes of this Guide, a
“non-traditional career” is defined as a career in which an individual does not work in a law firm.
The following is a list non-traditional career options that law graduates have explored in the
past. The list is not exhaustive and you may find that your law degree is useful in other areas.
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Private Sector Lawyer – “Private practice” means practicing law at a traditional law firm
which consists of lawyers who act for individual clients. Private practice firms can range
from sole practitioners through to a law firm that employs 300+ lawyers. The clients may
be individual people, corporations or governments. Private practices are generally, but
not necessarily, for-profit enterprises.
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Public Sector – Public sector lawyers work within the provincial, federal and municipal
governments. For example, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is part of the federal
government and has offices in Vancouver and Ottawa (amongst other places in
Canada). The Ministry of the Attorney General (AG) is part of the provincial government
with offices in Victoria and Vancouver (amongst other places in BC). Information on the
government offices is updated every year and available on their websites. A variety of
government departments offer non-traditional careers. The requirements are different
for each job so it is essential to determine exactly what is needed for each position.
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Social Justice/Public Interest – Social justice lawyers work in legal clinics, agencies,
non-governmental organizations, at the Human Rights Commissions, or in a private
practice where the clients are marginalized or disadvantaged people. They promote
access to justice by providing high quality legal support to disadvantaged communities,
recognizing the diverse legal needs of low-income individuals and using public funds in
the most efficient and effective manner.
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Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) – Charitable and non-profit organizations
receive funding for projects that assist in social development, environmental awareness,
community involvement, advocacy, justice initiatives and action committees. Some of
these organizations require legal advice on policies, legislations, lobbying and other
legal aspects of its operation.
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Policy Analyst – Both the public and private sectors require skilled individuals to review
and develop policies through research and analysis and provide the company or
organization with policies that promote accountability, quality and effectiveness. A legal
education provides graduates with the skills and knowledge to write and analyze policy,
advise management on legislative processes and legal requirements or restrictions
involved in executing projects, restructuring and employee relations.
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In House Counsel – When lawyers are in-house counsel (sometimes referred to as
corporate counsel), they work in a law department inside a corporation such as a bank,
an insurance company, a utilities company or any of the mid to large size Canadian
corporations. In-house counsel lawyers act as the primary lawyers for the corporation
and when matters exceed their office’s mandate, they retain a private practice law firm
and become a client to another law office. The attractiveness of working in-house is that
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you can focus on one particular industry and area of law. In-house counsel lawyers also
become involved in other functions within their company and frequently comment that
they are involved in making business as well as legal decisions. There are very few
articling or summer positions in-house. Most companies prefer to hire experienced
lawyers for these positions.
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Investigator – Any organization or company that deals with complaints, claims and
compliance of employees, members or clients will likely have investigators on staff or
work with investigators in some way. Investigative work is varied and can require both
an independent work ethic and strong interpersonal skills. A job as an investigator can
be a prestigious, well-paying position with a large organization, or a short-term research
contract. There is great potential for law graduates to be employed in this field because
of the variety of transferable skills that a legal education provides.
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Education – A few years ago, only a Master of Laws degree was required to teach at
law school. Today, however, candidates for academic positions often hold a Ph.D.
Requirements depend on the position and university. In addition, there are many other
teaching roles that law graduates can perform besides that of a professor, such as legal
education lawyer for a bar association, director of Continuing Legal Education with the
Law Society, community college or university lecturer, program coordinator, corporate
trainer, or professional development manager.
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Research – Some graduates manage to make a career out of legal research outside of
a traditional law firm setting. Some work for legal research companies or online
databases such as Quicklaw or Westlaw. Some also take one or a series of temporary
research contracts with different organization and law faculties.
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Labour/Dispute Resolution – Students interested in this field may work towards
becoming an arbitrator or mediator, labour relations officer or labour-management
relations officer. Students interested in dispute resolution should be prepared to take
additional courses or training following law school. The Continuing Legal Education
Society of BC is a popular choice among lawyers for courses in mediation. The Justice
Institute of BC also offers a wide variety of excellent courses and information.
