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

2L Summer Job Ads 

• Employers are to provide, by no later than Friday, September 5th 2025, their 2L summer job ads containing all necessary information about the firm, 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 firm 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, October 3rd, 2025, 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 October 16th, 2025. 

Interview Period 

• Interviews may be conducted any time from Monday, October 20th, 2025, to Friday, October 24th, 2025. 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 2L Summer position job offer no earlier than 12pm CDT on Tuesday, October 28th, 2025. These offers will remain open until 12:00pm CDT the following day. Offers made on October 28th, 2025 can be accepted or rejected by students anytime before 12pm CDT on Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 but must be responded to by that time. Offers made after October 29th, 2025, must be responded to by no later than 12:00pm CDT the following day. 

Offers 

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

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.