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Dentons Canada LLP - Vancouver, British Columbia
Recruitment & Hiring
| 1st Yr. Summer | 2nd Yr. Summer | Articling Students | |
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| Do you hire: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| How many did you/will you hire for: | |||
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2026 | |||
| Rotation | No | No | Yes |
| Split/Secondment | No | No | Case-by-Case |
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First Year Summer Students |
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| FIRST YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS:Do you recruit first year summer students? | Yes |
| When is the application deadline for first year summer students? | Details will be provided through the career offices at UBC, UVic and TRU. |
| When is the interviewing period? | Details will be provided through the career offices at UBC, UVic and TRU. |
| Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions? | No |
| Description of first year summer program: |
The Dentons summer student research fellowships are open to first year UVic and TRU students (in alternating years) and first and second year UBC students. Students spend one half of the summer at their law school conducting research on a project for a professor, and the other half of the summer working at our office.
Further details will be provided through the UBC, UVic and TRU career offices in the application process. |
| Comments | |
| How many weeks is the first year summer program? | 15 |
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Second Year Summer Students |
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| SECOND YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS:Do you recruit second year summer students? | Yes |
| When is the application deadline for second year summer students? | We recruit in accordance with the VBA guidelines. |
| When is the interviewing period? | We interview in accordance with the VBA guidelines. |
| Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions? | Yes |
| Description of the second year summer program | OUR SUMMER PROGRAM As a summer student, you will be assigned a principal, a partner of the Firm who will be responsible for ensuring that you are exposed to as many aspects of the practice of law as possible. You will also be assigned a mentor, a member of our Student Committee who will act as your sounding board and help ensure that your summer experience is a great one. YOUR WORK We do not assign our summer students to any particular department or area of practice. This provides you with flexibility to explore and pursue your own areas of interest. It also enables you to maximize your opportunities to follow certain transactions or court proceedings for the entire summer and to participate in solving issues as they arise. We also check in with you on a monthly basis to discuss your thoughts on the types of work you have been doing and the types of assignments you would like to take on going forward. To the extent that you would like to explore work in new areas or obtain more work in a particular area of interest, we can help make that happen. We believe that, as someone hoping to gain a wealth of knowledge, you should be given as much responsibility as your expertise, experience and comfort level will allow. As a result, we aim to give you as much contact as possible with clients, lawyers from other firms and government representatives, as well as with courts, administrative bodies and tribunals. EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK Students, colleagues and clients appreciate that our doors are always open. We depend on this for success—to achieve the best results for our clients, to create a positive working environment and to constantly improve our performance. These discussions are supplemented with regular reviews for summer students to provide you with constructive feedback on your professional development. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Our summer program begins with an orientation designed to introduce you to our Firm. Following that, regular lunch seminars throughout the summer will provide continuing legal education on a number of substantive legal issues and practice-related matters. These include practice issues of particular interest to students and new lawyers, such as legal ethics, drafting skills, writing skills and client relations skills. Lawyers, students and, occasionally, clients, law school professors or judges lead the presentations and discussions. You are integral to the future of our Firm, so we will work hard to help you meet your personal goals. The friendly, non-competitive environment among students, staff and lawyers is critical to your achievements and to the growth of our business. SOCIAL EVENTS We pride ourselves on our non-hierarchical workplace, where our lawyers, students and staff all work together with the goal of serving our clients’ needs. When it comes to social events, we like to involve the whole team, so virtually all of our social events include all Firm personnel. We commonly invite spouses and significant others to join the fun too. You will have the opportunity to participate in the many social events and functions that we hold each summer. These include Firm lunches, summer softball games, summer social events, the annual Firm holiday party and many more. OUR HIREBACK POLICY We’re looking for summer students who will become a long-term part of our team. That’s why we recruit summer students who have the potential to become articling students and thereafter associates. We’re proud that our office has a very strong hireback ratio. |
| Comments | OUR SUMMER PROGRAM As a summer student, you will be assigned a principal, a partner of the Firm who will be responsible for ensuring that you are exposed to as many aspects of the practice of law as possible. You will also be assigned a mentor, a member of our Student Committee who will act as your sounding board and help ensure that your summer experience is a great one. YOUR WORK We do not assign our summer students to any particular department or area of practice. This provides you with flexibility to explore and pursue your own areas of interest. It also enables you to maximize your opportunities to follow certain transactions or court proceedings for the entire summer and to participate in solving issues as they arise. We also check in with you on a monthly basis to discuss your thoughts on the types of work you have been doing and the types of assignments you would like to take on going forward. To the extent that you would like to explore work in new areas or obtain more work in a particular area of interest, we can help make that happen. We believe that, as someone hoping to gain a wealth of knowledge, you should be given as much responsibility as your expertise, experience and comfort level will allow. As a result, we aim to give you as much contact as possible with clients, lawyers from other firms and government representatives, as well as with courts, administrative bodies and tribunals. EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK Students, colleagues and clients appreciate that our doors are always open. We depend on this for success—to achieve the best results for our clients, to create a positive working environment and to constantly improve our performance. These discussions are supplemented with regular monthly reviews for summer students to provide you with constructive feedback on your professional development. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Our summer program begins with an orientation designed to introduce you to our Firm. Following that, regular lunch seminars throughout the summer will provide continuing legal education on a number of substantive legal issues and practice-related matters. These include practice issues of particular interest to students and new lawyers, such as legal ethics, drafting skills, writing skills and client relations skills. Lawyers, students and, occasionally, clients, law school professors or judges lead the presentations and discussions. You are integral to the future of our Firm, so we will work hard to help you meet your personal goals. The friendly, non-competitive environment among students, staff and lawyers is critical to your achievements and to the growth of our business. SOCIAL EVENTS We pride ourselves on our non-hierarchical workplace, where our lawyers, students and staff all work together with the goal of serving our clients’ needs. When it comes to social events, we like to involve the whole team, so virtually all of our social events include all Firm personnel. We commonly invite spouses and significant others to join the fun too. You will have the opportunity to participate in the many social events and functions that we hold each summer. These include Firm lunches, the annual softball game, summer social event, the annual pitch and putt tournament, the annual Firm holiday party and many more. OUR HIREBACK POLICY We’re looking for summer students who will become a long-term part of our team. That’s why we recruit summer students who have the potential to become articling students and thereafter associates. We’re proud that our office has a very strong hireback ratio. We were pleased to offer articling positions to all of our 2023 second-year summer students. |
