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    Meets Possibility     Because our focus is on the long game, we take extreme care in our hiring. We look for individuals who will not only make excellent lawyers but also great colleagues. Invest In You
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  • Challenging Work, Collaborative Culture Sophisticated clients, diverse and complex legal work. These are table stakes at any leading law firm -- and we have them in spades. So what makes a firm special? Its people, its culture. Within the high performance environment of Bay Street, we have built a culture based on collaboration and respect. We value our people, we give them responsibility, autonomy and the tools to succeed. We recognize and appreciate our people - we never take their hard work for granted. We help them build their brand and advance to partnership. So we’ve earned a reputation as one of the best places on Bay Street to build a career. And it all starts with our students, the future leaders of our firm. Check Us Out

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Who We Are

Aird & Berlis is a leading Canadian law firm with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, serving clients across Canada and globally. The firm’s practice encompasses all principal areas of law, such as capital markets, corporate/commercial, financial services, real estate, Aboriginal law, infrastructure/P3, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, municipal and land use planning, tax, technology and workplace law. The firm’s diverse client base ranges from entrepreneurs to multinational corporations.

Why Aird & Berlis?

  • What We Want

    Because our focus is on the long game, we take extreme care in our hiring. We look for individuals who will not only make excellent lawyers but also great colleagues. We aren’t just recruiting students – we’re recruiting future partners.

    We Want You

  • Summer

    There are two separate recruitment rounds for summer students – one for first-year summer students and one for second-year summer students. Each of these recruitment rounds is governed by Law Society of Ontario recruitment procedures and timing, which you can learn more about here.

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  • Articling

    For the articling program, we do not recruit externally as our second-year summer students typically return to the firm to article.

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Laura Dean - Student Testimonial

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“I have truly enjoyed my summers and articling experience at Aird & Berlis and always looked forward to what each day would bring. What laws I would be researching? What factum would I be drafting? What client would I be meeting? What hearing would I be attending? What presentation would I be preparing? What joke told by a fellow student (or lawyer) would have me laughing? During my time at the firm, I have had the opportunity to write articles in collaboration with experts, prepare pleadings for hearings, participate in closings, assist lawyers at hearings, among countless other experiences. My mentors have been an integral part of my learning experience and their advice and guidance will stay with me throughout my legal career.  I feel privileged to have spent my summers and articling term at Aird & Berlis and recommend the firm to any student looking to be challenged in a supportive, highly-professional environment.” 

Laura Dean (University of Windsor)
Partner (Municipal & Land Use Planning) and former summer and articling student. 
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