Career and Professional Development

Calgary

• Law Society of Alberta, Student Recruitment

Toronto

• Law Society of Ontario, Toronto Summer Student Recruitment Procedures

Vancouver

• Vancouver Bar Association, Student Recruitment Guidelines

Guidelines and important dates to remember for firms and students

1L Summer Job Ads 

• Employers are to provide, by no later than Friday, December 19th, 2025, their 1L summer job ads containing all necessary information about the Employer, documents required for the application (resume, cover letter, copy of transcripts, other), the contact person, the address to which applications must be sent, the number of summer students positions available if that is known, and anything else the Employer may wish to tell students, to both:
  1. The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law Career Development Office via email: lisa.griffin@umanitoba.ca (phone: 204-474-7932); and
  2. The Law Society of Manitoba via email: lehnes@lawsociety.mb.ca (phone 204-926-2042)
• All postings received will be accessible to Robson Hall students through the Faculty of Law’s Career Development website job board and to all other applicants by emailing a request to the Law Society of Manitoba to lehnes@lawsociety.mb.ca.

Student Application Deadline 

• Students must submit their applications directly to the Employers by Friday, January 16th, 2026, at 12:00pm CDT (noon)

Interview Call Date 

• Employers may contact students directly to set up interviews during the hours of 12PM – 2PM CDT on Thursday January 29th, 2025. 

Interview Period 

• Interviews may be conducted any time from Monday, Feb. 2nd, 2026, to Friday, Feb. 6th, 2026. Employers may interview students at a location of their choosing or virtually, keeping in mind current public health guidelines and that students may be in class during these days.

Earliest Offer Date 

• Employers may make a 1L Summer position job offer no earlier than 12pm CDT on Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. These offers will remain open until 12:00pm CDT the following day. Offers made on February 10th, 2026 can be accepted or rejected by students any time before 12pm CDT on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026, but must be responded to by that time. Offers made after February 11th, 2026, must be responded to by no later than 12:00pm CDT the following day.

Offers 

•  Employers should tell students the contact information of the person to whom the student should communicate the acceptance or rejection of the offer. Employers are also encouraged to include pertinent information such as proposed start date, salary, and benefits.
• As a courtesy to other Employers and fellow students, students should deal with any offers received as soon as possible. Once a student has accepted an offer from one Employer, the student must promptly communicate his/her/their rejection to any other Employer that extended an offer. 

Communication of Results

Once an offer has been accepted, the student and the Employer must immediately advise both:

1. Lisa Griffin: Career Development, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law by email: 
   lisa.griffin@umanitoba.ca (phone: 204-474-7932).
2. Lisa Ehnes, Law Society of Manitoba, by lehnes@lawsociety.mb.ca (phone 204-926-2042). 
   
   Additionally, the Law Student and the Employer must complete and submit to the Law Society an Application for Law Student Membership.

Black Out Periods 

• There are no proposed blackout periods where firms may not hold networking or other events. That is left within the discretion of each firm.

Dates TBA

Our Team

• Trina McFadyen, Director of Professional Development
• Lisa Griffin, Career Advisor

Job postings

Legal employers are invited to send their job postings for summering, articling, clerking, research, or other similar types of legal employment to us for posting on our secure Job Board.  This service is provided at no cost to the employer.

Networking events

We work with employers throughout the year to provide students and employers with opportunities to meet each other.