| How many weeks is the second year summer program? | 15 |
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OCIs |
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| Will you be participating in OCIs this year? | Yes |
| Schools: | McGill University, Faculty of Law|Osgoode Hall Law School, York University|Queen's University, Faculty of Law|Thompson Rivers University|University of Alberta, Faculty of Law|University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law|University of Calgary, Faculty of Law|University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section|Université d’Ottawa, Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil|University of Toronto, Faculty of Law|University of Victoria, Faculty of Law|University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law|University of Windsor, Faculty of Law|Ryerson University, Lincoln Alexander School of Law |
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Other Campus Recruiting |
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| We will be recruiting students from the following law schools (outside of the OCI process) |
Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law University of Saskatchewan, College of Law |
| Comments | We are also happy to receive applications from students at schools other than those at which we conduct on campus interviews. |
| 2023 | 2024 | |
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| No. of 1st Year Summer Students | 2 | 2 |
| No. of 1st Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions (region dependent) | ||
| No. of 2nd Year Summer Students | 6 | 7 |
| No. of 2nd Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions | ||
| 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) |
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Articling Students |
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| When do you hire articling students? | We generally hire our articling students through hiring back students from our summer program. |
| 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 |
OUR ARTICLING PROGRAM
As an articling student, you will be assigned a principal, a partner of the Firm who will be responsible for ensuring that you are exposed to as many aspects of the practice of law as possible. You will also be assigned a mentor, a member of our Student Committee who will act as your sounding board and help ensure that your articling experience is a great one. YOUR WORK We believe that as someone hoping to gain a wealth of knowledge, you should be given as much responsibility as your expertise, experience and comfort level will allow. As a result, in our office you would typically have a high degree of contact with clients, lawyers from other firms and government representatives, as well as with courts, administrative bodies and tribunals. We also check in with you on a monthly basis to discuss your thoughts on the types of work you have been doing and the types of assignments you would like to take on going forward. To the extent that you would like to explore work in new areas or obtain more work in a particular area of interest, we can help make that happen. OUR ROTATION PROGRAM We strive to provide you with a broad range of experience. The lawyers at our Firm are organized into practice groups based on the area of their expertise. Working closely with the lawyers in each practice group, you may assist in legal research, interviewing witnesses, meeting with clients, drafting documents, attending transaction closings and appearing in court. To offer you a solid, overall grounding of experience, as well as flexibility to pursue your own areas of interest, our program is divided into two equal-length rotations. • The first rotation includes Litigation, Insolvency and Employment • The second rotation includes Corporate, Financial Services, Mining, Pensions, Real Estate, Securities and Tax EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK Our doors are always open—a policy that students, colleagues and clients appreciate and depend on for success. We encourage you to discuss any aspect of your articles informally with any lawyer in the Firm. These discussions are supplemented with regular reviews for articling students to provide you with constructive feedback on your professional development. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Our articling program begins with an orientation designed to introduce you to our Firm. Following that, regular lunch seminars throughout the year will provide continuing legal education on a number of substantive legal issues and practice-related matters. These include practice issues of particular interest to students and new lawyers, such as legal ethics, drafting skills, writing skills and client relations skills. Lawyers, students and, occasionally, clients, law school professors or judges lead the presentations and discussions. You are integral to the future of our Firm, so we will work hard to help you meet your personal goals. The friendly, non-competitive environment among students, staff and lawyers is critical to your achievements and to the growth of our business. SOCIAL EVENTS We pride ourselves on our non-hierarchical workplace, where our lawyers, students and staff all work together with the goal of serving our clients’ needs. When it comes to social events, we like to involve the whole team, so virtually all of our social events include all Firm personnel. We commonly invite spouses and significant others along to join the fun too. You will have the opportunity to participate in the many social events and functions that are held each year. These include Firm lunches, summer softball games, summer social events, the annual Firm holiday party and many more. Support staff and their partners, as well as the partners of lawyers and students, are all invited to participate in most of these social functions. OUR HIREBACK POLICY We’re looking for students who will become a long-term part of our team. That’s why we recruit articling students who have the potential to become associates. We’re proud that our office usually has a very strong hireback ratio. Hirebacks each year will vary based on matching student practice interests with each practice group's needs. While our needs can fluctuate from one year to the next, we anticipate future openings for between four and seven articling students annually. |
| Comments | |
| Do you offer internships? | No |
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Summer/Articling |
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| Do you accept applications for summer/articling positions from foreign trained students/lawyers? | Yes |
| 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? | No |
| Comments | An Assessment Report from the National Committee on Accreditation is preferred though not required. |
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Required Application Materials |
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| Required Application Materials |
Resume cover letter post secondary transcripts law school transcripts list of upper year courses |
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Preferred Method of Application |
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| Preferred Method of Application | viDesktop Portal |
| Comments | |
| 2023 | 2024 | |
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| How many articling students did you offer a first year lawyer position? | 7 | |
| How many articling students in your articling program were seeking a position? | 9 | |
| How many additional first year associates did you hire outside of your articling student program? | 0 | |
| How many of the additional students clerked? | 0 |
