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Richards Buell Sutton LLP - Vancouver, British Columbia

Recruitment & Hiring

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+ Student Hiring Information Grid

	1st Yr. Summer	2nd Yr. Summer	Articling Students
Do you hire:	No	Yes	No
How many did you/will you hire for:
2022		3	3
2023		3	2
2024		4	2
2025		3-4
2026
Rotation		No	Yes
Split/Secondment		No	No

+ Hiring Criteria

First Year Summer Students
FIRST YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS: Do you recruit first year summer students?	No
When is the application deadline for first year summer students?	n/a
When is the interviewing period?	n/a
Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions?
Description of first year summer program:
Comments
How many weeks is the first year summer program?

Second Year Summer Students
SECOND YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS: Do you recruit second year summer students?	Yes
When is the application deadline for second year summer students?	Per VBA Guidelines
When is the interviewing period?	Per VBA Guidelines
Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions?	Yes
Description of the second year summer program	As a summer student with the firm, you will be given exposure to both litigation and solicitor work. Students are encouraged to explore areas of interest and are not in set rotations.
Comments	Typically, our summer students return to article with us the following year. As a result, when recruiting for second year summer students, we look for students who will return to article and subsequently stay on as associates with the firm.
How many weeks is the second year summer program?	14

+ Campus Recruiting

OCIs
Will you be participating in OCIs this year?	Yes
Schools:	Thompson Rivers University\|University of Alberta, Faculty of Law\|University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law\|University of Calgary, Faculty of Law\|University of Victoria, Faculty of Law

Other Campus Recruiting
We will be recruiting students from the following law schools (outside of the OCI process)	Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law McGill University, Faculty of Law Lakehead University Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Queen's University, Faculty of Law University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section University of Saskatchewan, College of Law University of Toronto, Faculty of Law University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Comments

+ Methods of Recruiting Articling Students – Hiring Summary

	2023	2024
No. of 1st Year Summer Students	0	0
No. of 1st Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions (region dependent)	0	0
No. of 2nd Year Summer Students	3	4
No. of 2nd Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions	3
Quebec: Number of future articling students working as a 2nd year summer student
Atlantic: No. of articling students hired during 2nd year January recruitment
No. of additional articling students hired (in some regions, in addition to students hired through the summer process)

For Quebec and Atlantic Employers: Do you allow your articling students hired to work for you during their second year summer?

+ Articling Students

Articling Students
When do you hire articling students?	Generally our summer students return to article with the firm.
Do you still have any articling positions open for this year (starting 2024)?	No
Do you anticipate having articling positions open for next year (starting in 2025) for external candidates outside of your current student hires (if any)?	No
If so, how many positions do you anticipate having for external candidates?
Do you allow students to work during the licensing process in your jurisdiction?	No
Description of articling program	Articling students rotate through our corporate-commercial and litigation groups, but are also encouraged to seek out areas of interest.
Comments

+ Foreign Trained Students/Lawyers

Do you offer internships?	No

Summer/Articling
Do you accept applications for summer/articling positions from foreign trained students/lawyers?	Case-by-case
If yes, do applicants need to have an Assessment Report from the National Committee on Accreditation (in Québec, an attestation from le Barreau du Québec) before applying?	Case-by-Case
Comments

+ Application Process

Required Application Materials
Required Application Materials	Resume cover letter post secondary transcripts law school transcripts
Comments

Preferred Method of Application
Preferred Method of Application	viDesktop Portal
Comments

+ First Year Lawyer Hiring Information

	2023	2024
How many articling students did you offer a first year lawyer position?	0
How many articling students in your articling program were seeking a position?	2
How many additional first year associates did you hire outside of your articling student program?	1
How many of the additional students clerked?	0