articling
Sooyeon ParkOctober 30, 2023
Toronto 2024-2025 Articling Recruit Results
At least 149 students hired across law schools At least 149 students secured articling positions at 51 employers participating in this year’s Toronto Articling Recruit, […]
Natasha BurmanDecember 5, 2022
LSO Approves Mandatory Minimum Wage for Articling Students
After years-long debate, articling students must be paid at least $620/week The long-running debate about a mandatory minimum wage for articling students has finally come […]
Paloma AlaminosOctober 31, 2022
The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Articling Recruit
And some suggestions to make it better Let’s be real. This year’s articling recruit was hell. There were about five positions for everyone to fight […]
Janice FungOctober 31, 2022
2023–24 Toronto Articling Recruitment Results
The 2023–24 recruit sees a significant increase in the number of participating employers and students hired The Toronto 2023–24 Articling Recruit saw an increase in […]
Hussein E. E. FawzyMarch 31, 2022
Toronto 2022-2023 Articling Recruit Numbers
At least 52 students hired across law schools At least fifty-two students secured articling positions in Toronto’s 2022-2023 Articling Recruit. Most hires were from Osgoode […]
Natasha BurmanJanuary 26, 2022
Minimum Wage for Articling Students to be Reconsidered in February
Law Society benchers will reconsider the proposed minimum wage requirement for Ontario articling positions In 2018, following a two-year review of the lawyer licensing process […]
Adrienne RalphOctober 28, 2021
The 2L Recruit: Not the Be-All and End-All
Words from a 3L—you’ll be fine For the many 2Ls reading this, not getting a job offer from on-campus interviews (OCIs) is probably the last […]
Alisha LiMay 2, 2021
Toronto 2021-2022 Articling Recruit Numbers
Editor’s Note: We will update our online spreadsheet to reflect any further information provided from employers after the time of publication. This spreadsheet has been […]
Web EditorJuly 9, 2019
McCarthy Tétrault Raises Articling Pay to $1,900 per week
Most other Bay Street firms raise salaries, to different extents On July 9, summer students at McCarthy Tétrault LLP received a pleasant surprise when they […]
Web EditorMarch 23, 2019
Toronto 2019–20 Articling Recruit Numbers
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in the September print issue of Ultra Vires. Due to an oversight, it was not published online. We […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 12, 2018
LSO Considers Changes to Articling
Students, benchers, staff discuss four options; none perfect The articling crisis. Law school’s boogeyman: an intangible monster with which few of our graduates have to […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
The Law Society of Upper Canada: A Love Letter
Danny Urquhart (Class of 2015) Law students have three major points of contact with the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC): hiring regulations, the bar […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2013
Articling Reform: Questions remain about the cost and effectiveness of Law Practice Program
With the number of Ontario articling candidates exceeding the number of positions by 200 each year, the LSUC Convocation approved an alternative licensing pilot program […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
Connecting the Articling Crisis and the Access to Justice Crisis
When I first heard about the articling crisis, it perplexed me that a legal system which excludes so many from access to justice could simultaneously […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
Articling in Ontario Radically Remade
Please note that this issue went to press shortly after the Nov. 22 decision was released, and the content of this article addresses the background […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
LSUC Verdict on Articling Crisis Delayed
The final report of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Articling Task Force has been delayed from May 2012, to the autumn of this year […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2012
You Might Not Have an Articling Position at the Start of 3L
Now that I have your attention, here are some tips in case you find yourself in the position, or are searching for a gig outside […]
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