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Q4: Where can you find the best places with information on available positions?
Again, for me it was the McGill Career and Placement Centre.
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Quicklaw; career placement offices; word of mouth
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School CDO's, they're the most dialed-in.
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articling handbook from career services at the law school -Quicklaw articling database
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On the web; local law school articling handbooks (usually prepared by committees). (i.e. if you want to go to Vancouver, check out UBC's Articling Handbook; If you want to go to Calgary, check out both U of C's and U of A's Handbooks... v. thorough summaries of each firm and how many students they hire)
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Law School Career Services, firm websites, lawyer directories
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word of mouth, attend as many social events as possible and network.
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CBA meetings/Courts/Tribunals
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The Faculty of Law advisor, CBA magazing.
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Firm sites, your law school.
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internet and counsellor's office
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Quicklaw, university career counsellers
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Law school career counsellor or individual law firm web pages.
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UVic career office website (if you are @ UVic) - Careerclick.com, workopolis.com - bulletin board in Barrister's Lounge at the relevant courthouse
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word of mouth, career services office
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other than what is available through the universities, be willing to go through the Superpages and lawyer directories and do cold-calling and informational interviews
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the career development office should have info. also, law firm websites
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1. UBC Faculty of Law, Career Development Office - Articling handbook & postings 2. CBA website 3. Talk to students in the more senior year or if they're already articling, often they'll know of openings in their own firm or elsewhere.
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I used the UBC Career handbook even though I wasn't a UBC student. I think they sell them to non-UBC students or you can borrow one from a friend. Quicklaw has a database as well but I found it harder to use.
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Internet, law firm websites, law school advisor.
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Career development office at law school Firm websites
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In Ontario, I used the Law Society of Upper Canda web page. The BC CBA used to have a bulletin board. If all else fails, look in the back of Bar Talk.
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UBC articling handbook. Law firm websites.
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national articling database through QL
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The NAD database on Quicklaw is helpful, articling student handbooks produced by a law school's articling committee, and most importantly, talking with lawyers about what a firm is like.
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at law schools and sadly Quicklaw, unfortuantely after graduation most of us don't have Quicklaw as a resource. The Law Society will also have some positings but it was my expereince that most times password access was a problem if I did not live in the province that I was searching.
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Quicklaw National Articling Database - Law School CDO
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1. Newspapers. 2. Newspapers on the internet
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Try your law school placement office.
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Career resource centres at the law school and their websites. Most schools will share information. Also look at the job posting boards at the law schools and the articlign handbooks.
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Get in touch with someone at the Counsel Network and other headhunters. Network on your hockey, soccer, rugby team... let people know you are looking for a position. Look in legal newsletters/magazines. If a firm is looking for a first-year associate, they may consider a solid articling student instead. I signed up for a mentor in first year and she has been supplying me with invaluable information and connections ever since... you need to develop those relationships!`
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UBC articling handbook and firm websites (for firms that hire students every year) for small firms or sole practitioners, just e-mail them your resume and ask if they would consider you (it's worth a try)
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The University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Career Services has a great website. Jennifer Moraskat from the office can put you on a listserve that sends weekly updates on what jobs are available in Law in Canada from Working.com. The CBA magazines have classified ads for jobs as does the Advocate. The CBA website has job postings. Talk to people you know who are articling or who have articled or any lawyers you might know, professors who may work in town or know someone who does.
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Networking, legal publications, law school, phone book, etc. But it depends on the geographical area that you want to work in.
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The law firm's website, career services website, talk to career services.
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UBC Law School Career Centre
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UBC has a pretty good articling handbook. The single most important thing, and it was never emphasised enough: SUMMER at a firm!
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UBC and UVic law school websites for postings
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For larger centers your law school should have info regarding available positions. In addition, firm websites are a great resource. I found that a lot of smaller centres don't post positions, so the best way to find work is to check out the yellow pages and make calls to firms that you find appealing.
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by calling the firm; in the handbook for articling students
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UVic law website, UBC law website
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career development office website
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law school career sites or talk to profs and colleagues
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Law school career counseller
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Within the firm. Get to know people on the inside.
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School career development office, BarTalk, CBA website, Law Society
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postings through your school.
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in the articling handbook from UBC
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The school has great resources - both UVic and UBC have lists. Uvic has a listserve and website that is very helpful and UBC has a book.
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firm websites or articling handbooks put out by the law schools.
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Career services, small firm handouts also available from UBC career services, friends (word of mouth)
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Make your own available positions. Decide what you want to do and pursue it, whether or not they specifically advertise.
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If you haven't secured a position through summering, word of mouth is best if you speak with the previous year's articling students or junior associates at firms that interest you.
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[posted June 3, 2005] |