Student Program
Students who accept an articling position with the Montréal office will be given the opportunity to work at the Firm prior to the start of their articling program.
The Student Experience
- Upon arrival at the Montréal office, students attend a week long orientation session that introduces them to the Firm and its resources.
- Students do not work in rotations. Instead they have the opportunity to work in all practice areas during their time at the Firm. The major areas of practice in the Montréal office include
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- Mergers & Acquisitions;
- Corporate/Commercial/Securities;
- Financial Services;
- Real Estate;
- Technology & Intellectual Property;
- Litigation
- Taxation;
- Public-Private Partnerships; and
- Pension & Employee Benefits
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Click here for a detailed list of areas of practice of professionals in the Montréal office.
- Each student is assigned a mentor, usually a junior or mid-level associate. The mentor's role is to ensure that students have a good working experience at the Firm.
- We also offer in-house seminars to provide exposure to various areas of practice. This focuses on exposing students to different practice areas and helps them develop substantive skills. You are invited to view the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Conference Lists.
- Students receive ongoing feedback from the lawyers they work with as well as their mentor. Our goal in our evaluation system is to help each student develop his or her skills as lawyers in training.
- Students are included in the Firm's various social events held throughout the year. Such events may include casual lunches, cocktails, parties, as well as organized student events, to ensure students get to know one another as well as lawyers at the Firm.
- As an integral part of the Montréal office team, students are invited to participate in client functions.
- We can normally accommodate various start dates and planned vacations.
- The size of our Montréal office, our position within a first-tier national firm as well as salaries at the top of the Montréal market makes our office a privileged environment and an exciting place to practice law.
How To Apply
Please refer to our Articling Program section.
Please note that references in "Blakes @ Your School" currently refers to interviews being conducted by our other Blakes offices and not by the Montréal office.
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