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Sports/Entertainment – Many students dream of working as an agent for professional
athletes or actors. In addition, lawyers in these fields sometimes go on to become
sports team or theatre managers or stadium development consultants. These careers
are competitive and demanding and often require that you have practiced law at a large
firm for a number of years as a starting point. If you are interested in pursuing a career
in this field, please see the resources in the LCO. In addition, there is a recent article
discussing the process of becoming an NHL agent posted at:
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/He-shoots-he-scores.html.
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Other – Some other areas that law graduates have gone into include Public
Offices/Politics, finance/banking, law enforcement, publishing/broadcasting, information
systems, public relations communications, human resources, business
management/entrepreneurship, etc.
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5. Law School Timeline
*This is a very general timeline of Career related steps you can be taking in law school and the
events listed are all tentative. Please continue reading the LCO weekly email for the most
updated information on career events and also see the updated Calendar of Events on the Law
Careers Office website: www.law.uvic.ca/lco
Month
September
Year 1
Welcome!
1st Year Session on
Introduction to the Law
Careers Office
Year 2
Apply for 2nd Year Summer
positions in Vancouver,
Calgary and Toronto (OCI
applications due to LCO by
September 9th, 2009
Sign up to volunteer at
the BC or
Calgary/Toronto
Employer Wine &
Cheese Receptions
Apply for 2nd Year Summer
positions outside of the OCI
process - applications due
directly to law firms by
varying dates
Attend the BC Employer
Wine & Cheese
Reception (and/or
Calgary/Toronto Law
Firm Wine & Cheese
Reception) as a
volunteer or attendee
On-campus interviews
(OCIs) for Calgary, Toronto
and Vancouver Firms
LCO information
sessions
LCO Info Sessions
Start reading LCO emails
regularly
October
*Students interest in
working in Calgary during
first year summer please
see LCO early in
September (applications
are due very early in
September!)
Sign up for
Lawyer/Student Mentor
Program
Familiarize yourself with
the LCO website and job
postings and employer
database resources at:
www.law.uvic.ca/lco
LCO info sessions
LCO 2nd Year Info Session
on 2nd Year Summer Jobs
(OCI and Non-OCI)
Attend the BC Employer
Wine & Cheese Reception
(and/or Calgary/Toronto
Law Firm Wine & Cheese
Reception)
Make sure you are reading
LCO emails regularly for
important information on
careers & job postings
LCO info sessions,
particularly on Clerking
Second-round Summering
interviews with law firms in
Vancouver and some
Calgary firms
Year 3
Finalize articling plans
for post-graduation
Attend LCO Info
Session on Searching
for Articles in 3rd Year
Attend the BC
Employer Wine &
Cheese Reception
(and/or
Calgary/Toronto Law
Firm Wine & Cheese
Reception)
Make appointment with
LCO if you are
searching for articles
and ask to be added to
the LCO articles
listserv (to be sent
advertised articling
positions)
Make sure you are
reading LCO emails
regularly for important
information on careers
& job postings
LCO info sessions,
particularly on Grad
Studies
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Attend Mentorship
Reception to meet with
your Lawyer Mentor
November/
December
Set up a follow up
meeting with your
Lawyer Mentor
Second-round Summering
interviews for law firms in
Toronto
LCO info sessions
Apply for summer
internships
Apply for summer
internships
Career Options Night
LCO info sessions,
including those on Clerking
Interviews, BC Judicial Law
Clerk Program
Look into the timeline
for registering for the
appropriate Law
Society of bar
admission course
following graduation
LCO info sessions
Career Options Night
Resume Collection for
Clerking Applications (1st
and 2nd Rounds)
Apply for Clerkships
January
Prepare your cover letter
and resume in
anticipation of summer
applications
Career Options Night
Apply for summer firm jobs
or follow up with summering
(Non-OCI) applications from
fall
Set up a meeting with the LCO info sessions on
LCO to discuss career
resume and cover letter
plans
writing (workshop), articling
and summering at the BC
Apply for First Year
AG, and other Government
Toronto Law Firm
applications
Summer positions
Continue articles
search by applying to
more firms and
following up with
articling applications
made in the fall
Set up a meeting with
the LCO to discuss
your articling plans
LCO info sessions
Set up another meeting
