{"id":37653,"date":"2025-09-01T16:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/?post_type=students&#038;p=37653"},"modified":"2025-10-03T19:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:06:43","slug":"evan-jacka","status":"publish","type":"students","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/careers\/students\/meet-our-students\/evan-jacka\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Jacka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evan returns to Miller Thomson as an articling student after completing a summer placement with the firm in 2023, followed by a second placement with the in-house counsel team of a large Edmonton-based construction company in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan obtained obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta in 2025. During law school, Evan was named to the Dean\u2019s List and received the 2025 Odishaw Family Prize in Techniques in Negotiation. He also competed in the 2025 Davies Corporate\/Securities Moot and the 2024 Harold G. 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