Student Program

Why not start your career with Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP as a summer student after completion of your second year of law school? This will give you an opportunity to get to know our firm while gaining valuable hands-on experience. All summer students are assigned a mentor to offer advice and guidance during the summer months. Although the short time frame does not allow for a complete rotational program, a modified system ensures that students get exposure to numerous different areas of the law. Summer student salaries are on par with articling students. We also encourage our summer students to join in our social functions for the season. In fact, the vast majority of our summer students enjoy their experience so much that they choose to come back here for their articling term. So come and join us for the summer, we hope you will enjoy it so much you will come back for articling.

The schedule for the summer student hiring process for the year 2010 is as follows:

• All applications must be submitted by Monday, February 1, 2010;
• Interview week for local candidates (including those from Queen's University and McGill University) is February 13-20, 2009. Please note that this includes Friday, February 13, in order to accommodate Family Day.
• Interview weeks for local and non local candidates (including those from Queen's University and McGill University) are February 12-26, 2010. Please note that this includes Friday, February 12, in order to accommodate Family Day.
• Call day for offers of 2010 summer student positions, beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Offers will remain open until 12 noon.

Your application package should include your resumé, a short (10-15 pages) writing sample such as a memo, a case brief or an essay, and law school and undergraduate transcripts. If a short writing is not available, you may provide us with an excerpt from a lengthier piece. These items should be forwarded to Margaret Truesdale, Chair of the Articling Program.