with your Lawyer Mentor
February
LCO info sessions on
resume and cover letter
writing, upcoming
summer positions,
summering with the
Government
Watch LCO emails and
the LCO website job
postings for summer
positions
Career Options II
Public Interest Work
Placement Program
(PIWPP) positions posted
Rural Education & Access
to Lawyers Program (REAL)
LCO info sessions and
Mock Interviews
Workshop
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positions posted
LCO info sessions and
Mock Interviews
Workshop
Career Options II
LCO info sessions and
Mock Interviews Workshop
March
Watch LCO emails and
the LCO website job
postings for summer
positions
Vancouver law firms and
Department of Justice
Open Houses (in
Vancouver)
First Year Info Session
(on 2nd Year Summer
Applications Next Fall)
Vancouver law firms and
Department of Justice Open
Houses (in Vancouver)
Info Sessions, particularly
2nd Year Info Session on
Articling Applications this
spring/summer
Attend Nanaimo county Bar
Reception
**Start preparing your
articling applications
Watch LCO emails and
the LCO website job
postings for articling
positions
Ask LCO to be added
to the articles listserv if
you are still searching
for articles
Attend Nanaimo county
Bar Reception
LCO info sessions
LCO Info Sessions
April
Attend Nanaimo county
Bar Reception
Watch LCO emails and
the LCO website job
postings for summer
positions
Watch LCO emails and the
LCO website job postings
for articling positions and
continue preparing your
articling applications (some
deadlines start in May and
June)
May/June
Work with the LCO to
secure a summer job if
you haven’t already
Apply for articling positions
July/Aug
Prepare your cover letter
and resume for fall
recruitment with
Vancouver, Calgary and
Toronto firms
Set up an appointment with
the LCO to discuss your
articling options
Set up an appointment
with the LCO if you have
not already met for
resume review and to
discuss career options
Work on your interview
skills
Interviews for Vancouver
and Toronto and many
other articling positions
Law School is over –
Congrats!
Make sure you
complete the grad
survey and get your
name added to our
alumni listserv and
mentorship list!
Begin PLTC (or other
Licensing Process)
through the relevant
Law Society in Canada
Finish PLTC (or other
Licensing Process) and
begin articling
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6. Upcoming Events
Wine & Cheese Reception for BC Employers
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 @ Fairmont Empress Hotel (downtown Victoria)
- This event happens annually. It is a chance for UVic students to meet with BC legal
employers.It is an important event for upper year students looking for summer or
articling positions.
- As a first year student you are welcome to attend as a guest from 7:00pm to
8:30pm. First year students that choose to attend should realize it is a recruitment
event and you are expected to act professionally.
- First year often sign up as volunteers to help the Law Careers Office host this
event. It is a good way to get to see what the Wine & Cheese is like in a more
casual way and to get to meet some employers. Email notices will be circulated
closer to the event.
Wine & Cheese Reception for Out-of-Province Law Firms (Calgary & Toronto)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour Hotel (downtown
Victoria)
- This event happens annually. It is a chance for UVic students to meet with firm
representatives from Toronto and Calgary.
- It is an important event for upper year students looking for summer or articling
positions, but can also be an important even for first years looking to summer in
these cities, as some of the large firms offer 1st year summer positions.
- As a first year student you are welcome to attend as a guest from 7:00pm to
8:30pm. First year students that choose to attend should realize it is a recruitment
event and you are expected to act professionally.
- Again, first year are invited to sign up as volunteers to help the Law Careers Office
host this event. It is a good way to get to see what the Wine & Cheese is like in a
more casual way and to get to meet some employers. Email notices will be
circulated closer to the event.
Lists of firm participants for both the Wine & Cheese Reception for BC Employers and the Outof-Province Law Firms will be posted on the main page of the LCO website
http://cdo.law.uvic.ca. There is also a link to a list of all other Law Careers Events.
Welcome to UVic Law! I look forward to getting to know you better. Don’t hesitate to contact me
if you have questions.
Alison Cowan
Law Careers Officer
Email: lco@uvic.ca
Phone: 472-4719
Office: 140 (Fraser Building)
September 2009