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Summer Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hiring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We offer summer employment to students hired as articling students. Only our articling students are offered the possibility of working as students during the summer preceding the beginning of their articling period.  It is not, however, a condition to being hired that an articling student accepts a summer work assignment before beginning his or her articling period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For articling students who accept our offer to work during the summer before an articling period begins, we offer experience in a variety of areas, generally in project format, such as preparing facta or research memoranda, updating databases, knowledge management and translation of precedents. The idea is to develop experience without taking work away from articling students, who are also present during summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students can use the summer period to experience our work environment. They are fully integrated into office life and enjoy first-hand a real-life work experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is no formal rotation over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mentoring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The lawyer in charge of articling (Ma\u00eetre de stage) oversees the summer students, and interacts with them and lawyers with whom they may work to ensure the students understand what being a lawyer at Miller Thomson is all about, and what is expected of them as summer students and, later, as articling students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feedback<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An informal evaluation is done at the end of the summer. During the summer, students participate in training sessions and conferences on various areas of law, procedure and office policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Articling Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hiring<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Montr\u00e9al office usually hires six to eight articling students, divided into two groups. The articling period is six months and, with Bar School (completed before articling) being either four or eight months, some juggling of timetables may be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, the first group starts in January and ends in June. The second group then starts in June and finishes in December. We strive to have at least three articling students at all times present at the Montr\u00e9al office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rotations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We do not have a rotation system for our articling students. We favour a \u201creal life\u201d approach where lawyers are seen as clients, to be approached for work and with whom relationships and affinities may develop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our students<\/a> are available to answer any questions you may have about our summer and articling student programs.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How To Apply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Montr\u00e9al \u2013 Summer Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Montr\u00e9al office is proud to offer summer employment to its articling students. This work opportunity allows students to become familiar with the office and gain valuable work experience before officially beginning their articling. Only articling students are offered the possibility of working as students during the summer preceding the beginning of their articling period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications limited to summer work as a student are generally not considered. All other applications are evaluated in accordance with the selection process for articling students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Montr\u00e9al \u2013 Articling Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Montr\u00e9al office adheres to the agreement among large Montr\u00e9al law firms dealing with recruitment of articling students. Therefore, we follow, with certain adaptations, the rules set out in the agreement. Whether or not a candidate is governed by the agreement, we treat all applications the same. In principle, we do not recruit articling students outside the period of recruitment stipulated in the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interview period is as set out in the agreement (typically, beginning the second Monday in March for articling positions that are two years away). For example, in 2021 we interviewed for articling positions in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For actual dates and for a review of the agreement, please access the following sites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n